Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Peaceful protest is a human right

The writer of the Nov. 19 letter “Victimizing others is never OK” blames liberals and progressives for believing that it is OK to riot, loot and burn buildings when they believe in a cause.

However, it is also never OK for conservatives to riot, loot and burn buildings. The Jan. 6 insurrection involved not antifa but then-President Donald Trump’s right-wing supporters, who rioted, broke into the Capitol, killed and injured police officers, broke windows and broke into offices.

The Constitution guarantees the right of the people peaceably to assemble. Liberals, progressives and conservatives should all remember this.