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"WE did break down Speaker Pelosi's office door and somebody stole her gavel..."

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“Meet Jenny Cudd from Midland Texas "WE did break down @SpeakerPelosi's office door and somebody stole her gavel and I took a picture sittin

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I normally just post the pics with my commentary (#thugs, etc) in the hashtags and let the pics speak for themselves but this one had me crying.

This MFer is alive today and presumably safe in his own home (I know only a small handful of arrests were made). Meanwhile Black people are shot by police for sitting in their own car, sleeping in their own bed or even doing normal level crime (that people of all skin colors do) but not like... actual sedition. 

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Thug holding up looted mail from the capitol building, Washington DC.

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Text reads:

The Trashies @TheTrashiesUK

What's something that feels British but isn't?

Pariah Carey. @Sumzlbrahiim

The contents of the British Museum

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Blurred the face because the police have the photo but he hasn't been caught yet and I'm not here to encourage snitching.

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This article about the history of looting in America is so so good and so important - please read and reblog!

“The founding fathers use[d] looting as a supplement to protest. You can go back as far as the Boston Tea Party... and they saw fit to literally go and loot and destroy cargo on ships that were owned by England... From the very, very beginning of our nation, looting has been a part of protests.”

"The Boston Tea Party, though not widely portrayed as looting, is an illustrative example of some of the ways in which the term is applied... as the word looting had taken on a negative tone, it wouldn’t be applied to the actions of those in power...

The history-shaping actions of white people are rarely remembered as looting, even when they have involved seizing goods by force, whereas the word is freely applied when those doing the seizing lack power.

Because of the racial history of the United States, that dynamic has meant that the term often has racial implications too. “The term is racialized and is often used to condemn political acts that threaten white supremacy and racial capitalism...”

How American Power Dynamics Have Shaped Perceptions of Looting, From the Boston Tea Party to Today

Ideas about looting evolve over time—and in the United States, race has always been part of that evolution

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I've posted this lamp lady looter before but now she's been memed.

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Who are all these snitches? Why?

Why do you care if someone took something from Walmart? Walmart doesn't care, they are insured.

"Police posted more than 100 images from cameras showing people inside the store [Walmart] on the Fayetteville/Cumberland County Crime Stoppers Facebook page, leading to more than 450 tips."

Sharing some of the white faces, though the majority posted were Black, and everyone in their community ratted them out to the cops.

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This is a really good, basic article which addresses the different kinds of looting going on right now. Ignore the headline, that's only part of it.

This isn't only about white people looting but it does include them.

If you don't know much about looting beyond "thugs" and "crime bad" please read.

A few highlights:

"...Burglary rampages during protests... are seen within the oppressed Black community as a legitimate response to longstanding injustice. Even when plundering is committed by whites, which was widespread in the days following Floyd's death, the motive may have been racial solidarity rather than self-indulgence, he argued.  ...While it may be satisfying to settle on a single explanation, simplicity seldom captures the nuances of human motivation. Instead, sociologists say looting is spurred by a tangled mix of outrage, avarice, vengeance and opportunism – with a different mix for each person."

'Peaceful protests got hijacked': Some criminals used George Floyd protests as cover for looting, police say

Some of the looting during George Floyd protests appeared to stem from demonstrations. In other cases, police say criminals used protests as

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Accused State Street looter arrested

Another person accused of looting businesses on State Street following a protest in late May is facing charges, Madison police said. 

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After killing of George Floyd, white liberals embrace ideas that once seemed radical

Police killings have pushed white liberals to the left on issues of racial equity.

"Webb was initially confused about her feelings surrounding looting in her neighborhood amid the protests. Then she came to a position: “I am trying to push myself to understand looting, and understand that we have to go outside the law sometimes to make things happen.” ."

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Why finding Nazi-looted art is 'a question of justice'

Holocaust survivors and their descendants have been embroiled for decades in complex legal battles for the art that once belonged to their f

White people have looted so much art that museums have to have specific policies for how to handle it when families come forward asking for their grandparents' shit back and may have specific staff dedicated to identifying looted art.