While watching footage of the pro-Trump mob storming the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, many Americans noticed far less confrontation with the police than they saw during the Black Lives Matter protests this summer. Here, senior science writer Maggie Koerth explores what the data shows about how right- and left-wing movements are policed.
Maggie Koerth was a senior reporter for FiveThirtyEight. @maggiekb1
Galen Druke is FiveThirtyEight’s podcast producer and reporter. @galendruke