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Many in the U.S. are convinced: If blacks had broken into the Capitol, it would have ended differently
The crowd supporting Trump, who was mostly white, came out with photos and souvenirs after the uprising in the capital, and several dozen have been arrested since.
On the other hand, anti-police racist protesters were violently evicted after a peaceful demonstration outside the White House in the summer.
"They treated us like an enemy"
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Sunday, 10 January 2021, 15:07
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Racism in the United States was prominent during the onslaught of outgoing President Donald Trump's assailants on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
Washington residents, activists and politicians, including President-elect Joe Biden, are convinced it would have ended differently if the rioters had not been white.
Some left the building with loot, after penetrating through the checkpoints, breaking windows and entering bureaus and rooms in Congress.
Some were photographed with police officers.
The sparse security and limited police response, despite weeks of signs of the future happening, were in stark contrast to what happened during the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Washington six months ago.
"My mother told me that if it was me, they would have shot me," said Beatrice Mendo, who took part in a movement demonstration last year.
"She is right. Hundreds would have died, if not more, if this group had been black."
Biden made similar claims.
"No one can tell me that if a group of Black Lives Matter had demonstrated yesterday, they would not have been treated very, very differently than the masses of rioters who stormed the Capitol," the president-elect said.
Demonstrations last summer erupted following the killing of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis.
Those who took part in the protest in Washington said the reaction to them was very different from that on Wednesday.
"There were cops at every intersection in DC. There were cops at all the sites, in the Capitol, in front of the White House," said 29-year-old Abbey Konho.
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Trump supporters occupy the Capitol in front of a BLM demonstration outside the Capitol in the summer (Photo: AP)
One of the most memorable images was of masked National Guard forces deployed at the Lincoln Memorial in June, after Trump promised a tough hand against the protesters, whom he called "thugs" and "criminals."
One evening, police armed with batons fired tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets at peaceful demonstrators to keep them away from the White House, only to Trump will be able to walk to the nearby church and be photographed with a Bible.
"They treated us like the enemy," said Cunha. "Where Was this anger and rage on Wednesday?
Why were these people treated like friends? "
Several dozen people have been arrested since the riots, compared to 300 people arrested the night the demonstration was evacuated outside the White House. Capitol Police Chief Stephen Sand praised police and said they" reacted bravely "when protesters attacked. Them with "metal pipes, chemicals and took other weapons." Following the security breach, he resigned.
Local residents said they feared the police response was so soft that there might be repeated sightings.
Charles Allen, a Washington City Council member representing the area , Said he and his neighbors had taken part in large demonstrations and gatherings in the past.
"That's not what it was.
It was an uprising.
"These were local terrorists who came to our city in an attempt to occupy the Capitol," said Allen, adding that it was a traumatic event for his neighborhood. .
"A blatant display of systematic racism."
National Guard forces in Lincoln Andarra, June (Photo: GettyImages)
Among those who stormed the Capitol were also those who waved Confederate flags and others who wore clothes with symbols and slogans of supporters of white racial supremacy.
"It was painful to see not only the white privilege but the supporters of white race supremacy in action, and to see the discrimination of the government and the police," said McKea Green, organizer of the Black Lives Matter demonstration in Washington.
Last September, Homeland Security Minister Chad Wolf warned that supporters of white racial superiority have been the biggest source of danger among extremists in the United States in recent years.
The KIPP DC public school network canceled classes on Thursday, due to what it described as the hard feelings of its students, most of whom are black, following the riots.
"We feel nauseous when we think about the contrast between our country's response to this terrorist act and the peaceful demonstrations last summer," the statement said.
Charles McKinney, a history professor at Rhodes College in Tennessee, said the events in Washington were a reminder of the "gross differences" in law enforcement attitudes toward blacks and whites.
"It was a blatant display of systematic racism. It was a display of white privileges, the gaps in the nature of policing in this country," he said of the law enforcement response.
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