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Americans who believe in law and order are watching in horror as a new moral calculus takes hold: obstructing law enforcement is now cheered in some corners as righteous protest. Video from recent demonstrations shows crowds physically blocking federal vehicles and attempting to interfere with arrests — behavior that turned dangerous in Hartford when protesters tried to block federal officers and a person was struck during the chaos.
Those same protests exploded after a string of deadly encounters involving federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, where the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have been replayed and dissected across the country. Bodycam and bystander videos raised serious questions, inflamed emotions, and sent demonstrators into the streets — the exact result of the reckless, militarized operations that were supposed to make neighborhoods safer.
Instead of calming the situation, elected officials and journalists in some blue strongholds have taken to criticizing and even excusing harassment of masked federal officers, treating the people who enforce the law like villains. Boston’s recent back-and-forth between Mayor Michelle Wu and federal prosecutors over agents wearing masks is a case study in how political theater corrodes respect for authority and emboldens lawlessness.
Meanwhile, grieving families who have watched their loved ones destroyed by murderers, sex offenders, and gang members are left to see protesters rallying to protect the very people who preyed on them. That moral inversion — supporting obstructors while vilifying the men and women trying to remove dangerous criminals from the streets — is both cruel and incomprehensible to ordinary citizens trying to live peaceful lives.
Online, the rhetoric has metastasized into a digital mob that often promotes violence, impersonation, and threats, making it harder for real law enforcement to do their jobs and safer for criminals to hide behind performative virtue-signaling. Extremist networks and copycat agitators amplify confrontational tactics and impersonation risks, while federal agencies warn about criminals posing as agents — a poisonous mix that endangers civilians and officers alike.
If you want another example of institutional surrender to fashionable narratives, look at the NFL’s response to hiring controversies: Commissioner Roger Goodell insists diversity programs are “progress” even as the results in coaching hires show mixed outcomes, and the league pledges to “reevaluate” its policies rather than defend a pure meritocracy. For anyone who believes winning ought to matter in America’s most results-driven sport, shrugging and leaning on quotas while ignoring performance is exactly the kind of cultural capitulation that corrodes excellence.
This moment calls for clear-minded conservatives to stand up for victims, for the rule of law, and for merit over identity politics. We should demand accountability from federal agencies and local officials alike, protect officers who put their lives on the line, and reject the dangerous notion that obstructing justice is a moral good — because a civilization that rewards obstruction and punishes order won’t long remain free or safe.
