What if Thomas Matthew Crooks had been a Black man?

THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS by Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) –& Can you imagine what would have happened to a& Black& man& who showed up at a Donald Trump rally acting “suspiciously” around the metal detectors? NEWS ANALYSIS 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...