Stop mob rule at police commission – Latest News
Who runs the town — the mayor or the mob?
That’s a legit query after rioters disrupted one more police commission listening to on Tuesday.
They shouted down LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell. And — as soon as again — they attacked a journalist from The California Post.
A person carrying a face masks and a hat that claims “DEFUND POLICE” offers the center finger. Jamie Paige
Yes, the police commission is supposed to be a examine on the ability of the police.
It exists to permit civilian oversight — and public remark.
But the violent extremists who show up to police commission hearings silence their fellow residents and the press.
They declare that they’re exercising their First Amendment rights — however different Angelenos have the identical rights. And press freedom is roofed below that sacred provision, too.
A person carrying a “F—CK THE POL(ICE)” shirt. Jamie Paige
The final irony is that many of the protesters put on masks to cover their faces, at the same time as they demand that ICE brokers be pressured to drop their masks.
The unruly listening to adopted riots final week, when anti-ICE protesters attacked law enforcement officers, federal buildings, and — again — journalists.
Violent mobs seem to do what they like in LA. And the activists have turn into the very tyranny they are saying they oppose.
Mayor Karen Bass mentioned nothing concerning the violence within the streets or at the police commission, past urging people to protest “peacefully.”
It’s time for more than phrases. We need law and order at the police commission. We can’t lose democracy to the mob.
