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This informatonal blog explores the stark differences between Black protestors in the recent summer BLM protests and white riots at the Capitol Riots on January 6, 2021.
Rivers on Capitol Riot: 'Could You Imagine If Those Were All Black People (NBC Philadelphia, 1/6/2021)
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/sixers/rivers-on-capitol-riot-could-you-imagine-if-those-were-all-black-people/2658260/
Fact check: Viral Images compare handling of Black Lives Matter protests and Capitol Riot (USA Today, 1/7/2021)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/07/fact-check-photos-compare-handling-of-blm-protest-capitol-riot/6578562002/
Imagine what would have happened if the rioters who stormed the Capitol had been Black (The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1/7/2021)
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-capitol-riot-mob-black-lives-matter-jenice-armstrong-20210107.html
Protests in White and Black And the Different Response of Law Enforcement (NPR, 1/7/2021)
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/07/954568499/protests-in-white-and-black-and-the-different-response-of-law-enforcement
Exposed: Police double standards from Trump riot to BLM protests (MSNBC, 1/7/2021)
https://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari/watch/exposed-police-double-standards-from-trump-riot-to-blm-protests-99116613797
What if the Capitol Rioters Were Black? The Contrasting Police Response to Black Lives Matter v. Trump Mob (Elle, 1/7/2021)
https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/a35149462/capitol-riots-trump-black-lives-matter-police/
“Stark contrast” in police response to BLM protestors and “domestic terrorists” who stormed Capitol, NAACP president says (CBS News, 1/7/2021)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-capitol-siege-police-response-blm-protesters/
Jacksonville BLM protestors point to glaring differences in police response to Capitol riot (News 4 Jax, 1/7/2021)
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2021/01/07/arrested-jacksonville-blm-protester-points-to-glaring-difference-in-police-response-to-capitol-riot/
Michelle Obama, Regina King and More Compare US Capitol Riots to Black Lives Matter Protests (ET, 1/7/2021)
https://www.etonline.com/michelle-obama-regina-king-and-more-compare-us-capitol-riots-to-black-lives-matter-protests-158709
BLM Activist Says “It Was Infuriating to See Nooses and Confederate Flags at Capitol Riots” (People, 1/7/2021)
https://people.com/politics/blm-activist-capitol-riots-infuriating-to-see-nooses-confederate-flags/
Maga v BLM: How Police handled the Capitol mob and George Floyd activists-in pictures (The Guardian, 1/7/2021)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/06/capitol-mob-police-trump-george-floyd-protests-photos
‘We would all be dead’: Bay Area BLM organizers point to race double standard in Capitol riot (ABC News 7, 1/7/2021)
https://abc7news.com/capitol-during-blm-riots-protest-protests/9449062/
‘A Tale of 2 Americas’: Comparing Tepid Responses to Capitol Riots with BLM Protests (ABC10, 1/7/2021)
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/a-tale-of-2-americas-comparing-tepid-response-to-capitol-riots-with-blm-protests/2274129/
Detroit reporter describes differences between US Capitol riot, BLM protests (ClickOn Detroit, 1/7/2021)
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2021/01/08/detroit-reporter-describes-differences-between-us-capitol-riot-blm-protests/
Many see disparity in police response to Capitol Hill Riot vs. Black Lives Matter Protest (3 WEAR-TV, 1/7/2021)
https://weartv.com/news/local/many-see-disparity-in-police-response-to-capitol-hill-riot-vs-black-lives-matter-protest
Police Response to Capitol Hill Riot and Black Lives Matter Protests Appears Black and White to Many (San Diego 7, 1/7/2021)
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/lx/police-response-to-capitol-hill-riot-and-black-lives-matter-protests-appears-black-and-white-to-many/2489866/
How arrests in the Capitol riot compare to that of Black Lives Matter protests (Boston Globe, 1/7/2020)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/07/nation/how-arrests-capitol-riot-wednesday-compare-that-black-lives-matter-protests/
'Hyprocrisy:' Black Lives Matter leaders, Black lawmakers call our double standard in response to Capitol riot (KTLA 5, 1/7/2021)
https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/hypocrisy-black-lives-matter-leaders-black-lawmakers-call-out-double-standard-in-response-to-capitol-riot/
Police have arrested only 69 people connected to the Capitol building invasion so far, far fewer than those arrested during BLM protests this summer (Business Insider, 1/7/2021)
