The classic enabler is "I don't condone the violence but understand why it is happening"! How can anyone understand rioters are killing people, destroying property and ruining those who are peaceful and working hard for their families. No,
I don't understand these thugs and believe they should receive like punishment. To equate these thugs to their acts having any right to do it is beyond my ability to even relate to the position. I am more than knowledgeable of the minority issues and the need to address them as I spent my life supporting them and helping in a small way to help them to overcome the problems they face. I will just say we are in some ways responsible for their plight BUT to say that does not mean thugs are justified or I understand their right to kill and destroy is another way to enable the thugs to kill and riot and steal. A judge being stopped is a rather small problem compared to the person of color under threat of being fired, or not being invited to some functions because of his/her color, or not being allowed to dine in some restaurants, or injustice in school, etc. etc. Our job is to overcome these injustices and raise our children to continue the need to support change. It is not to construct a world that
believes riots, killing, stealing, etc are fine and we believe there are excuses to allow them. There is a book that was published many years ago. It is titled
"The Invisible Black Man". Everyone should read it to get an idea what the person(s) of color face. The misuse of authority by the police and police criminal activity is a separate issue from thousands killing and destroying communities. I have not seen or read of any mass rioting by police over the killing of
a cop although I also believe the punishment should be equal for anyone who kills or riots. These riots are not a justification for killing anymore than it is justified for a policeman to kill without justification!! To compare the two circumstances is an attempt to appear one justifies the other. That is as terrible as it sounds!!!
