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I Got a Rope—“What an Analysis of the 377 Americans Arrested or Charged in the Capitol Insurrection Tells Us”

“[B]yfar the most interesting characteristic common to the insurrectionists’ backgrounds has to do with changes in their local demographics: Counties with the most significant declines in the non-Hispanic White population are the most likely to produce insurrectionists who now face charges…. Put another way, the people alleged by authorities to have taken the law into…

“[B]yfar the most interesting characteristic common to the insurrectionists’ backgrounds has to do with changes in their local demographics: Counties with the most significant declines in the non-Hispanic White population are the most likely to produce insurrectionists who now face charges….

Put another way, the people alleged by authorities to have taken the law into their hands on Jan. 6 typically hail from places where non-White populations are growing fastest.”

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/06/capitol-insurrection-arrests-cpost-analysis/

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