While the vast majority of videos spilling out of D.C. on Wednesday were chaotic/jaw-dropping/embarassing/saddening/frightening, there was one that regained a fraction of hope for humanity. Captured by Norwegian journalist Veronica Westhrin, the video depicts a guy on his porch talking to a woman in her car, strangers united in their seemingly isolated disbelief at what was happening to their city.
via: Daily Dot
Americans watched on Wednesday as President Donald Trump’s rally to protest the presidential election gave way to a riot and invasion of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Amid the chaos, journalist Veronica Westhrin captured a conversation that offers insight into how some D.C. residents felt about the rally and everything it dragged in.
The video shows a man shouting from his porch, going back and forth with a woman stuck in traffic due to the mass exodus of Trump supporters leaving downtown. As the clip begins, the man yells toward the stream of Trump supporters moving through his neighborhood. “Get out of town! Fucking treasonous pieces of shit,” he says.
A brief time jump brings the woman into the conversation. She calls out from her car to the man that the rioters “really destroyed our city.”
“And it’s like nobody gives a shit!” the man yells. “If that was Black Lives Matter, they’d have tanks rolling down Pennsylvania Avenue. But they let these fucking crackers take over the goddamn Capitol! What the fuck is that?”
“It’s true. It makes me teary-eyed,” the woman shouts back. “If it was us, Black Lives Matter, we couldn’t even do none of that. We’d die.”
So I filmed this video today. I shot it in a D.C. neighbourhood as Trump-supporters were leaving downtown after the protests and riots today. Apparently it went viral after I posted in on my Instagram @westhrin So here it is, Twitter! #guyonporch #womanincar pic.twitter.com/bmMUS48Blz
— Veronica Westhrin (@verowesthrin) January 7, 2021
The video went viral both for the truth being spoken by both residents regarding the police response to MAGA rioters vs. Black Lives Matter protesters and for the small glimpse into what they have to put up with when things like this happen in D.C.
“This is a fantastic video. Perfect slice of life & incredibly moving & the perspective that all the news crews miss when focusing on the hooligans,” tweeted user @_cynar.
@ImaLiberal66 added, “This man’s rage and woman’s tears sum up my day perfectly!”
She’s crying. She’s seen it so much she’s crying. This is what we carry. And part of why she’s crying ?
Is this may be one of the few times after years YEARS in generations
Someone not her acknowledged that this was ACTUALLY happening https://t.co/UFlxO9adKx
— ?Sydette Cosmic Dreaded Gorgon Clydesdale?? (@Blackamazon) January 7, 2021
Honestly what he said is the problem. "If that was BLM they'd have tanks rolling down Pen. Avenue" He's right. If BLM had tried something like this Trump would call for executions and the army would be called in. Even this is showing the deep rooted racism of the United States.
— Crimson Hat (@Crimson_Hat) January 7, 2021
This is the part of this clip that breaks my heart. The white man is angry, but the black woman is just heartbroken. "We couldn't do that. We'd die." Black women are the truest of patriots. They care about this country more than anyone, even when it has treated them the worst. pic.twitter.com/eJT3iM9hmb
— Prozac_Yoshi (@ProzacYoshi) January 7, 2021
Big 2021 energy.
