Staff Reports
When the Department of Homeland Security publicly announced it had referred a speaker at the Chicago “No Kings” rally to the Department of Justice for prosecution, patriotic Americans should have breathed a sigh of relief that someone in Washington still takes threats against federal officers seriously. The DHS post made clear that violent calls for the murder of ICE officers would not be tolerated and warned bluntly, “To those who threaten violence against us: we will hunt you down, we will find you, and Justice will be served.”
The video clip that circulated shows a man at the protest screaming into a microphone that “These ICE agents gotta get shot and wiped out,” language so un-American and vile it demands immediate law-enforcement response. That kind of incitement is not free speech; it’s a direct, public call to commit murder and should be treated as criminal conduct, not dismissed as political theater.
This response from DHS isn’t happening in a vacuum — it follows a string of real-world attempts on federal officers, including a sniper attack at an ICE facility in Dallas last month, and the shocking political violence that claimed the life of Charlie Kirk weeks ago. Conservatives have been warning that unchecked rhetoric fuels violence, and these incidents prove that law and order demands consequences, not lectures about context from elites who benefit from chaos.
Reps and local officials are right to demand answers about who is standing on stages calling for murder; social-media sleuthing and officials have identified the alleged speaker as a staff member at Wilbur Wright College, raising urgent questions about the radicalization happening inside institutions taxpayers fund. If educators or taxpayers’ employees are publicly urging violence, the responsible authorities and college leadership must act swiftly to investigate and, if warranted, fire and refer them for prosecution.
Americans tired of being lectured by the coastal elites should be grateful DHS pushed this to the DOJ and insisted on accountability instead of reflexive forgiveness. The Biden-era playbook of appeasing violent rhetoric must end; if government agencies can’t defend their own officers, then the country’s commitment to rule of law is hollow. Conservatives should applaud any federal action that treats threats like the crimes they are and pressure prosecutors to follow through.
Meanwhile, too many in the media and on the left rush to sanctify protests while ignoring calls to murder public servants, and our courts spend more time fretting over federal agents’ tactics than the mobs screaming for blood. That imbalance creates real danger and erodes confidence in institutions that are supposed to keep Americans safe, which is why citizens and their representatives must hold every institution — from universities to newsrooms to prosecutors — accountable for protecting life and order.
Hardworking Americans deserve to live under laws enforced equally, not under the threat of extremists who think violence is a political tool. The DHS referral should be the start of a full, transparent criminal investigation and prosecution, and every leader who enables or excuses such barbarity should face consequences at the ballot box and in the court of public opinion. Protecting ICE agents and every law-enforcement officer is patriotic, and standing for order is how we keep our country safe for our families and future.
