This Is America, And We Can No Longer Deny It
In an attempt to overturn a free and fair election, supporters of Donald Trump invaded the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday. They walked through unimpeded, waving confederate flags and breaking windows. A woman was shot and killed. Trump put out a half-assed call for peace, then later expressed outright support for the domestic terrorists.
The country watched on live TV as the complicity of the police in the country’s ills was laid bare. After months of protests in which the police instigated violence against Black Lives Matter advocates, a large group of white fascists escaped with barely any arrests, and not a hint of brutality.
We also learned that the United States, which spends exorbitant amounts of taxpayer dollars on national defense rather than directly helping people, has no ability to protect its most cherished government buildings. At the very least, they conspicuously fall short when it’s disgruntled white crazies pursuing terrorism rather than Black people pursuing rights.
Wednesday’s events will not change the outcome of the presidential election. Joe Biden won and will be inaugurated on January 20. But this country just witnessed the clearest, most direct threat on its democracy since the Civil War, and there is no end in sight. A large group of people in this country have been hoodwinked so far…