Jan. 6 response would have been 'vastly different' if rioters were Black, House sergeant at arms tol

[Nevilledog]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-response-vastly-different-rioters-black-house-sergeant-arms-told-rcna63457

WASHINGTON — The House sergeant at arms, who was head of the D.C. National Guard during the attack on the U.S. Capitol, told the Jan. 6 committee that the law enforcement response would have looked much different had the rioters been Black Americans.

“I’m African American. Child of the sixties. I think it would have been a vastly different response if those were African Americans trying to breach the Capitol,” William J. Walker told congressional investigators, in an interview transcript released Tuesday. “As a career law enforcement officer, part-time soldier, last 5 years full but, but a law enforcement officer my entire career, the law enforcement response would have been different.”

Walker’s testimony echoed the observations of many Americans, including President Joe Biden, who noted the stark difference in the law enforcement response to protests in D.C. following the May 2020 murder of George Floyd and the lax security at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Walker indicated he thought that more rioters would have died at the hands of law enforcement on Jan. 6 had the makeup of the crowd not been overwhelmingly white.

“You know, as a law enforcement officer, there were — I saw enough to where I would have probably been using deadly force,” Walker said. “I think it would have been more bloodshed if the composition would have been different.”

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Absofuckinglutely

[raging moderate]

1. It would even have been somewhat different for Antifa.

That's how we can be sure these insurrectionists were MAGATs.

[ificandream]

7. Except Antifa isn't a formal group despite what Magats say.

[raging moderate]

20. Right.

SO actually I should have said any people who looked like Antifa people to the Magats.

[mcar]

3. He's got that right

I said from the beginning, if it had been BLM protesters, they'd have been cleaning the blood off the floor for weeks after.

[CharleyDog]

4. no doubtabout that. And if Obama had taken home top secret

documents, he would have been executed as a traitor tout suite

[republianmushroom]

5. It would have looked worst than Kent U did after the National Guard did their thing.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

6. The so called migrant situation would be much different if the humans were Ukrainian. Same racism.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. This is how they "guarded" an empty Memorial

with no people in it, let alone elected officials like the top Legislative (including the Speaker of the House) and Executive Branch (the Vice President of the U.S.) leadership, to protect that stone building from the BLM protestors -

[Evolve Dammit]

11. was that on Jan. 6??

[BumRushDaShow]

14. June 2, 2020

The day after Lafayette Park was cleared for the fake Bible walk.

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Hillary Clinton
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Tonight the President of the United States used the American military to shoot peaceful protestors with rubber bullets & tear gas them.

For a photo op.

This is a horrifying use of presidential power against our own citizens, & has no place anywhere, let alone in America. Vote.
10:20 PM · Jun 1, 2020

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CBP Mark Morgan
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CBP personnel have deployed to the National Capital Region to assist law enforcement partners. These “protests” have devolved into chaos & acts of domestic terrorism by groups of radicals & agitators. @CBP is answering the call and will work to keep DC safe.
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5:40 PM · Jun 1, 2020

THIS is what SHOULD HAVE BEEN the response at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021!

[Evolve Dammit]

16. Thanks. So much has transpired

[BumRushDaShow]

18. You're welcome.

A lot has happened and that clearly shows the disparate response to "protests", where Jan. 6 was an actual insurrection... yet some loons in Congress wanted to call them "tourists".

[Evolve Dammit]

19. And 45 wanted to shoot them and wondered why "they" didn't order lethal force.

[Timeflyer]

9. Have to agree, sadly--if black, there would have many dead and wounded rioters,

and it would have never been allowed to escalate like it did, or go on for so long. Also, the penalties would have been prompt and harsh.

[ShepKat]

10. that very thought

crossed my mind as it was happening.

[soldierant]

12. I don't want to belittle Sergeant-at-Arms Walker.

He was speaking to COngress and when one speaks to Congress one must choose one's words carefully in order to stand a chance of being heard.

But seriously, that quote is a Captain Obvius quote if I ever heard or saw one.

[jaxexpat]

13. THE BASIS OF ALL AMERICA'S POLICING IS THE MAINTENANCE OF SLAVERY.

It's the national shame and the sham of modern law enforcement. In the US, the authority of private citizens to employ armed individuals to protect their neighborhoods is usually expressed by blatant militarization, over-enforcement and unlawful invasion into homes and neighborhoods where descendants of freed slaves have been economically corralled and forced to reside for almost two centuries. Standard operating procedure since the 1870's with never a thought by the white dominant majority that they are abetting a crime against humanity. It's no accident, your eyes are not deceiving you. The stop and search of black Americans is a contemporary reenactment of those methods established and practiced by pre-emancipation "slave catchers". Dred Scott's echoes are low, nearly silent as a murmur, but the message is clear, persistent and unwavering even today.

[iluvtennis]

15. I agree with the House Sergeant at Arms. Had black/brown ppl stormed the capitol, there would

have been a blood bath.

[Evolve Dammit]

17. yep

[choie]

21. File that under

"NO SHIT"

[Skittles]

22. they would have never made it into the building

no INDEED