The Secret Service Must Be Revamped
Jul 21, 2024 16:59:28 GMT -5
Post by schwartzie on Jul 21, 2024 16:59:28 GMT -5
The Secret Service Must Be Revamped
by Alan M. Dershowitz
July 21, 2024 at 5:00 am
It is not as if this attack could not have been anticipated and planned for.... One would think that the Secret Service would have learned from their failure [during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy] in Dallas. They did not.
The Secret Service should be devoted exclusively to preventing and responding to attacks on its protectees. It must get out of the unrelated business of investigating currency counterfeiting and other crimes.
This assassination attempt may well be an outgrowth of the increasing acceptance of violence by extremists on all parts of the political spectrum.... it is certainly possible that [would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks] may have been influenced by the current rhetoric justifying violence as an appropriate response to perceived injustice.
Our universities are turning out students who engage in violence and are only rarely punished for it. Some faculty members are teaching that noble ends justify ignoble means. The result has been physical attacks on fellow students based on political, ideological and religious disagreements. It is only a short step from physically attacking those with whose policies you disagree, to shooting at political candidates who support such policies.
by Alan M. Dershowitz
July 21, 2024 at 5:00 am
It is not as if this attack could not have been anticipated and planned for.... One would think that the Secret Service would have learned from their failure [during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy] in Dallas. They did not.
The Secret Service should be devoted exclusively to preventing and responding to attacks on its protectees. It must get out of the unrelated business of investigating currency counterfeiting and other crimes.
This assassination attempt may well be an outgrowth of the increasing acceptance of violence by extremists on all parts of the political spectrum.... it is certainly possible that [would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks] may have been influenced by the current rhetoric justifying violence as an appropriate response to perceived injustice.
Our universities are turning out students who engage in violence and are only rarely punished for it. Some faculty members are teaching that noble ends justify ignoble means. The result has been physical attacks on fellow students based on political, ideological and religious disagreements. It is only a short step from physically attacking those with whose policies you disagree, to shooting at political candidates who support such policies.
olitical, educational, religious and other leaders must denounce violence advocated and practiced by those on their side of the political divide. It is easy to denounce violence by one's opponents. It is far more difficult, but more important, to denounce violence by one's allies.
We are not doing enough.
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