Christopher E. Bitner, a former combat medic in the U.S. Air Force and Illinois Air National Guard, is a professor at the School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration, at Western Illinois University.
The pandemic has magnified an already fragile psyche among some Americans, whose tendency for violence occurs, incredibly, at the smallest slight. It is likely our nation’s enduring illness of resorting to violence remains with its appending deadly toll even once the health risks from COVID-19 decline.
