Today we Americans celebrate one of our greatest heroes, Martin Luther King Jr. MLK was everything an American should be — courageous, compassionate, and deeply spiritual. He was also willing to put his own life on the line in the pursuit of justice and decency.
I see a reflection of that courage in the good people of Minneapolis. Very few people continue to believe the excuse given by the despicable monsters invading our country — led by the despicable monster in the White House — that they are protecting Americans by expelling illegal immigrants.
Their actions reveal their true intentions. Masked and armed goons are rounding up American citizens, sometimes dragging those citizens out into the freezing Minnesota winter without even having the decency to let them put on an overcoat.
As we’ve all realized by now, this has nothing to do “illegal immigration”. This is a deliberate unprovoked attack on American citizens, and the point seems to be to demonstrate that this administration is fully capable of a fascist takeover of our democracy.
But brave and patriotic Americans are fighting back, and despite the hysterical falsehoods from this rogue administration, they are doing it calmly, peacefully, and with deliberate intent. Despite the clear risk to their own lives, they are braving the cold and the tear gas and the bullets to help their neighbors.
I suspect the criminals who are behind this campaign of terror thought that the killing of Renee Good would be a deterrent to resistance. After all, if the government can get away with killing a white 37 year old devoutly Christian mother of three, then nobody is safe.
But Minnesotans have absorbed that message and have responded by continuing, with courage and with dignity, to stand up for freedom and for American values. Martin Luther King would have been proud.