‘Democracies are fragile:’ Immigrants in the Bay Area reel from pro-Trump Capitol riot Residents wh

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 â€˜Democracies are fragile:’ Immigrants in the Bay Area reel from pro-Trump Capitol riot
Residents who’ve seen totalitarianism first-hand say democracy shouldn’t be taken for granted
 
By Leonardo Castañeda   and Fiona Kellihe
PUBLISHED: January 10, 2021 at 6:30 a.m. | UPDATED: January 10, 2021 at 6:44 a.m.

Ida Martinac was a teenager in Croatia decades ago when she watched with horror as Albanian lawmakers were dragged by the neck out of legislative chambers.

Her family had just finished seeing the movie “The Exorcist” when the news came on.

“I swear, the news was just so terrifying that ‘The Exorcist’ just paled — it evaporated,” Martinac said.

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/01/10/democracies-are-fragile-immigrants-in-the-bay-area-reel-from-pro-trump-capitol-riot/

[Fishrrman]

Egads...
Spare me...!

[skeeter]

They're gonna milk Wednesday for all its worth, and then some.

And out of from between 250 thousand and 500 thousand protestors what do we have so far - some smashed windows, a LEO fatality who was either hit a) in the head with a fire extinguisher or b) suffered from a medical condition and one Trump supporter definitely shot to death for trying to climb through a window.