The study found that Texas’ rioters were older, more professional and had fewer ties to radical groups than past right-wing extremists. They also blocked a proposal to move or better explain a statue of the city and county’s namesake, Collin McKinney, a slaveholder with Black descendants. Tutson, a former City Council member in the nearby city of Anna, said he confronted a police officer running for McKinney City Council who he had seen in pictures from the riot. AdvertisementAfter they returned to Texas, Jenkins’ Twitter account was removed. It’s just common sense and logic.”AdvertisementStan Penn, owner of The Celt Irish Pub in McKinney, Texas, has withdrawn from a City Council runoff.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 10, 2021 09:02 UTC