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| Kyle Rittenhouse's not guilty verdict is a symptom of a bigger sickness |
| 2021-11-20 |
| [MSNBC] Rittenhouse, a teenager who fatally shot two men and injured another at an antiracist protest last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was acquitted on all charges on Friday afternoon. He had been charged with homicide, attempted homicide and recklessly endangering safety, and could've faced a life sentence if convicted. For many the verdict is an outrage and a brazen miscarriage of justice. Rittenhouse is a Blue Lives Matter enthusiast who went to protests against a police shooting with a military-style rifle that he obtained illegally, falsely told people he was a medic, and ended up killing and hurting people who felt threatened by him. The overwhelmingly white jury appears to have given Rittenhouse the benefit of the doubt, after a trial in which the judge at times appeared to show favorable treatment of the defendant, and in a country in which it’s almost impossible to imagine a Black defendant accused of similar crimes receiving such easy treatment. In other words, the Rittenhouse verdict easily reads like a referendum on the nation’s ongoing clashes over the state of racism in American life: not just an expression of mercy toward Rittenhouse, but white vigilantism. The whole situation would never have emerged anywhere but in a deeply ill society. But I think that’s probably not the best way to look at it. Instead, this case was both smaller and bigger: It was decided based on a narrow question of self-defense under a permissive law, not Rittenhouse’s ideological predilections. At the same time, Rittenhouse’s series of encounters was only possible in a society with truly harrowing social maladies, including a pathological obsession with guns and a rising culture of right-wing militias. Did Rittenhouse set out to shoot people that night? That question is unanswerable. But the whole situation would never have emerged anywhere but in a deeply ill society. Here are three takeaways from this trial — and the national conversation surrounding it. Read the rest at the link Yeah, I don't think so. |
| Posted by:746 |
| #22 Rittenhouse is gonna be a rich man after suing these idiots. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2021-11-20 15:46 |
| #21 Ten Debunked Heinous Lies About Kyle Rittenhouse |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2021-11-20 11:26 |
| #20 Not to be outdone, and pandering to his base, Jerry nadler announce he is calling on DOJ to prosecute him in federal court since the state could not get it done.... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2021-11-20 11:25 |
| #19 I think MSNBC is trying to take over from Babylon Bee as a satire site. Another one is Yahoo News if you need a good laugh. Is there a medical term for people that can't or won't acknowledge facts? Makes me wonder what my blind spot is. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2021-11-20 11:03 |
| #18 ^ The left calls it a form of tribalism because that's the only lens they see everything through since the "class struggle" became passé. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-11-20 11:03 |
| #17 MSNBC? If people watch MSDNC, they will know little of what's going on. According to MSNBC, it is racist if you try to prevent an insane mob from burning looting or killing [you or someone else]. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2021-11-20 11:03 |
| #16 The overwhelmingly white jury appears to have given Rittenhouse the benefit of the doubt... MSNBC discovers the presumption of innocence. |
| Posted by: Matt 2021-11-20 10:51 |
| #15 Criminals come from two kinds of families: Those that separate themselves from the bad actor, and those that cover for the bad actor every time. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-11-20 10:18 |
