Decency as Governance Metric

Propose treating a leader’s public response to deaths and security incidents as an auditable governance metric (e.g., condolence, commitment to impartial investigation, restraint from vilification). Make simple, trackable indicators that media and watchdogs can report quickly after incidents to assess whether officials are fulfilling their institutional duty to build trust rather than inflame division. — If standardized, a 'decency' metric would shift accountability from partisan opinion to observable behaviour, affecting investigations, public trust in law enforcement, and electoral judgments about executive fitness.