WILFUL FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ORDER IS A CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S BASED ON RACE: Attorney General William P. Barr was also said to have asked prosecutors to explore whether to bring charges against the mayor of Seattle for allowing a police-free protest zone. Love how the NYT characterizes this lawless and violent area: “police-free protest zone.” Its own reporting showed that things were much worse than that.

BTW, InstaPundit was encouraging pointing out the civil rights violation back in August, though I was encouraging civil suits under 42 U.S.C. 1985. But a criminal prosecution under 18 U.S.C. 241 is also possible.