1/ What if there were a mass movement aimed at utterly disrupting the operation and safety of Western cities with riots that overwhelm the police limited by strong insistence on peaceful means—at a time when police are themselves under heavy criticism for brutality?

2/ What if there were too many minor threats for police to rein in peacefully? Couldn't that be an effective way to destroy a country's economy and morale? Wouldn't that constitute a new kind of warfare? Doesn't that sound like something the radical left might try in 2020?

3/ I find this to be a disturbing train of thought for those of us who think police in modern, civilized countries should always go far out of their way to avoid violent solutions. Use humane policing against police and against the peace they protect. "No justice no peace."

4/ I find the frankly insane and shocking suggestion that we "defund" and "abolish" police departments to be rather well explained by this strategy. Since people who want to abolish the police clearly don't care about public safety, you have to ask what they care about more.