The man who served as the head of the D.C. National Guard during the Jan. 6 insurrection said law enforcement’s response to the predominately white rioters would have been a lot different if the demonstrators were African-American.
The highly decorated commanding general, who once served as DEA special agent and has spent his entire career in law enforcement, believes race would have caused officers to use deadly force faster and more people would have died.
Days before the 2022 Christmas holiday, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol released testimony from various personnel within law enforcement regarding the Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Maj. Gen. William J. Walker was one who testified.
Walker, who currently serves as the first Black House sergeant at arms and the 38th person in that position since the House of Representatives first met in New York City in 1789, told the congressional…
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