![]() ![]() It is apparent that they were exceptions to what is seemingly being exposed as a rule for the Capitol Police. And Officer Brian Sicknick was attacked by the supposed pro-police mob, which “bludgeoned” him with a fire extinguisher, causing his death hours later. Officer Eugene Goodman is being hailed as a hero for exhibiting self-restraint and not using weapons against the Capitol coup mob that he diverted away from the Senate floor. To be sure, not all of the Capitol Police Department has eggs on its face. Instead, there is video and photo evidence of Capitol Police officers all but aiding and abetting the rioters, any of whom harbor the same racist and white supremacist ideals that Pressley cited as a reason for her not going to the so-called “safe room.” ![]() Local and federal officials warned of violence - the FBI warned of “war” - before Trump’s supporters initiated the violence that, in theory, the Capitol Police should have been prepared for. Multiple officers with the Capitol Police have been suspended and at least a dozen others were being investigated for their roles in the attempted coup. The responses from Pressley and AOC underscore the concerns that at least a portion of the Capitol Police could have been in cahoots with the far-right extremists and conspiracy theorists who stormed the Capitol under the false and baseless pretense being proliferated by Trump that the 2020 election results were fraudulent. “I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of that day alive.” We must acknowledge that issues like systemic racism, economic inequality, and the achievement gap are the result of manmade policies. ![]() “I can tell you that I had a very close encounter where I thought I was going to die,” AOC said during an Instagram Live session Tuesday night. Let me be abundantly clear: I am black, and I am a woman, and I embrace both of those facts. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (AOC) Pressley’s fellow member of “The Squad,” expressed a similarly horrific sentiment and said she thought she was “going to die” during the riot. ![]()
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