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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 04:10 PM Jan 2021

If six black people broke out windows of the Capitol and invaded it with firearms, tasers

and flex cuffs with the announced intent to kill the US Vice president and the House Speaker, we all know that those offenders who survived their arrests would have been sentenced to lengthy prison sentences.

Thousands of 99% white people did that on January 6th.

We should not tolerate either a "volume discount" or a "caucasian discount".

Lock "em ALL up!

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If six black people broke out windows of the Capitol and invaded it with firearms, tasers (Original Post) Atticus Jan 2021 OP
They wouldn't get near the windows lame54 Jan 2021 #1
Absofuckingloutely! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #2
K&R Blue Owl Jan 2021 #3
If it would have been any race except whites they would have shot or arrested immediately Beachnutt Jan 2021 #4
Whitest arrest ever underpants Jan 2021 #5
They'd be dead right now if they did that. Squinch Jan 2021 #6
Well, if I were on the Grand Jury indicting (or the jury deciding) they damned well would hlthe2b Jan 2021 #7
Should have been troops on Capitol steps to stop white wingers. Hoyt Jan 2021 #8
Every one of them would be dead, riddled with bullets. This is disgusting. K/R for the truth. nt Alex4Martinez Jan 2021 #9
And if the Capitol Police had intelligence that a crowd of black people were heading to the Capitol StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #10
First time I have laughed in 12 days. bottomofthehill Jan 2021 #15
I'm glad I made you smile. We need it StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #16
+1 dalton99a Jan 2021 #19
Yes RayStar Jan 2021 #30
And if they were Islamic we would be arguing over land invasion or just bombing campaign. unblock Jan 2021 #11
I am white. I wish more of my white counterparts would understand this. It's not difficult to OrlandoDem2 Jan 2021 #12
If six black people broke into a 7/11 brettdale Jan 2021 #13
If they weren't shot first. progressoid Jan 2021 #14
THIS !!! NHvet Jan 2021 #17
They never would have breached the soft perimeter... EarthFirst Jan 2021 #18
The right would have targeted every black person in the country. Chainfire Jan 2021 #20
Injured or Dead on The National Mall ... electric_blue68 Jan 2021 #21
Those police would have had military rifles Butterflylady Jan 2021 #22
Trump's terrorists had weapons. keithbvadu2 Jan 2021 #23
Ask the Poor People's campaign about that ladym55 Jan 2021 #24
cops would have swung their batons as hard as possible.. unleashed dogs Demovictory9 Jan 2021 #25
I was just a tour. The cops were giving them a tour. The Jungle 1 Jan 2021 #26
They'd have been shot! cannabis_flower Jan 2021 #27
There must be punishment to all those involved that can be identified. Fla Dem Jan 2021 #28
Everyone that was on the wrong side of the barriers needs to go to jail Ohioboy Jan 2021 #29
Agreed! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #31
The least of it, Corgigal Jan 2021 #32
Hear, hear. Equal justice. onecaliberal Jan 2021 #33

hlthe2b

(113,957 posts)
7. Well, if I were on the Grand Jury indicting (or the jury deciding) they damned well would
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 04:16 PM
Jan 2021

I just worry that there will be one or more (closeted) Trumpers included, providing the acquittal vote.

Alex4Martinez

(3,332 posts)
9. Every one of them would be dead, riddled with bullets. This is disgusting. K/R for the truth. nt
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 04:22 PM
Jan 2021
 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
10. And if the Capitol Police had intelligence that a crowd of black people were heading to the Capitol
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 04:25 PM
Jan 2021

Not only would the National Guard have been called out, so would the Army, the 101st Airborne Division, the Men in Black, and the Power Rangers.

unblock

(56,198 posts)
11. And if they were Islamic we would be arguing over land invasion or just bombing campaign.
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 04:45 PM
Jan 2021

OrlandoDem2

(3,234 posts)
12. I am white. I wish more of my white counterparts would understand this. It's not difficult to
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 04:47 PM
Jan 2021

imagine at all. It’s also not difficulty to admit.

 

brettdale

(12,748 posts)
13. If six black people broke into a 7/11
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 04:50 PM
Jan 2021

And stole some snickers bars, they would be given a lengthy prison sentence.

EarthFirst

(4,153 posts)
18. They never would have breached the soft perimeter...
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 05:20 PM
Jan 2021

Let alone made it to the top step of the Capitol Building.

Period.

End of story.

Butterflylady

(4,584 posts)
22. Those police would have had military rifles
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 05:48 PM
Jan 2021

Instead of handguns and no one taking selfies with angry mobs.

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)
23. Trump's terrorists had weapons.
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 06:10 PM
Jan 2021

Trump's terrorists had weapons.

Tasers.

The Christian Shaman had a spear.

Many had flagpoles which they used as weapons.

ladym55

(2,577 posts)
24. Ask the Poor People's campaign about that
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 06:13 PM
Jan 2021

Rev. Dr. Barber and his clergy colleagues have been met with force and threats of arrest when they have come to DC to protest peacefully for the neediest among us.

The Capitol police had NO trouble threatening them, but then again unarmed Black folks and clergy are the REAL threat to Amurika.

Fla Dem

(27,633 posts)
28. There must be punishment to all those involved that can be identified.
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 06:39 PM
Jan 2021

The RW rioters and radicals must be sent a message. We're not going to take it anymore. And that includes finding their cult leader guilty.

It's so obvious that a large mob of white rioters, and not one was shot, choked held until they cried "I can't breathe" or beaten into unconsciousness with a baton. White privilege was clearly on display.

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,526 posts)
31. Agreed!
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 07:01 PM
Jan 2021

I suspect that several more of them would've been shot dead on the 6th if they'd been black too.

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