There are the key words: “I don’t think I did anything wrong.” He believes he acted as a law-abiding citizen in fact, he made a personal judgment that he had done nothing wrong. When asked about these situations, he stated “I don’t think I did anything wrong, and I’m looking forward to my day in court.” According to several sources, he has been charged with illegally pepper-spraying individuals and groups of counter-protestors. Then we need to find a way to heal that hate or reject it.Ĭantwell’s actions rose out of that hate. More importantly: why does he have that much hate? As a country, we need to figure that out. During an interview following Charlottesville, he stated he wants “to normalize racism.” Why would anyone think that is okay?

When Christopher Cantwell, one of the leaders of the Unite the Right rally, was asked about the tragic death and the many injured people caused by the automobile attack, he said, “a lot more people are going to die before we’re done here.” Cantwell is an alt-right talk show shock DJ. If we are going to stick to simplifications, the first question we must ask is: what is a law-abiding citizen? Sadly, most of the news is focused on simplifications. Today I want to ask you to think about what it means to be a law-abiding citizen. The violent rally in Charlottsville showed that there are multiple issues festering in our society. In my last blog, I asked what Charlottesville means to you.

Law abiding citizen meaning