How Would Things Have Played Out If Thomas Matthew Crooks Had Been A Black Man At The Trump Event

It is no secret to any conscious American why Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old shooter of former President Trump was not stopped although police and security deemed him to be acting “suspiciously” around the metal detectors at the entrance of the July 13 Trump event in Butler, Pennsylvania.There is a reason that Crooks was reportedly not interrogated for identification. He was not chased, not followed; not heavily surveilled as he climbed to the roof of a building and then aimed an AR-15 styled rifle only about 130 yards away from where former President Trump was speaking.It is evident by only a brief review of recent American history that the reason Crooks was not stopped at the gate and caught before he pulled the trigger was because he was White. Period. Once again, it was the lone White male syndrome.There is no question that had Crooks been a Black man, he would have been commanded to show identification. Had he not concurred as a Black man, he would have been wrestled to the ground and likely shot dead or choked to death like D’Vontaye Mitchell, who was killed by hotel security June 30 right there in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where the Republican...