In the days since George Floyd’s tragic and horrifying death, America has been rocked by an unprecedented rush of anger, frustration, anxiety and fear.
Even …
In the days since George Floyd’s tragic and horrifying death, America has been rocked by an unprecedented rush of anger, frustration, anxiety and fear.
Even in the midst of this turmoil, we can look in the mirror and confidently remind ourselves that the United States of America remains the greatest nation in the world. But, like all great societies, we have dark sins swept under the rug. The ultimate evil of those sins is racism and, even as past generations made painfully slow but nonetheless hard-fought progress, it continues to plague our nation.
Racism can only be defeated by wholesale societal change – a groundswell amongst the people. It requires each of us to step up and be our own best selves. Unfortunately, in the wake of Mr. Floyd’s death, we watched some citizens show the very worst of themselves as violence and destruction erupted in our cities as righteous demonstrations were hijacked by “antifa” leftists. America is better than this – and recent days are proof. We’re now witnessing a shift back to Americans marching peacefully en masse, exercising their First Amendment rights to protest and demanding change.
As the pendulum swings back to lawful demonstrations and we take a step back from the brink of anarchy, raw emotions are crystalizing into nascent political movements. As ideas move from street protests to the halls of government, we must assess these proposals on the merit of their substance – not the righteousness of the emotion that brought them into the world.
One proposal has swept to the forefront of the conversation: the call to #AbolishThePolice.
