Mafia movies seduce us into identifying with, and even rooting for, murderers and thieves. But when we leave the flickering lights, most of us reacquire our moral compass. Not so for our former president who wants to be Don Trumpleone.
Pardons tell the tale. In 2017, in Nisour Square, five Blackwater mercenaries killed 17 innocent Iraqis, and injured 20 more, including women and children. The wanton moral depravity was a diplomatic disaster. One of the contractors, Jeremy Ridgeway, stepped up, He testified for the prosecution, exhibited remorse and plead guilty to manslaughter. The other four were unrepentant. Trump pardoned the blood thirsty four, and left Jeremy Ridgeway to serve out his term.
In many major cases informants are a godsend. For criminals, and Trump, informants are rats. Trump used that very term for his former attorney, Michael Cohen. In contrast he extolled, and pardoned, Roger Stone and Paul Manafort who refused to cooperate with law enforcement.
Tragically, a capital police officer was killed in the January 6 riot. At the capitol, the flag flew at half mast. At the White House the flag was atop the poll, loud and proud. For Donald Trump, blue lives do not matter.
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