A different standard

Posted February 16, 2024 1:29 pm

I find it interesting that Jennifer Crumbley, mother of school shooter Ethan, received a guilty verdict for manslaughter due to neglecting her “duty to prevent harm to others.” Yet, Donald Trump who called for the violent insurrection which resulted in the death of four people and in addition, “caused injury to 150 officers from the Capitol Police, the Metropolitan Police Department and local agencies and hundreds of workers who were traumatized by the mob,” (New York Times website reported by Chris Cameron, Updated Oct. 13, 2022). However, Mr. Trump is walking and talking free. Why?

Did not Donald Trump have the same duty on Jan. 6, 2021, to prevent harm to others? So, I ask why this man who ordered his followers to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is not being held to the same standard as Mrs. Crumbley? If a mother is guilty of not stopping her son from harming others, why is not Trump guilty of failing in his duty to prevent harm to others? Instead, he called on a mob to go to the Capitol and use violence to stop the certification of a legally elected Joe Biden. His verbal incitement resulted in death and injury. Again, I ask, why is not Donald Trump being held to the same standard as Mrs. Crumbley?

Harry Trumfio

Arlington Heights

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