Dangerous rhetoric of AOC & the left

“The prosecutor did not ‘make an error.’ He lied,” New York’s Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told the world. Except she was again jumping to conclusions.

She was reacting to a video released by Chicago’s left-wing state’s attorney that seems to show a cop shooting Adam Toledo, 13, dead after the kid had dropped a gun — a video her office cited in withdrawing a prosecutor’s earlier claim that Toledo was armed when the cop fired.

That was enough for AOC, whose tweet continued: “Ending this isn’t just about consequences for who pulls the trigger. It’s about admitting to and confronting an entire system that exists to protect, defend, and cover up state violence.”

But Chicago police soon released bodycam footage that shows the teen turn toward the cop as he drops the gun — less than a second before the fatal shot.

“Even as our understanding of this incident continues to evolve, this remains a complicated and nuanced story,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot noted.

That’s a calm, considered statement — the reaction of a serious politician. It doesn’t disregard the grief of Toledo’s parents, nor does it throw fuel on the flames.

It wasn’t too long ago, after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, that Democrats and the media were lecturing all of us on the dangerous powers of speech. But apparently that only works one way. AOC and the rest of the “Squad” regularly speak in incendiary language, calling for an end of policing, an end to business, an end to anyone that disagrees with them. They don’t wait for facts or nuance. They call for retribution. It needs to stop.