in authority

"It would be reassuring to know that someone in authority was monitoring both the absolute number of licence holders swerving a ban and the reasons why they've been granted leave to keep driving," he said.

Mr Crilly added that at this time there had been a "breakdown of trust" in those in authority by students who felt they had been told to attend in person only to find themselves in "semi-official lockdown".

As investigative journalists like Kathryn Joyce for Salon have documented, the Capitol riot was rooted in Christian nationalism and other far-right ideologies that explicitly preach a belief in strict social hierarchies that put white men in authority over everyone else.

She said she had never received an "official" apology from those in authority who had failed her at the time.

But speaking as a concerned citizen more than anything else, I’m finding that it’s simply nice to be reassured that there is someone in authority who is seeing what I’m seeing.