Greg Abbott keeps rewarding violence. Texas has seen this before
From Rittenhouse to Castro, Abbott’s defenses echo a long, dangerous history of leaders enabling mob violence.
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From Rittenhouse to Castro, Abbott’s defenses echo a long, dangerous history of leaders enabling mob violence.
Dallas leaders might destroy a public square where history was made, injustices addressed and the powerful were warned.
Closer to home, the Texas Rangers continue to take part in the whitewashing and glorification of a violent, racist past