Official forces and white nationalists jointly attacked Black peace protesters in 2020

Evidence

But the response by police was brutal, encouraged by President Donald Trump, who condemned the protests; blasted the “Black Lives Matter” slogan, calling it a “symbol of hate”; and pledged his allegiance to “law and order.” Images filled television screens and social-media feeds of police officers and federal agents, at times joined by white nationalist organizations like the Proud Boys, attacking peaceful protesters, beating them with batons, using pepper spray and pellets, chasing them down streets and alleys, driving cars into crowds, and forcing people into unmarked vehicles. — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 344

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘state + vigilante’ joint action is the pattern the reframing thesis says recurs throughout US history.