Guest Op-ed: Democratic Cowardice is Driving Anti Law Enforcement Proposals
By Ed Mullins
At the intersection of social media, activism, cowardice, and generational impatience is a list of overused cliches: kid in a candy store, inmates running the asylum, fox guarding the hen house, part of the solution or part of the problem, and don’t trust anyone over thirty. But recent anti police protests in Downtown Brooklyn also brings to mind another saying: these self styled progressive activists have finally shown their true colors – and it’s ugly.
With vulgar hateful signs and chants, this anti police crowd engaged in disgraceful behavior designed for online promotion. They were hoping for their message to go viral, but instead revealed their sickness. What has been implied and understood has now been said out in the open. Proposals aimed at law enforcement procedures and practice aren’t about well intentioned reforms, they are about hating police.Â