Editor,

“Trust me when I say that you can go elsewhere for a job. But you cannot go elsewhere for a soul.”- Senator Jeff Flake to his Republican colleagues, Oct. 2019.

While the president is being called out by its minister for a photo-op in front of a church he’s never been in, holding a book he’s probably never opened, encouraging violent repression of a battered, grieving, long suffering community, others, wise and heroic, have allowed their hearts to open and acted with courage and integrity.

Police across the U.S.A, and in Atlanta, Flint, Bellevue and many other communities have put aside their weapons, shields and helmets and joined protesters to empathize with their righteous anguish.

To serve and protect. This is what heroes do. This is how it’s done in more civilized countries. We are so proud of the Genesee County sheriff, who turned a confrontation into a parade in Flint, where my wife did her student teaching. This should give us all hope that we can, we must, we will do better:

Meanwhile, long time conservative columnist George Will calls out his party’s need for a purging. Urging that both the president and his Congressional enablers be removed.

Will warns: “Those who think our unhinged president’s recent mania about a murder two decades ago that never happened represents his moral nadir have missed the lesson of his life: There is no such thing as rock bottom … voters must dispatch his congressional enablers, especially the senators who still gambol around his ankles with a canine hunger for petting.”

No doubt his enablers who are without conscience will be little effected, but their supporters, who still have a semblance of a moral compass may, we pray. America is an experiment in equality and justice. Our democracy is a precious and fragile gift. These brave officers have shown us the way. We can, we must, and we will realize the dream.

Let’s come together to be a part of something truly great Nov. 3.

Gary Piazzon

Coupeville