SOUND OFF! REMEMBERING THE CAPITOL RIOTS BY TRUE STAR JR. STAFF

Sound Off: REMEMBERING THE CAPITOL RIOT

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BLM VS. MAGA

BY KALEI GUYTON, 8TH GRADE CHICAGO

Ifeel that the Capitol Riot, aka the MAGA Riot, that happened back in January was very different from how the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests went down. The BLM protests were about the police (who are supposed to protect us, but instead are killing us) and about getting our human rights recognized and our voices heard out in the world. The MAGA Riot in D.C. was about a bunch of racist people protesting for a person who lost an election. on anything important in life. It was just a bunch of people who felt bad about someone who was not doing a good job in office and wanted him to get a second chance. The BLM marches were very important and hurtful to many people. Last summer, the BLM protesters marched in honor of the death of George Floyd who was killed by police in Minneapolis, MN. Our people were trying to get their hurting voices heard.

In my opinion, the MAGA Riot was an unnecessary protest because it was not based Hopefully these next few months will be days of peace so that neither group feels the need to have to march in the streets.

Racism IS REAL

What If...

BY TAYLOR ANDERSON, 8TH GRADE, CHICAGO

I’m certain that the government is afraid of Black people.

The way they reacted against peaceful BLM protesters versus the MAGA supporters was unbelievable. BLM supporters were protesting for an innocent Black man’s right to live. MAGA supporters are sore losers who completely lost their minds. MAGA supporters took over the U.S. Capitol and practically nothing was done to stop them. George Floyd was a Black man who lost his life to a police officer for being accused of using a counterfeit $20 bill.

MAGA supporters are looking up to a racist, Donald Trump, who didn't do anything about the police’s actions to help Blacks during the BLM protests. For the police to be attacking peaceful BLM supporters instead of MAGA supporters who were running wild, says a lot about the government. Police reacted in a deadly manner to Blacks back when they were unarmed. When the MAGA supporters are armed and dangerous nothing was being done

Racism is real. Period.

BY KION TOLBERT, 8TH GRADE, CHICAGO

Ifeel that the way the police and the government handled the riot that happened at the Capitol was unfair compared to the way they handled the BLM protests in the past. Trump supporters were able to break into the Capitol building with no problem. Many of the rioters had guns with them and the security did nothing about it. But when George Floyd was killed and a BLM protest took place, police were beating, shooting, and arresting us.

What it Black people were to do something like what these Trump supporters did? They would have gotten beat and maybe even killed. The things the police let them get away with because of their color is wrong. They waited until it was too late to send backup law enforcement to the Capitol.

I feel that all of this had something to do with race.