Yamiche Alcindor Seems Disappointed More White 1/6 Rioters Were Not Shot

Friday is PBS NewsHour, on her last day as the show’s White House correspondent, Yamiche Alcindor sounded like she was possibly disappointed that more of the 1/6 Capitol Hill rioters were not shot by Capitol Police as she speculated that they would have been if they were minorities protesting peacefully.

Amna Nawaz, a PBS reporter brought up the idea of a double standard racial in a discussion about the anniversary of 1/6. She recalled the fact that the majority of rioters were white.

NAWAZ: And this was a mostly white crowd who had openly talked about bringing violence to the Capitol that day who authorities did not see as a threat who felt entitled to storm federal property and try to overturn a democratic process, and they were angry. It was a very angry crowd. We’re all familiar enough with this situation to be able to predict the response if there had been an all-black or brown crowd, or any Muslim or immigrant people. This organized outburst really exposed the truth that many of us know and have lived for a long time: white anger is not seen as a positive thing.

Judy Woodruff asked panelists “what stick out in your head” during the closing segment.

Alcindor was about to start speaking. She predicted, without any proof whatsoever that peaceful minorities would be treated worse. She said:

ALCINDOR – The most vivid memory of my time at the Capitol was watching it being attacked. This was the sense of entitlement these protesters from white America hadit was impossible to enter, but I imagined what it might have looked like if they were the Ferguson protestors — black men demanding justice for their rights and that the police be held accountable. It’s It was very simple to imagine those individuals being killed on Capitol steps if they were of color or other immigrants.

Alcindor was then dissatisfied that more white rioters had been killed by police.

Und To see white protesters leaving with their lives is something I will always remember.Because it was a reminder of the difference between who can be outraged, who could enter the Capitol, and who might just die for demanding justice.

Woodruff closed with praises for Alcindor. “We wish your the best.” You will be missed. It was a great honor to have you as part of the program’s development. We will still miss you.”

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