White people are storming the Capitol Building to support a white nationalist president and many people are saying: “If Black people did that...”

Not me, though.

I know.

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Here’s what happened to them when these “patriots” attacked the CAPITAL OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT for—and I can’t stress this enough—SOMETHING THAT DID NOT HAPPEN
Here’s what happened when I covered the George Floyd protests where four officers WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH MURDER
Here’s what happened when they stormed the capital in Michigan
Kyle Rittenpeacefully protesting after Eric Garner was choked to death
Here’s Kyle Rittenhouse in Wisconsin
Here’s me in Ferguson
And then:
Olympia Washington
Me, First time reporting in Ferguson, hands on dashboard, as the car is checked for weapons before entering the “protest area”
Oregon, 2 weeks ago
I didn’t catch it on camera but here’s immediately after I was stopped for violating curfew in Baltimore, during the Freddie Gray protests. Luckily I had credentials
Anyway, good luck stopping the steal...

White privilege is a beast
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