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An estimated 800 people stormed the Capitol building on January 6 in a violent insurrection aimed at overturning the results of the presidential election. Five people, including one Capitol Police officer, died. Many more were injured. On the day of the putsch, we all witnessed the privilege and restraint that law enforcement extends to white criminals. A few officers have already been placed on leave for appearing to encourage the mob. A single white insurrectionist was shot; had the mob been predominantly Black, we all know the cops would have released tanks, drones, and a barrage of bullets.
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The white female rioter who stole House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi’s laptop with intentions to sell it to Russian intelligence has been released via house arrest. This is the epitome of white privilege. More inside….
If you watch certain channels or find yourself in certain parts of the Internet, one would believe there’s no such thing as white privilege. People type how it s just a figment of certain people s imagination IN CAPS all day, everyday. Yet, it often rears its ugly head in headlines and stories that detail just how white privilege works.
Here’s, yet, another example of white privilege in action.
How is stealing Nancy Pelosi’s laptop during an insurrection better than fighting for racial
News Highlights: How is stealing Nancy Pelosi’s laptop during an insurrection better than fighting for racial.
“Ma, I can’t take it anymore.”
This is what the 22-year-old Caliph Browder said to his mother on June 5, 2015, the day before he died of suicide.
Browder, a young black man from the Bronx, NYC, was arrested in 2010 after being charged with stealing a backpack. Although he was only 16 years old at the time, he was quickly sentenced to three years on Rikers Island, a prison notorious for its violent treatment of inmates.
Federal prosecutors have asked for detention in only a handful of the criminal cases brought against alleged participants in this month’s attack on the Capitol.