https://www.businessinsider.com/number-of-arrests-capitol-riot-compared-blm-protests-chart-2021-1
Extraordinary dichotomy ‘ in police response to Black Lives Matter protests, capitol chaos: DC Attorney general (ABCNews, 1/8/2021)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/extraordinary-dichotomy-police-response-black-lives-matter-protests/story?id=75118567
Capitol Siege: If Rioters were Black, ‘hundreds’ would be killed (AlJazeera,1/8/2021)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/8/if-rioters-who-stormed-capitol-hundreds-would-have
Black Lives Matter protests and the Capitol assault: Comparing the police response (Poltifact,1/8/2021)
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jan/08/black-lives-matter-protests-and-capitol-assault-co/
Trump rioters met with minimal force in comparison to Black Lives Matter protestors (WUSA 9, 1/8/2021)
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/capitol-riot-blm-protests-police-response/65-b81db28f-bb7b-4c1f-b7f5-57f98d6afda6
Fact check: Viral Images compare handling of Black Lives Matter protests and Capitol riot (Yahoo News, 1/8/2021)
https://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-viral-images-compare-005730185.html
Race and the Capitol Riot: An American Story We’ve Heard Before (NPR, 1/8/2021)
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/04/953286955/race-and-the-capitol-riot-an-american-story-weve-heard-before
‘Now the World Gets to See the Difference:’ BLM Protestors on the Capitol Attack (NPR, 1/9/2021)
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/09/955221274/now-the-world-gets-to-see-the-difference-blm-protesters-on-the-capitol-attack
Failed response to Capitol riot shows deep divide over police use of force (NBC News, 1/9/2021)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/failed-response-capitol-riot-shows-deep-divide-over-police-use-n1253508
There’s a Term for What Happened at the Capitol This Week: ‘Whitelash’ (Politico, 1/9/2021)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/09/capitol-siege-georgia-elections-whitelash-black-progress-456724
Sister of Black woman killed by US Capitol police angered by response to white rioters (CNN, 1/10/2021)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/10/us/remember-miriam-carey-us-capitol-police/index.html
Rioters breached US Capitol Security on Wednesday. This was the police response when it was Black protestors on DC streets last year (CNN, 1/10/2021)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/us/police-response-black-lives-matter-protest-us-capitol/index.html
Asheville Black leaders on DC riots: ‘Stark difference’ to police handling of BLM protests (Citizen Times (Asheville), 1/10/2021)
https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2021/01/10/asheville-black-leaders-dc-riots-inequity-police-treatment-blm/6588749002/
Black officers describe their experiences during Capitol Riots (Yahoo News, 1/10/21)
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/black-officers-describe-experiences-during-173056360.html
Stark Contrast of Police Response to Trump, BLM Rallies Scrutinized After Capitol Riots (MLive, 1/10/2021)
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/01/stark-contrast-of-police-response-to-trump-blm-rallies-scrutinized-after-capitol-riot.html
Black Officers Say They Endured Racial Slurs During Violent Riots at U.S. Capitol (People, 1/11/21)
https://people.com/politics/black-officers-endured-racist-remarks-during-capitol-riots/
Racial Double Standard of Capitol Police Draws Outcry (The New York Times, 1/11/2021)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/capitol-trump-mob-black-lives-matter.html
Morgan State University alumna named head of U.S. Capitol Police following riots (The Baltimore Sun, 1/11/2021)
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-cr-morgan-state-alum-chief-capitol-police-20210111-knq46ohrwfg5zlbjpz2bmvp32y-story.html
Capitol rioters shouted ‘This is our house.’ But the Capitol was built by enslaved Black Americans (CNN, 1/12/2021)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/12/us/capitol-riot-history-trnd/index.html
'Black folks would have been shot:' DC Resident who attended U.S. Capitol details experience (WUSA 9, 1/12/2021)
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/photo-this-man-is-wanted-in-connection-to-the-capitol-riots/65-147b1a65-b0a5-40dd-86ee-62b08bdd443a
Black officer seen risking his life to lead Capitol mob away from Senate chamber hailed as a hero (CBSNews, 1/12/2021)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eugene-goodman-us-capitol-riots-police-officer-senate-chamber/
Black Americans have seen white terrorists rampage before (The Undefeated, 1/12/2021)
https://theundefeated.com/features/black-americans-have-seen-white-terrorists-rampage-before/amp/