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Sedition — Then and Now, Black and White
The Case for Convicting the Republican Party, From Its Leadership Down to its “Army,” for Sedition
Egged on by certain leadership and elected officials of the Republican Party, up to and including Donald Trump, a predominately-white mob used force and violence to attack the Capitol building, in an attempt to overthrow the government of the United States of America, and replace it with (or more precisely, retain and expand in power) a right-wing dictatorship. There can be no doubt that this was sedition.
The different treatment of this white, right-wing mob, as compared to the recent protests for Black Lives Matter, has been pointed out by many others. Here, I will dig deeper into the history of the disparate treatment of alleged “sedition,” based on the politics and color of those involved, and conclude with my own legal recommendations of what can and should be done if these current criminals are to be treated the same.
