civil unrest
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"A former Marine accused of beating an officer with a hockeystick had joined armed militiamen in a protest organized by Mich. Republicans to disrupt ballot counting in Detroit. The organizer of that protest has now been elected co-chair of the state GOP." https://t.co/bVOk3embiB
09 February 2021
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For 2 years I led a reading of MLK’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” on the floor of the Senate, the same floor recently overtaken by rioters. As we celebrate his life today hope for America has been shaken, but can be renewed by reading his words again. https://t.co/dSwxSVtQEi
19 January 2021
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“After he urged the crowd to march to the Capitol and said “if you don’t fight like hell you’re not going to have a country anymore,” a group of men in military-style vests surged into the metal barricade...charged up the stairs and into the Capitol.” https://t.co/ucycuurAIZ
17 January 2021