The Cumberland County Republican Committee (CCRC) unequivocally supports District Attorney Ebert, who has provided decades of exemplary service as a veteran, a Jurist and a District Attorney. His even-handed approach to all legal matters has never before been challenged and should not have been here.
The claims addressed in the August 31, 2020 article are typical of one-sided inflammatory political opportunism and misrepresentation by ANTIFA, BLM and uninformed Democrats at every level of government, which only serve to undermine the rule of law and the right to a fair trial, which the Democrats claim to support.
BLM is a Marxist/Anarchist cancel culture organization which foments violence, engages in extortionate threats to businesses and uses intimidation tactics and defamatory accusations to attempt to coerce and silence others’ First Amendment rights.
Republicans reject violence as an appropriate response, while acknowledging the inherent and inalienable right of self-defense. As Lincoln explained, “there is no grievance which is fit object for redress by mob law.” We have a well-ordered legal process to ensure impartiality and non-discrimination. While it is not perfect, it is a vast improvement over rioting, vigilantism and anarchy. It is a system built on the premise that All Lives Matter.
BLM flies under a false banner. If Black Lives Matter why is it that they only act on behalf of black men involved in criminal incidents? Why are they not protesting the daily violence against black children in our major cities? Why are they not organizing protests against the ANTIFA thugs ambushing and murdering Black police officers? Why are they not in black communities seeking to improve others’ lives? They are predictably quick to label every police involved incident as an incident of racism. BLM has been around for years but has not accomplished anything or given one penny to the black community.
Truth is rarely found in a fog of self-interest and emotion. There are competing accounts and complicating factors in nearly every case. District Attorney Ebert, unlike his colleagues in rioting Democrat run cities, was simply expressing the fact that cases are not as simple as presented through the filter of politicized media and social media. The Republican Committee of Cumberland County wholeheartedly endorses his statement, “the atmosphere right now is ‘something like this happens, let’s riot in the streets.’ Let’s just get some of the facts together, before we make that ultimate judgement.”
Cumberland County is a great place to live and has a solid legal system that treats each individual with civility and without prejudice. The Party of Lincoln shares MLK’s Dream of a community in which individuals are treated and have opportunities based on the content of their character and not the color of their skin. Neither BLM nor any other hatemongers have any place in our community. All hate and all unlawful violence should be condemned, regardless of where on the political spectrum it arises. District Attorney Ebert has spent a lifetime dedicated to preserving those truths, which should be self-evident.
While the Committee does not believe there was a basis for a story, based on the quoted statements contained in the article, it does recognize and appreciate that the Sentinel gave the District Attorney an opportunity to respond. It is disappointing that the Democrat Committee was contacted, but not the Republican Committee. This letter is submitted to allow balance in that regard.
Sincerely,
Louis J. Capozzi, Jr., Esquire, Chairperson
Cumberland Republican Committee
On Behalf of the Entire Cumberland County Republican Committee
