[Don Joe]

A random comment:

There *is* a "thin blue line" that stands between civil society and chaos. Any time that line is stretched to the breaking point, i.e., "when the lights go out", or an unpopular jury decision is delivered, that truth becomes all too obvious.

That said, events like those described in this article -- events which are becoming all too common -- serve NOT to "protect" anyone, but only to *alienate* those on the right side of the "thin blue line".

This does not bode well for our society.

[ought-six]

"That said, events like those described in this article -- events which are becoming all too common -- serve NOT to 'protect' anyone, but only to *alienate* those on the right side of the 'thin blue line'. This does not bode well for our society."

I quite agree.