There was a time not long ago when America united around a core of common values. They were not partisan, but foundational beliefs shared by Whigs, Federalists, Democratic-Republicans, Democrats and Republicans.
Americans believed that justice should be universal, not dictatorial, and that the role of judges was to decide the law, not determine it. Peaceful articulation of opposing views was appropriate; repression of unpopular opinion, much less violence, rioting or open warfare, was not. Those who placed their lives on the line to defend our lives, homes and property were acknowledged as America's finest, and the goal of internal affairs was to root out bad actors, not to punish officers for defending themselves against violent assailants.
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