One element of the riots that’s struck me particularly hard is the utter lack of dignity, not just of the looters, but of the elites that would enable them.
An image that burns in my brain is that of Webster, Massachusetts Police Chief Michael Shaw lying face down in a show of “solidarity” with Black Lives Matter protesters. Around him sit several protesters, casually drinking in a law enforcement officials public humiliation. Chief Shaw did this voluntarily, allegedly, albeit as a crowd chanted for him to lie down.
It’s ritual spectacle for the Leftist mob, and grace on the cheap for Shaw. Rather than preserve his dignity and that of his position, he gave himself to the raucous crowd.
But it will not mollify the Left for long. Even as protesters cheered and thanked the chief for his humiliation, one demonstrator, according to Fox News, said, “It’s not enough, but it’s a start!”
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