Obviously I’m not on the ground in Los Angeles, but from what I’ve seen those protests are anything but peaceful.

Burning cars, looting, throwing bricks and rocks, attacking policemen and burning police units doesn’t scream peaceful.

One night in recent days there was no looting and Mayor Karen Bass boasted about it.

One night.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris called the riots “overwhelmingly peaceful.”

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called them “peaceful demonstrations.”

I’d hate to see what non-peaceful demonstrations would look like.

And I really don’t know why someone like Hillary would even wade into those murky waters. What stake does she have in it?

A Purcell couple went to LA last weekend to see one of their children who lives there.

The dad joked with me that he was going to take a water bottle with him in case he came upon a fire.

Rank and file citizens and those folks getting their property destroyed don’t think of these as peaceful demonstrations.

jdm