Punching Richard Spencer wasn’t self-defense. Beyond the fact that this punch was morally indefensible, it was also incredibly stupid.
We all must demand that those who are commissioned in our names to enforce our laws, start from the presumption that on the face of every single person is written “thou shalt not kill.” We must, in the urgency of this moment, repeat at the highest of decibels and in the most hallowed of places that Black Lives Matter.