In this episode, the hosts discuss the stark contrast between the preparation for the Black Lives Matter protest in June 2020 and that for the Insurrection on January 6, 2021. This difference has its historical roots in unfounded racial fears about Black anger and demands for equal justice. Challenges to the presumed social order are cause for alarm and justification for forceful response. Protest Law Tracker https://www.icnl.org/usprotestlawtracker/ FBI Covert Action to Destroy Black Panther Party https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=479831 Southern Congress members object to object to prospect of civil rights act in 1960 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1960-pt10/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1960-pt10-2.pdf Proud Boys and Black Lives Matter activists clashed in a Florida suburb. Only one side was charged. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/florida-protest-bill-unequal-treatment/2021/02/01/415d1b02-6240-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html
The Capital riot and social justice protests
