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Black Politician Arrested, Dragged From Hearing After Criticizing Texas GOP (atlantadailyworld.com)

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Photo: Isaiah Martin for Congress A Democratic congressional candidate was arrested and dragged out of a Texas House hearing after criticizing GOP-led redistricting efforts, per PEOPLE. On Thursday (July 24), Isaiah Martin, 27, a candidate for Texas’ 18th Congressional District, was speaking at a public hearing held by the Texas House Congressional Redistricting Committee when … Continued

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[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

After going over time, Republican Rep. Cody Vasut ordered the sergeant-at-arms to remove Martin from the hearing. Video shows Martin being restrained by officers and pulled from the room as he shouted “You have no shame” and “History might not remember you at all.”

Ah there it is, the technicality.

Conservative train of thought be like:

He broke a rule… That was illegal… He’s a criminal… ~He’s black~ He has chosen to be a thug rather than part of polite society and should be thrown in jail with the rest of them! He’s less than human! Throw him in the wood chipper!

Ugh. In the process of writing this I was exaggerating to be funny. But I also just read the recent post about Dachau and the parallels to the concentration camps this damn country is running.