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General discussion / Re: The Many Faces of US Politics...
« on: January 12, 2021, 10:33:02 PM »I read that the black Capital police officer who was famously captured on video tangling with and being chased up a couple of flights of stairs by a white supremacy mob, was actually luring them away from the senate chamber into an opposite direction He instinctively deployed the oldest trick in the 'how a black man can escape imminent white mob danger', as outlined in that famous Blazing Saddles sketch. The endangered black man has to throw the mob a bait which appeals to their white supremacy prejudices and their stupidity overwhelms any residues of rational appreciation of the situation, allowing the black man to not only single-handedly save democracy but also to live and fight another day.
Nice story (if it’s true)
Anything I see Shaun King pushing I’m automatically skeptical
Not that hard to find on the internet:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eugene-goodman-us-capitol-riots-police-officer-senate-chamber/
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2021/01/11/capitol-riots-officer-hailed-hero-drawing-mob-away-senate/6625175002/
And even a Fox affiliate
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/black-us-capitol-police-officer-hailed-as-hero-for-diverting-pro-trump-mob-during-riot