After Capitol Hill Debacle, Children Snitch on Their Right-Wing Parents to the Media

January 11, 2021 in News by RBN Staff

 

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Teenagers have eagerly turned in their own family members who took part in the demonstration at the Capitol. 18-year-old Helena Duke was profiled by Buzzfeed News on Friday for publicly outing her own mother, aunt, and uncle after she saw them in a photo from the Capitol. Her family members all lost their jobs. The girl turned in her own family after her mother forbade her from attending a Black Lives Matter protest earlier this year. She said she has received messages from other teens who saw their family at the riot and agonized over whether to turn them in or not. USA Today has asked its readers to fill out a form if they recognize any of the demonstrators caught on camera. Journalist Whitney Webb commented that the authorities don’t need your help, but they want you to get used to ratting out your neighbors. -GEG

With authorities tracking down the Trump supporters who barged into the US Capitol, teenagers have eagerly turned in their own family members who took part in the riot, and the media has encouraged the Stasi-style snitching.

Days after President Donald Trump’s supporters forced their way into the US Capitol and ran riot throughout the building, police and prosecutors are working to identify and track down members of the mob. DC police have already arrested at least 80 people, and Washington DC Attorney General Karl Racine told ABC News on Friday that his office would scour the internet for leads and ask the public to send in tips.

However, a number of young people didn’t need to be asked twice. 18-year-old Helena Duke was profiled by Buzzfeed News on Friday for publicly outing her own mother, aunt, and uncle after she saw them in a photo from the Capitol. Duke told Buzzfeed that she ratted out her own family after her mother forbade her from attending a Black Lives Matter protest earlier this year.

“Hi mom remember the time you told me I shouldn’t go to BLM protests bc they could get violent…this you?” she tweeted alongside a video showing her mother bleeding from the nose following a scuffle with a black woman.

The tweet earned Duke praise from some liberal commentators but backlash from conservatives, and the teenager has since locked her Twitter account.

However, she told Buzzfeed that she’s received messages from other teens who saw their family at the riot and agonized over whether to turn them in or not.

One of these teenage touts, Robyn Sweet, was interviewed by Buzzfeed a day earlier. Sweet suspected her father – a supporter of Trump and member of a militia group – would travel to Washington for Trump’s rally on Wednesday, and outed him publicly after he was arrested inside the Capitol.

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