Some of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol including those arrested insist they were there reporting as citizen journalists.
The study found that Texas’ rioters were older, more professional and had fewer ties to radical groups than past far-right conservatives. All came from counties that had lost white populations in recent years. Collin County’s white population has declined at a rate of 4.3% since 2015. The study’s authors cited increased fear among conservative whites that they would be overtaken by minorities in a “Great Replacement.”
“Now that Biden’s in office, a lot of people look to Texas as the counterpoint,” Paul Chabot, 47, a former San Bernardino reserve sheriff’s deputy, said last week at McKinney Coffee Co. He described the area as, “Living how America used to be.”
A video that went viral over the weekend depicts a mob of Black Lives Matter protesters in Texas illegally blocking traffic. Meanwhile, a police officer stood by while a man from one of the gridlocked vehicles asked him to take action.
Last week an angry driver confronted the group of #BLM protesters who shut down the road with impunity in Plano, Texas. pic.twitter.com/kf7PKWvJbk
The encounter in Plano, Texas, which lies mostly in Collin County, occurred last Sunday when BLM activists protested following the death of black male Marvin Scott in police custody on March 14. While lawful protesting is constitutional and the BLM group received permission for its initial protest, attendees blocked traffic and did not stand in the area police designated as suitable.
‘They’re taking over’: Right-wing extremism flourishes in North Texas suburbs [Los Angeles Times]
Mayor George Fuller is troubled by what he sees and hears in this conservative Dallas suburb.
Battles with liberals are enduring and predictable, but what worries Fuller is the deepening rancor between Republican moderates and right-wing extremists over what America should look, sound and feel like. Inspired by nativist fervor and fed by Donald Trump’s rage, the Republican Party here encompasses anti-vaccination protesters,QAnon conspiracy theorists and those whose mistrust of President Biden only hardens as he reverses his predecessor’s policies.
“It’s just not the party I recognize anymore,” said Fuller, 58, a moderate Republican whose Trump-supporter siblings no longer speak to him. “We are at a place where families are torn apart by political ideologies that are so skewed and out of whack.”
Boys’ lacrosse: Scarborough shuts down Kennebunk on way to 12-2 win
The Red Storm are strong defensively and Finn Pedersen scores fives goals in a victory over the Rams.
By MICHAEL HOFFERThe Forecaster
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Scarborough s Tae Delaware celebrates with Finn Pedersen after Delaware scored on of his four goals during the Red Storm s 12-2 win on Friday in Scarborough. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
SCARBOROUGH On a night when it took the offense more than a quarter to get started, the defense of the Scarborough boys’ lacrosse team dominated for 48 minutes.
The resurgent Red Storm didn’t give up a goal in the first half and didn’t allow any at even strength Friday against Kennebunk at Kippy Mitchell Sports Complex. The offense came alive in the second quarter and Scarborough cruised to a 12-2 win.