Americas, including liberals, have constitutional rights. Either we are a nation that abides by the Constitution for everyone, or our 250-year experiment in self-government is over.
Americans, including liberals, have a First Amendment right to assemble, protest, and record government agents performing their duties in public in order to hold them accountable.
Americans, including liberals, have a Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. That right exists, among other reasons, to protect against tyranny. It does not disappear because someone is politically inconvenient.
Americans, including liberals, have a Fourth Amendment right to be secure in their homes and on their persons. Government agents may not enter a home or seize a person without a warrant issued by a judge and supported by probable cause.
Americans have a Fifth Amendment right to due process. The government cannot deprive someone of life, liberty, or property without fair legal proceedings. That means government agents cannot execute people in the street for protesting, for carrying a firearm, or for being suspected of a crime.
If government agents are in imminent danger, they may use lethal force. But in both Minnesota cases, there was no immediate threat that justified killing. What occurred was not law enforcement — it was a violation of constitutional rights. And once the government is allowed to kill people without due process, none of our rights are secure.
This is not about party. If Biden or Obama had sent agents into Florida or Texas and citizens were killed under the same circumstances, I would be just as outraged. Political affiliation does not excuse killing.
Even if you believe immigration policy has failed, that does not justify executing people in the street. Even the “worst of the worst” are entitled to constitutional protections. ICE is not a judge. ICE is not a jury. If a crime was committed, arrest the person, charge them, and prove it in court.
If you believe government agents should be allowed to kill, abduct, and deny due process, then we have a fundamental and irreconcilable disagreement. This is not about hardened criminals. This is about human beings coming here seeking a better life — the same thing generations of Americans’ families once did.
And if this is really about “law and order,” why are the same voices that once said “don’t tread on me” now applauding when others are being tread upon? Where are the defenders of the Second Amendment when someone is killed in broad daylight while lawfully carrying and filming? If this were really about compliance, then why didnt you wear a mask?
At this point, I’m signing off. Online arguments don’t change minds. They only harden positions and escalate rhetoric. I’m going to spend today with my family, my dogs, the fire, and the snow — because nothing I say here is going to stop this, and peace matters more than another comment thread.
Herz out
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