A new study on the January 6 Capitol insurrection finds that of the nearly 400 rioters arrested or charged, 93% are white and 86% are male.
Michel Martin speaks to the study’s principal investigator, Professor Robert Pape, to discuss these findings and some surprising revelations about the attackers and their motives.
Link to University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats PowerPoint: The Face of American Insurrection; Right Wing Organization Evolving into a Violent Mass Movement: https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/cpost/i/docs/americas_insurrectionists_online_2021_01_29.pdf?mtime=1611966204
For the analysis in The Atlantic, click here.