This morning, members of the media aren't foaming at the mouth over the senseless shooting death yesterday by Capitol Police of a white woman named Ashli Babbit. The 35-year-old Air Force veteran was an ardent Trump supporter, so right away who cares, good thing she's dead, right?
Meanwhile, the death of any black person who can be held aloft as a fallen Democrat becomes an instant 24-hours-a-day news story, complete with videos of candlelight vigils, memorials at the site, and interviews ad nauseam with friends and family members who proclaim the deceased was "the nicest, sweetest, person who ever lived, with a heart of gold."
It is sickening. Yes, Ashli entered the Capitol, along with hundreds of others, to protest what she considered a fraud-ridden election. But so what? She was just standing there in a crowd, wrapped in a Trump flag, when a self-important and probably terrified guardian of the Capitol (only a building after all is said and done, and nothing more) shot her in the neck. Way to go, cop! That made everything better, didn't it?
So where is the outrage? Now imagine if she were a woman of color. OMG.
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