Washington D.C. came down into mayhem on Wednesday, Jan. 6 when a mob of President Donald Trump‘s fans swarmed the U.S. Capitol.
The nation saw as rioters encountered cops, smashed windows and broke through barriers—eventually requiring Congress to leave parts of the structure—and by the end of the day, according to NBC News, 4 individuals were dead, a noose had actually been put up outdoors and a minimum of one improvised explosive gadget was discovered on the premises.
For lots of, this asks the concern: Why wasn’t the cops action comparable to that of in 2015’s Black Lives Matter demonstrations at the Capitol? In D.C. and all throughout the U.S., demonstrators collected throughout the summertime to quietly oppose cops cruelty and racial oppression, however per CNN, they were routinely consulted with tear gas, violence and arrests.
Why? For E!’s Nina Parker, the response is clear.
“For me, I’m really just tired of seeing two different narratives,” she informed co-hosts Justin Sylvester and Carissa Culiner on Thursday, Jan. 7’s Daily Pop. “Obviously, Justin, you were protesting in the summer. You were out in the streets. And there were so many things that we were discussing and seeing. You know, Justin was telling us how he was out and peacefully protesting and how they were met with mace and people were being hit with rubber bullets. And then I see people getting into the Capitol. I’ve talked to people who are in D.C., who have told me, ‘Girl, you can’t drive by a certain way, you can’t even pass a barrier to take a photo and there are literally people with guns aimed at you telling you to move.'”