| #14 Huber had a disorderly conduct conviction from 2018 as a domestic abuse repeater, which is a misdemeanor. He gave a Kenosha address. Here are the charges in that case. 940.19(1) Battery Misd. A Dismissed on Prosecutor’s Motion Modifier: 939.62(1)(a) Repeater Modifier: 968.075(1)(a) Domestic Abuse 2 947.01(1) Disorderly Conduct Misd. B Guilty Due to Guilty Plea Modifier: 968.075(1)(a) Domestic Abuse Modifier: 939.62(1)(a) Repeater He also had a forfeiture case for possessing drug paraphernalia. Joseph rosenbaum & anthony huber criminal records explored Huber mugshot in past case He also had a case from 2012 with these charges: 1 941.30(2) 2nd-Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety Felony G Charge Dismissed but Read In Modifier: 939.63(1)(c) Use of a Dangerous Weapon Modifier: 968.075(1)(a) Domestic Abuse 2 940.235(1) Strangulation and Suffocation Felony H Guilty Due to Guilty Plea Modifier: 968.075(1)(a) Domestic Abuse 3 940.30 False Imprisonment Felony H Guilty Due to Guilty Plea Modifier: 968.075(1)(a) Domestic Abuse Modifier: 939.63(1)(b) Use of a Dangerous Weapon 4 940.19(1) Battery Misd. A Charge Dismissed but Read In Modifier: 968.075(1)(a) Domestic Abuse Modifier: 939.63(1)(a) Use of a Dangerous Weapon 5 947.01(1) Disorderly Conduct Misd. B Charge Dismissed but Read In Modifier: 968.075(1)(a) Domestic Abuse Modifier: 939.63(1)(a) Use of a Dangerous Weapon 6 947.01(1) Disorderly Conduct Misd. B Charge Dismissed but Read In Modifier: 968.075(1)(a) Domestic Abuse |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2021-11-20 10:14 |
| #13 So the men he shot show the character of the entire black lives matter crowd, and antifa for that matter. The guy who lost his bicep was a violent felon and Pedophile. The two he killed were violent felons. And the one that kicked him in the face was facing at least three felonies at the time of the event, and not related to the event. This is the face of the "Somewhat peaceful" protestors. Yet MSNBC still supports them. Yes this nation is divided, but not between colors, but between good and evil. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2021-11-20 09:47 |
| #12 Somehow, the same people who get all lathered about Rittenhouse "cossing state lines" have no problem at all with the professional, iterant, Soros-funded riot tourists of teefa amd BLaMMO. I think their |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-11-20 09:37 |
| #11 Yeah, half his family lives there, including grandparents. So he'd hardly be considered to have traveled far. Apparently he lived 17 minutes away from the town and worked a shift at the pool the day he cleaned graffiti. When you weigh the total amount of lies told by the left on this, you realize this was nothing more than a political lynching. This was a flag they wanted to wave about 'evil white men with rifles' to try and crush ideas about protecting your homes. Same with the McClosky's or whatever their name is. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2021-11-20 09:27 |
| #10 tw, he was living there at the time. My learning for the day — so all that shocked talk about the kid coming in from out of town to feel big by brandishing a gun not his own was just more propaganda by professional liars and their true believers. Thank you, Deacon Blues. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-11-20 08:56 |
| #9 ...and the national conversation surrounding it They misspelled 'leftist lecture' again. |
| Posted by: Raj 2021-11-20 08:41 |
| #8 This will drive the left nuts... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-11-20 08:40 |
| #7 tw, he was living there at the time. He was working as a lifeguard at a swimming pool in Kenosha. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2021-11-20 08:36 |
| #6 Thank you MSNBC for evidentiary material of 'malice of forethought'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-11-20 06:50 |
| #5 I will watch the Rittenhouse vs. MS-NBC slander / etc.. civil trial, IF MSM airs it. ☺ |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-11-20 06:10 |
| #4 Kyle was there to protect property in the town where his father lives, That’s new information for me, anon1. I’d wondered what brought him there. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-11-20 05:07 |
| #3 MSNBC should respect their soon-to-be new owner, Kyle Rittenhouse. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-11-20 04:26 |
| #2 MSNBC bias. It was not an 'anti-racist protest', it was a violent riot. Kyle was there to protect property in the town where his father lives, and why? Because police stood down. Worse, MSNBC racialises this story for exactly zero reason. This case had nothing at all to do with race. He was white, the violent looters and arsonists were white. Race had nothing to do with it but MSNBC brought it up gratuitously anyway |
| Posted by: anon1 2021-11-20 03:38 |
| #1 "...and the national conversation surrounding it." When I see that catchphrase I classify the article as "99% Probability B.S.". |
| Posted by: magpie 2021-11-20 00:47 |