Capitol Police failed to arrest a single insurrectionist on January 6th, yet they had no problem arresting a black congresswoman during a peaceful protest for voting rights on Thursday.
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) joined a peaceful protest against Republican voter suppression laws and called for the United States Senate to pass the For The People Act to protect voting rights across the country. She was only one of what appears to be a handful of protesters, and they weren’t doing anything like trying to break into the Capitol by force or assaulting officers, or seeking to assassinate lawmakers.
Yet, Capitol Police officers arrested her and several others, which is particularly insulting since the Capitol Police didn’t arrest any insurrectionists on January 6th.
Beatty documented her arrest on Twitter and vowed to keep fighting.
Let the people vote. Fight for justice. pic.twitter.com/JnEUPl9KJW
— Joyce Beatty (@RepBeatty) July 15, 2021
You can arrest me. You can’t stop me. You can’t silence me.
— Joyce Beatty (@RepBeatty) July 15, 2021
Twitter users called out the hypocrisy of Capitol Police, who basically allowed former President Donald Trump’s supporters to violently ransack the Capitol and beat many of their own fellow officers damn near to death without arresting a single one of the perpetrators or using their weapons to defend the building and all the lawmakers inside that were being threatened.
And how many where arrested at the US Capitol on January 6 during the insurrection? I rest my case.
— Ayayi Fubara Eneli (@AyaEneli) July 15, 2021
Capitol police have it all backwards. They let people who trespassed on the Capitol go free but arrest people who actually work there 🤡
— ULTRON WAS RIGHT (@dcjanfan) July 15, 2021
I don’t remember seeing them arrest any domestic terrorists on January 6Th
— Lisa (@rexrode1967) July 15, 2021
I guess the Capitol Police only arrest non violent Black people.
— Falkkon (@Falkkon2) July 15, 2021
What happened to their zip ties Jan 6? Shameful!
— MAC (@MACnCheese213) July 15, 2021
People stormed the capitol and weren’t arrested, but these people were. Hmmm, wonder why?!!!
— Michelle (@michald1011) July 15, 2021
They’re arresting more people today than they did on January 6th. This is pathetic.
— unsolicited_opinions (@Mystic_AL13n) July 15, 2021
Clearly, Capitol Police don’t have the right priorities. They refused to arrest Trump supporters on January 6th despite them violently storming the Capitol building plotting to murder lawmakers and overthrow democracy in an act of domestic terrorism. Furthermore, not a single Republican who aided or incited the violence has been charged. But a black congresswoman peacefully protesting in favor of voting rights is where they draw the line? Seriously?!
Officers should lose their jobs for this because it’s obvious they have no clue what it means to protect and serve.
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