“What’s happening in California would never happen in Arkansas because we value order over chaos justice.”

That’s quite literally admitting to being fascists.

And both have a much higher rate than pretty much every European country

Higher than literally every European country.

2022 homicides per 100,000 residents:

• Arkansas: 11.8
• California: 5.9
• Latvia: 4.05 (the highest in Europe)

EU stats: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268504/homicide-rate-europe-country/

US stats: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/homicide_mortality/homicide.htm

They just mean they wouldn’t stand up to protest being oppressed. They like the order that authoritarianism brings.