" Putting the particulars of Wednesday’s incident aside, it’s possible that any American, caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, is in peril. A a few wrong choices by either party in the heat of the moment could spell disaster.
Is that level of danger and risk really tolerable in a democratic society? And is America beginning to resemble some authoritarian states where lives of individuals are a trifle compared to the political ambitions of strongmen?"
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/politics/minneapolis-shooting-fractured-us-politics-analysis
John Mierau
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