Rognstad deserves thanks for standing up for what’s right

If you thought that what Dan McDonald did was illegal when he called in his heavily armed friends to downtown Sandpoint to keep an eye on the protesting kids, well, turns out it you might be right. That’s what legal experts who study paramilitary activity around the country think.

These experts, who helped the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, after the domestic terrorist attack in 2017, have offered to help the city of Sandpoint with some free legal advice. Finally, a chance to stand up to McDonald and his heavily armed friends, who seem to care more about their right to carry guns than just about anything or anyone else.

But will the council stand up for peace-loving citizens? Maybe not. I mean their own police chief praised the militants. So who do you trust? The police force or the militants? Both? Neither? Many of us are confused.

I, for one, am sick of McDonald’s bullying. And his spreading of lies about looters coming to town. And risking the public health of our community. I could go on and on.

I want to thank Shelby Rognstad for having the guts to speak out against paramilitary groups gathering in our downtown. He does it a lot more diplomatically than I ever could. Now, who has the guts to stand with him?

MIKE MURRAY

Sagle