#Riot

Jesse Mechanic

JMechanic

When the crack epidemic swept through Black communities, addiction was viewed as a moral failure. Those who were addicted were vilified and locked up. When white people got addicted, suddenly

molly conger

socialistdogmom

if you don’t want the cops to try to kill YOU, just sit quietly at home, accepting that the cops will continue to kill other people as they go about

Marley K

MarleyK20

Black people in America have NEVER had due process when it comes to White mobs. White mobs began in the 1870s and we're still dealing with White mobs today in

Judd Legum

JuddLegum

1. Senate Republicans do not want to defend Trump's conduct because he incited a riot that killed 5 peopleBut they also don't want to convict Trump because Trump is still

Eric Garland

ericgarland

BREAKING: The U.S. Army covered up that traitor Mike Flynn's *brother* was involved in the failed respond to defend the Capitol on January 6. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/flynn-national-guard-call-riot/2021/01/20/7f4

Greg Greene

ggreeneva

The reason Republican officials and elites hit the roof when government starts to focus on violent right-wing extremism keeps staring us in the face: all too many officials see militias

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

If you've watched "Judas & the Black Messiah," and wonder what happened to the white organizations and the Black gangs he united, or how it relates to today, I've written

Ben & Jerry's

benandjerrys

Yesterday was not a protest—it was a riot to uphold white supremacy. (1/8) It was allowed to happen. The mostly white insurrectionists roamed freely and without consequence through the heart

freshlobster

FreshlobsterC

On the future of LoR's competitive scene:The most important thing I realized while listening to yesterday's discussion of @ImpetuousPanda @RubinZoo & Co was this: Riot will soon have to decide

Ryan Goodman

rgoodlaw

#WhereIsWray"The presence of so many watch-listed individuals in one place — without more robust security measures ... — is another example of the intelligence failures preceding last week’s fatal assault

John Scott-Railton

jsrailton

BREAKING: Robert Gieswein of Colorado was picked up per @SeamusHughes. Individual holding a bat next to #SPAZZO. Identified by several, but all refrained from naming him until the Affidavit was

Dave Weigel

daveweigel

This thread captures the emerging “Reichstag Fire” theory that Pelosi purposefully rejected security so that the Capitol could be attacked. Unsure how her support for a 9/11 Commission-style probe fits

Absurdistwords

absurdistwords

Don't want violence happening at protests in the city?Leave the police home.Police always start it.Every time.No police, no riots. It's that simple. It's not even hypothetical.It's proven. At any protest

Amanda Taub

amandataub

Covering domestic abuse, I’ve learned that an absolutely standard hallmark of abusive relationships is that abusers treat compliance w/rules as a test of power: they make rules, they don’t follow

Jim Roberts

nycjim

CAPITOL RIOT ARREST UPDATE:*2 more Texas real estate agents arrested in Capitol riot.*Katherine Schwab & Jason Hyland flew to DC on Hyland’s private plane, w/ Jenna Ryan.*Feds say they joined

Dan Lamothe

DanLamothe

SCOOP: The Army falsely denied for days that Lt. Gen. Charles Flynn, the brother of disgraced conspiracy theorist Michael Flynn, was involved in its heavily scrutinized response to the assault

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