Letter to the editor: Backing a felon and the police?

Recently I’ve seen a phenomenon that strikes me as the height of left-brain/right-brain cognitive dissonance: A sign that says “I’m Voting For the Felon” right next to a sign that says: “Back the Police.” Amazing. What do the police think about that?

I’m sure the person with those signs would tell me that all the trials against Donald Trump are “rigged” and phony. To believe that, you’d have to believe in a conspiracy so vast that it doesn’t matter who you vote for; the “winners” have already been chosen, and the only way Trump will regain the White House is through a bloody insurrection. I’m not sure the police are in favor of that.

However, if you do believe in the veracity of our justice system, which the police work for, then you should be questioning why a candidate for public office, claiming he’s “innocent” of all charges, wouldn’t want his trials to proceed as quickly as possible, to confirm his innocence legally.

I like to remind my Republican friends that there are just as many Republican lawyers as there are Democratic ones … and when a lawyer sees his client is guilty, the strategy is to delay the cases as long as possible, to keep their client out of jail. In Trump’s case, there’s a possibility of his controlling the Justice Department and pardoning himself. It is evident that’s his strategy, as opposed to proving his innocence.

If I were a police officer, I’d be confused about the mixed message of those two signs. And probably a little insulted.

Thomas Nacey Jr.

Delmont