EDITORIAL: How close did we come to disaster?
Here’s a truth about extremism: The bridge between angry words and violent action can be a short one.
Just a few weeks ago on Sherman Avenue, racists are accused of harassing members of the University of Utah women’s basketball team. And this week, locals are horrified to learn that a Coeur d’Alene man has been arrested after allegedly planning to attack and kill worshippers last Sunday at a nearby church.
In the first case, not only had nobody been arrested as of this editorial’s writing, but there was no clarity on which crimes, if any, had actually been committed. That some soul-sucking incident did occur, however, has been verified by police.
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