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Police showed extreme restraint and care for the mobs of domestic terrorists who stormed the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has explained why he isn't racist after using the word "thugs" to describe a girls' basketball team with Black players and their Black coaches getting into an altercation during a game.

John Beilein, the first-year head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, referred to his team as "thugs" before being forced to explain and walk back what may have been a Freudian slip. But is the word racist?