Protests: Elected officials deserve a sanctuary

Re: “Going to home of councilman justified,” (TNT letter, 10/1).

Democracy is define by the Webster’s New World Dictionary as, “the principle of equality of rights, opportunity and treatment, or the practice of this principle.”

No matter how you slice it or try to justify protesting at a political person’s residence, home is for most people a sanctuary, and every person deserves to have that peace of knowing their family is safe at home.

Going to Tacoma City Councilman Conor McCarthy’s home to protest was reckless and dangerous. Who is to say those who have penetrated the peaceful protests of Black Lives Matters who are using severe violence are not in the crowd?

We have a moral obligation to speak out whenever wrong is wrong. I support and am also a person who practices and believes in the right to protest.

I believe in civil disobedience. I was arrested several years ago in Washington, D.C. for doing so.

But personal attacks, and going to political person’s home to protest, is immoral. Traumatizing children is not a teaching moment.

This story was originally published October 2, 2020 at 7:30 PM with the headline "Protests: Elected officials deserve a sanctuary."