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On Monday, Trump posted a warning on social media to thoseagainst his immigration crackdown and confronting police and members of the
he had deployed: “IF THEY SPIT, WE WILL HIT, and I promise you they will be hit harder than they have ever been hit before. Such disrespect will not be tolerated!”The discrepancy of Trump’s response to the two disturbances — pardoning rioters who beat police on Jan. 6, which he called “a beautiful day,” while condemning violence against law enforcement in Los Angeles — illustrates how the president expects his enemies to be held to different standards than his supporters.“Trump’s behavior makes clear that he only values the rule of law and the people who enforce it when it’s to his political advantage,” said Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist at Dartmouth College.
Trump pardoned more than 1,000 people who tried to halt the transfer of power on that day in 2021, when about 140 officers wereThe former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Matthew Graves, called it “likely the largest single day
” in American history.
Trump’s pardon covered people convicted ofOjwang was arrested Friday in Homa Bay in western Kenya and driven 400 kilometers (248 miles) to Nairobi for what police said was publishing “false information” about a top police official on social media.
This blogger’s death comes almost a year after several activists and protesters were killed and abducted by Kenyan police during. Economic frustration remains high, despite the proposed taxes being scrapped last year.
“Our demands are still not met. The joblessness they had last year is tenfold. The killings are still happening,” said Ndungi Githuku, activist from the People’s Liberation Party. “So, nothing was resolved out of the protests that we had. We have freedom that is half baked. This country belongs to the rich, so it is time for the poor to rise. This is what is going to happen (on the anniversary) in a few days.”The Kenyan police said the Independent Policing Oversight Authority has launched an investigation.