Rashawn Ray Brookings OpEd examines Capitol incursion
While many people are attracted to law enforcement because they truly want to protect and serve . . . others want to enforce white supremacist ideologies
Rashawn Ray examines the implications of the January 6 riot that violated the U.S. Capitol building and killed two people.
"The Capitol coup is the mirror we needed to overcome our warped sense of American exceptionalism. Becoming a truly equitable democracy requires work. It requires actively working against ideological forces that try to make America great for only a few."
See the complete OpEd at Brookings
"What the Capitol insurgency reveals about white supremacy and law enforcement"
January 12, 2021, Brookings