PROTESTING ~ IS LAWFUL, RIOTING ~ IS A LAWLESS MESS, 24 lines Subject: Baltimore rioting and looting
(continued from above) It mentions that if there is abuse in policing, that the process ought to go forward. To blame all, if one (or some) do not right, is blind and thick-headed (obtuse). The fourth couplet states: "No leadership anywhere found, Mayoral failures appeasing, Liberal Government unsound, The riotous crowd so pleasing."
It is the opinion of this editor, that our Police forces do a very difficult and splendid work. To tell them not to do their job, and let thugs break the law, is totally wrong and provocative of more lawlessness. Thugs and lawbreakers understand one thing, and it is not empty rhetorical speeches of appeasement, it is proper use of power to subdue their lawlessness. Police officers are that line of defense, not the toys of politicians!
See other related poems: PL2875 "Eat Your Peas Son ~ No! Also: PL2877 "Strengthening Rebellion, Stifling Authority" See additionally our poem: PL2548 "Policing The Vermin Of Society"