Another day another riot with more destruction, burning and looting

Hooded figures venting their primal convictions on innocent residents there is no disputing

Joined by a multitude of malcontents who revel in lawlessness but don’t own a single belief

Using a protest to loot and destroy and knowing current laws won’t label them as a thief

But is their idea of mob rule any different than the KKK’s robe wearing intimidation

Riding through the night bearing torches, ropes and whips terrorizing the targeted population

Now armed with bricks, fireworks and frozen bottles they wade into the fray

Adding to the medias’ delight as nightly newscasts watch society’s decay

Narrow minded bigoted zealots feeling safety in numbers and too cowardly to show their face

      Empowered by democratic rule, hiding behind social causes and law enforcement’s fall from grace

      Terrorizing innocent people has been a tactic used by bullies for years

      Reveling in the fact that a person’s hard work and stature has been reduced to pain and tears

      Enforcing a message to the unarmed and peaceful citizens that they set the rules

      Violence, destruction, and looting are all part of their unwarranted tools

      Whether it’s burning a cross in 1962 or defacing a church in 2020 it’s a symbol of injudicious power

      While the recipients of this criminal activity are expected to yield and cower

      What is criminal and what is not is now a floating set of ideals

      Destruction is acceptable, violence condoned and a looter steals

      Prosecutors know who these thuggish goons are (and were) and have long turned their backs

      Criminality doesn’t apply when you favor their goals and close your eyes to their attacks

      The days of the wild west are rapidly approaching and there ain’t no Wyatt Earp in sight

      Just weak kneed mayors and governors hiding behind their guarded walls while fires light the night