#insurrection

#insurrection

the pardoning by Trump of his cop-beating foot soldiers represents the lowest moment of this presidency so far, because it was an act not only of naked despotism but also of outlandish hypocrisy. By pardoning these criminals, he exposed a foundational lie of MAGA ideology: that it stands with the police and as a guarantor of law and order. The truth is the opposite.

Two years ago, in January 2023, Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips walked into Brazil's congress building, its presidential palace, and its supreme court, and saw what looked like the scene of a natural disaster'. Shattered glass everywhere, furniture thrown all over the place, graffiti on the walls', he remembers the destruction left by supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, convinced Brazil's far-right president had been cheated of election victory, who stormed Brazil's most iconic democratic institutions.

Jacobs provides a poignant description of the widespread fear experienced by the White community post-Turner’s Rebellion, illustrating how this terror manifested in violent reprisals against Black individuals.