Creating divisions won't help public

If you are even remotely interested in knowing how to fully divide a society, just ask the fine people at the American Civil Liberties Union. To further drive a wedge between the public and the police, the ACLU is now providing video cameras to St. Louis residents so they can "monitor" police activity in their neighborhoods.

Maybe the ACLU can provide cameras in Houston, Syracuse and Milwaukee where Juneteenth celebrations this week broke out in violence. Hooray, just one death was reported. Oh wait, the ACLU is not interested in mob violence. Their focus is on monitoring police.

The video program in St. Louis resulted from a videotaped confrontation last year when police were taped punching and kicking a suspect following a car chase. But the ACLU conveniently failed to mention that the FBI and the Justice Department both found no wrongdoing by police in that incident.

Granted, there are instances of police going overboard with criminal suspects. But that is miniscule compared to the effective law enforcement that makes all of us safer each and every day.

The ACLU is telling St. Louis residents that the police are their enemy and they should be monitored. There's no other way around it.

For every single Rodney King there are thousands and thousands of actions taken by police to provide for our safety. But not in the world of the ACLU. In their sick world, the police are the bad guys and their actions should be monitored.

If there are lawless police, they should be removed and prosecuted. But there is a fine line between police using force on an uncooperative suspect and law enforcement lawlessness.

At least it is for everyone but the ACLU.