Black People Politics : Jan. 6 response would have been 'vastly different' if rioters were Black, House sergeant at arms told investigators.

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Jan. 6 response would have been 'vastly different' if rioters were Black, House sergeant at arms told investigators.

WASHINGTON — The House sergeant at arms, who was head of the D.C. National Guard during the attack on the U.S. Capitol, told the Jan. 6 committee that the law enforcement response would have looked much different had the rioters been Black Americans.

“I’m African American. Child of the sixties. I think it would have been a vastly different response if those were African Americans trying to breach the Capitol,” William J. Walker told congressional investigators, in an interview transcript released Tuesday. “As a career law enforcement officer, part-time soldier, last 5 years full but, but a law enforcement officer my entire career, the law enforcement response would have been different.”

Jan. 6 response would have been 'vastly different' if rioters were Black, House sergeant at arms told investigators

William J. Walker, head of the D.C. National Guard during the insurrection, also indicated he thought more people would have died if the crowd had not been overwhelmingly white.

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