The Rule of Law

This is a personal observation.

Federal, state and local authorities, both Republican and Democrat, have implicitly tolerated violence over the past several months for their own venal purposes as they jockey for political gain in the run-up to the November election. 

Let us not forget that it is the Rule of Law that is the foundation of a civil society. Violence erodes that foundation. 

Violence must be stopped. 

It must be stopped without reference to protest or self-defense, Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative or any other specious allocation of the Rule of Law. 

It does not matter whether this violence stems from protesters or armed citizens who appoint themselves as a substitute for law enforcement. We are not served by the voices that understand or condone those who take the law into their own hands with smashing and burning or violent vigilantism. These are crimes incited and committed by criminals. 

The state alone - accountable to the electorate in our democracy.- is solely responsible for maintaining the peace. 

What the heck people – isn’t this something we learned from childhood?