Murder is the most heinous of crimes, a sin against the commandments of God and a violation of the laws of man. The despicable and cowardly murder of Charlie Kirk in Utah was particularly tragic. Kirk, 31, left a wife and two children.

Without knowing the shooter’s identity or motivation, President Trump blamed the murder on “the radical left” and vowed that his administration “will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it, as well as those who go after our judges, law enforcement officials and everyone else who brings order to our country.”

What is he talking about?

Assassination is a special kind of murder. It is widely defined as “murder for political reasons,” attempting to throttle the course of history, remove a leader and intimidate his followers.

With the suspected shooter, Tyler Robinson, thankfully in custody, his motivation and mental state remain to be seen. Is he some mentally disturbed individual who acted alone? Or did he have the support of “organizations” that “contribute to,” “fund” and “support” political violence, as the president claimed? Trump of course made no mention of the militia members, QAnon supporters, Proud Boys or the violent individuals he pardoned for criminal conduct on Jan. 6, 2021.

In the 1960s, we suffered a cycle of political violence. On the heels of the assassinations of Medgar Evers, both Kennedys and Martin Luther King Jr., the Black activist H. Rap Brown

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