New: My look at why police didn't see MAGA insurrectionists as a threat ahead of the siege on the capitol.

Institutionally, American police have seen pro-Trump extremists as allies, especially during 2020's historic anti-racist uprisings. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cops-maga-insurrection-racism_n_5ff79a1ec5b66f3f795c4698?f4b

It's imperative to remember the scale of state violence visited upon Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020.

And all the stories, so many stories, of cops choosing to ally themselves with white fascists showing up to confront & attack BLM protesters. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cops-maga-insurrection-racism_n_5ff79a1ec5b66f3f795c4698?f4b

American police's institutional MAGA-ness also likely made them blind to the reality that the president's followers posed a threat to police themselves. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cops-maga-insurrection-racism_n_5ff79a1ec5b66f3f795c4698?f4b

Some of the stories of cops treating rioters with kindness during the siege are remarkable. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cops-maga-insurrection-racism_n_5ff79a1ec5b66f3f795c4698?f4b

Just before the siege in DC two men performed a grisly reenactment of the police murder of George Floyd — something Trump supporters have been known to do as a way of taunting BLM activists. (CW: disturbing.) https://twitter.com/AnthonyMague/status/1346856138546016262

Those two MAGA chuds re-enacted Floyd's murder because the MAGAverse shares the same goal as the institution of American policing: the violent enforcement of a racial caste system. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cops-maga-insurrection-racism_n_5ff79a1ec5b66f3f795c4698?f4b

At any rate, there was always plenty of evidence that a) MAGA people were going to riot this week and b) that the president's fanatical supporters have a propensity for violence. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-terror-trump-militias_n_5f832f7ec5b62f97bac42a7c?osn