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“Light ’em up.”
Those words made the news this week as footage surfaced of National Guardsmen marching through the streets of Minneapolis and shooting residents with paintball guns. Someone could have told the people on the porch that residents needed to go back inside because of civil unrest.
Itcouldhavebeenasimplematterofsaying,“Sir/Ma’am,weneedyoutostayinsiderightnowforyourownsafetyuntilthingsareundercontrol.”Instead,someonedecidedtohavephalanxesofpeoplemarchthroughthestreetsbehindmilitaryvehicles,enforcingwhatamountedtomartiallaw.
ItcouldbearguedthatTimWalzsawthechaosinMinneapolisasawaytoconsolidatepower.Doubtless,hesawanopportunitytoco-opttheangerthattherampagingmobsexpressedasawaytostrengthenhispositionandhimself.Hemighthavefeltsmugsendingguardsmenintothestreetstostompthroughsuburbanneighborhoods.Anditappearsthatthesemenweresocarriedawaythattheyfeltcompelledtoturnapaintballgunonsomehaplesspeoplestandingontheirporch.
Powerhasawayofbringingouttheworstinus.
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