Chris, Brad, I am sorry to hear about your mother.
Dad was abusive because he was bitter, especially after the accident that put him in a wheelchair. He became verbally and mentally abusive. He showed us he was always racist and his hatred toward minorities intensified, especially Hispanics especially since it was a Hispanic male that ran a red light and was intoxicated who slammed into his sports care nearly killing him. Many things about him surfaced that he masked very well his whole life. We learned he grew up in a very anti-minority family as his family, trump supporters, are extremely racist on of his brothers may have been a part of the Jan 6th mob. I don’t know the detail because we don’t communicate with them much after he tried to kill me. I am so glad we disengaged when we did.
I have never seen a wall of hate like the one the capital police were the victims of, but I know it had to be intense Doc Jess because intense hate coming from one person is powerfully forceful. The only thing that finally beats it back in a bigger wall of love.