A Washington state mayor came out in support of the Black Lives Matter protesters and had no problem with what they were doing.
She backed them so much she would not even impose a curfew so as to stop the bad actors from damaging property in the night.
Now, after her home was vandalized by protesters, she is singing a different tune.
Fox News reported that a Washington state mayor was fine with the Black Lives Matter protests that followed George Floyd’s death in police custody, but that was until vandals damaged her home, according to reports.
Now, Mayor Cheryl Selby of Olympia refers to the protests as “domestic terrorism,” according to The Olympian.
“I’m really trying to process this,” Selby told the newspaper Saturday, after the rioters’ Friday night spree left her front door and porch covered with spray-painted messages. “It’s like domestic terrorism. It’s unfair.”
“It hurts when you’re giving so much to your community,” she added.
The mayor and her family were not home at the time so they were not in danger, the report said. But some neighbors called the mayor and let her know about the damage.
Selby issued a statement earlier this month, saying Olympia would not impose a curfew on protesters demonstrating against Floyd’s death.
“Let me be clear: The City of Olympia supports the peaceful protests that highlight the racial injustices black people continue to endure at the hands of police in the United States.”
Olympia, she said, was “not without sin in this matter.”
“We are a predominantly white community next to communities that are far more diverse,” Selby told The Olympian. “That tells us that we are not, we have not been as welcoming and nurturing to communities of color as we’d like to think. The light switched on in America by Mr. Floyd’s murder shines glaringly on Olympia, as well.”
