Biden vows to restore justice after "racist" police response in Congress compared to crackdown on BLM marches | The State

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Joe Biden, the president-elect of the United States who will take office on January 20, yesterday denounced what he described as an uneven justice system reflected in the lenient response to the mostly white invaders, who stormed the Capitol. on Wednesday, suggesting a stark contrast to the crackdown on racial justice demonstrations across the country last summer.

“You cannot tell me that if it had been a group of protesters from Black Lives Matter (BLM) yesterday, they would not have been treated much differently than the mob of thugs that stormed the Capitol, “Biden said emphatically in Wilmington, Delaware.

“We all know it’s true. And it is totally unacceptable. Totally unacceptable. The American people saw it in plain sight, “he added, quoted by The Washington Post, newspaper that has requested the removal of President Donald Trump before January 20, by holding him responsible for the violence he left behind at least 4 people killed in the unprecedented assault on the national parliament.

“In some of his most prominent comments to date on racial inequity, an issue he sometimes finds difficult to discuss despite the support of many black voters, Biden promised that disparities would be addressed when he announced his Justice Department leadership team. , including the judge of the federal court of appeals Merrick Garland as attorney general ”, detailed the newspaper.

A central goal of his presidency, Biden said, would be restore the independence and reputation of the Department of Justice after four years of politicization under President Trump, and noted that he had chosen people with years of experience in that same agency.

“I want to make it clear to those who run this Department who they will serve; They won’t work for me, ”Biden said. “You are not the attorney for the president or the vice president. Your loyalty is not for me. They depend on the law, the Constitution, the people of this nation ”.

He further related that his granddaughter Finnegan had sent him a photo of National Guards stationed at the Lincoln Memorial during a BLM protest last summer, highlighting a contrast to the response this week on Capitol Hill, a disparity many have highlighted.

A reminder that this is what Washington looked like last summer when the people coming to town were Black Lives Matter protesters.https: //t.co/hDo8RnBm9N

– Emily Badger (@emilymbadger) January 6, 2021

Biden denounces racial inequities in blasting Capitol riot https://t.co/5dnAxmhgEy

– The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 8, 2021