1/06/21
Acts of non-violent civil disobedience are honestly not the real problem.
Lies, misinformation, and perversion of the rule of law are the real problems.
Unfettered greed is a real problem.
Police violence and double standards are real problems.
I don't see a "riot" (but I don't claim to see everything that has happened today). I see people breaking laws, yes, but that never means they "deserve" to be shot. The police should be arresting them. Every single person who violated the barrier should be arrested and prosecuted--b/c the agreement you make in committing a non-violent act of civil disobedience is to accept the consequences.
But despite all the outrage, what I see is not the horrifying disaster the media reports. What I've seen is a (very misguided) protest, not an "insurrection." I don't see "mob violence." Had I seen guns raised, people shot--yeah, a different scenario.
We aren't bending to "mob rule." We recognize their right to protest, we arrest them when they go beyond protest into break laws . We step past them and get our work done. We let the rule of law guide the disposition.
But it is not enough to punish the misguided. We must find ways to make rule of law more resistant to the unfairness of inequities, less malleable to the influence of money.
