A Wake Up Call

 That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.  The Declaration of Independence, 1776.

America has always been a place for the disenfranchised to find answers. It was settled and organized by the disenfranchised. People who believed they lacked a voice wrote and ratified documents declaring American independence. They fought, they died, and they eventually triumphed in the face of nearly impossible odds demanding a voice.

America fought a war to right an abominable wrong, to free men and women disenfranchised on account of the color of their skin, and their involuntary servitude. She fought a different kind of war for the economically disenfranchised, to provide them a New Deal. The best of one of her best generations are buried, in elaborate graves or shallow trenches, all over the world that those enslaved by the world's bullies be free.

In small towns and big cities, in courtrooms, in jail cells and on obscure roads where marchers numbered in the tens of thousands, the battle for the disenfranchised swept America. It is a battle we still wage.

We at Bikecopblog know these truths to be self-evident:

It is always wrong to attack police officers performing their lawful duties.

It is always wrong to damage or destroy public property, no matter its character or location.

It is always wrong to trespass into areas of a public building, disrupt the lawful operation of government entities and threaten elected officials.

It is always wrong to deprive the disenfranchised of their day in court, of their right to present their case and be heard by a fair and objective tribunal, and to have their concerns adjudicated on the merits of their grievances.

The events in Washington, DC have left us with so many questions, and so few answers. Perhaps, as Americans, it is time for us to commit to a rebirth of freedom, to seek the answers together.