Sympathy for the Devil: He Was Really a Good Boy.

In the past, one of the contributing factors of a society's collapse has been a loss of faith or trust in the institutions that previously provided it with a modus vivendi.

In our nation, our state and even in our city, we are seeing that now.

Peaceful, law abiding citizens have been suffering a series of shocks regarding law enforcement and the judiciary, leaving them feeling unsafe, uncertain, downright frightened and betrayed.

Liberal progressivism was responsible for the Bail Reform Act, which allowed judges to turn loose violent criminals without bail, prior to their trials.

The result has been that these criminals go out, commit more crimes, are arrested and released back into the community again. And again.

This not only frustrates the various law enforcement agencies, making a mockery of their job to make their communities safe. Or at least to feel safe.

Criticizing this law only elicits responses of "racism," since the Black community was gung-ho for it.

Then comes the paradox.

The Black community is the one that has mostly been victimized by these criminals being released back into the community without bail.

Well, they asked for it.

Even more galling has been the liberal news media's biased reporting of fatal altercations involving the police and criminals of color.

The criminal is the "victim" while the real victims shouldn't have put themselves into harm's way.

Then the news reporters fall all over themselves seeking to interview the criminal's family, to hear how badly the police have been portraying their poor, misunderstood child.

Such has been the case of Simran Gordon, aged 24.

On October 6, 2021, he attempted an armed robbery of the Family Dollar store on West Main Street.

But his mother said "He was really a good boy."

There were customers and employees inside the store, held as hostages.

"But he was really a good boy."

Gordon was holding a gun to the head of the store manager.

"But he was really a good boy."

When the police arrived, he shot at them, who responded in kind and killed him, putting an end to his violent criminal career.

"But he was really a good boy."

Later, RPD's interim chief of police announced that Gordon was also involved in three other homicides.

"But he was really a good boy."

Well, to his mother, anyway, as she spoke to a news reporter from the D&C trying to elicit sympathy for her son.

Meanwhile, our local terrorist organization, Free the People, ROC staged a public demonstration Saturday night, demanding "justice" for Simran Gordon. Not for his victims, mind you, but for a violent thug who lived by the sword and died by the sword. And I am not moved to tears over his fate.

I am glad that the customers and employees of the Family Dollar were not physically harmed by Gordon, as well as the officers of RPD who responded to the call.

But they will carry the memories of Gordon and his violent actions to their dying days.

This is another example of the decay of our society and civilization: The glorification of criminality. The "victimization" of the criminals. The scant attention paid by such organizations to the real victims of these criminals.

Remember Steve Amenhauser?

The mayor's office, City Council and Free the People, ROC don't.

***The photo above is from the D&C***