It s a stark contrast to rubber bullets and tear gas put out by police during BLM protests.
“If you look historically at how the justice system operates there s clearly two distinct justice systems. There s a justice system that responds to the African American and Latino individuals,” Monell said. “And you see how the justice system responds to Caucasian s and folks with a higher tax bracket.”
High Point University Historian Paul Ringel said he believes the difference is simply race.
“Those people were not only white but on the political right and there is not a very extensive history of law enforcement treating those kinds of activist with violence,” Ringel said.