Nonviolence is the best antidote to political violence

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Nonviolence is the best antidote to political violence

Fri, 07/22/2022 - 03:01
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Aquilino Gonell felt rage. The U.S. Army veteran and 16-year member of the Capitol Police force was listening to Cassidy Hutchinson tell the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack that Donald Trump had spurred on from his followers, even though he knew many were armed. Sitting in on that June 28 hearing, Gonell later explained his reaction: “Of course, I never would have imagined that an American president would not only not come to the aid of law enforcement officers defending the Capitol but encourage that crowd to march on it. Instead of being notified about the danger, my colleagues and I were kept in the dark and thus walked into an ambush.” Gonell sustained injuries that required multiple surgeries, left him in chronic pain and cut short his career. Like so many others, including the five Capitol police officers who died (four by suicide) as a result of that day, Gonell encountered the full force of a political violence unleashed by the former president. In…

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