There's no place in politics or business for violence. It's un-American and downright wrong. Yet following increasing union rhetoric, including a threatening email to an Ohio businessman, this week brought news that a Toledo-based, merit shop (union-free) construction owner was shot while investigating an apparent vandalism effort in which his car was tagged with the word "Scab" and his tires were set to be slashed.

Our own HTA spokesman added to the analysis in The American Thinker, tying together a disturbing trend:

The threat email occurred last week and got a significant amount of publicity. During the same news cycle, the King shooting occurs. We can therefore presume that the IBEW international condones the actions by both of their members in both incidents. If they did not condone the threatening email, they would have made it known directly to all of their Ohio affiliates. Presumably, their Ohio affiliates would take their scolding seriously and would not engage in other attention getting thuggery in the same geographical area. Therefore, the IBEW condones and in fact endorses these criminal acts. Their silence seems to be an approval of maintaining the status quo.

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