Those “Agitators” Are Democracy’s Best Hope, Sir (Updated)

Those “Agitators” Are Democracy’s Best Hope, Sir (Updated)

This is a big, complicated subject, and there’s no way I’m going to do justice to all its facets — or even mention them all — in a single blogpost. But let’s start with Burlington police chief Shawn Burke blaming “agitators” for triggering conflict at the infamous March 11 ICE action in South Burlington. Yeah, well. First, the real “agitators” at the scene were the goon squads from ICE, conducting a wrong-headed, overly aggressive action designe…