Posted on 10/16/2020 11:26:44 AM PDT by karpov
Tapping on his cellphone with a sense of purpose, Kevin Mathewson, a former wedding photographer and onetime city alderman in Kenosha, Wis., did not slow down to fix his typos as he dashed off an online appeal to his neighbors. It was time, he wrote on Facebook in late August, to “take up arms to defend out City tonight from the evil thugs.”
One day earlier, hundreds of residents had poured onto the streets of Kenosha to protest the police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake. Disturbed by the sight of buildings in flames when he drove downtown, Mr. Mathewson decided it was time for people to arm themselves to protect their houses and businesses.
To his surprise, some 4,000 people responded on Facebook. Within minutes, the Kenosha Guard had sprung to life.
His call to arms — along with similar calls from others inside and outside the state — propelled civilians bearing military-style rifles onto the streets, where late that night a gunman scuffling with protesters shot three of them, two fatally. The Kenosha Guard then evaporated just as quickly as it arose.
Long a divisive figure in Kenosha, Mr. Mathewson, 36, who sprinkles his sentences with “Jeez!” and describes himself as “chunky,” does not fit the typical profile of a rifle-toting watchdog, although he said he supported President Trump on Second Amendment grounds. The rise and fall of his Kenosha Guard reflects the current spirit of vigilantism surfacing across the country.
Organizations that openly display weapons have existed for decades, with certain hot-button issues like immigration or Second Amendment rights inspiring people who think the Constitution is under threat. Anti-immigrant and Islamophobic sentiments are rife, and some militant groups, like the Oath Keepers or the Three Percenters, train together under established hierarchies.
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They want to defund the cops, so what do they expect?
Actually this turd is old enough to know better.
Oh I see. They want to “scuffle” us to death.
Keep shooting them. They hate it!
Yet the NYT, continuing its long Stalinist tradition, has no concern about the BLM and Antifa flash mobs that prompted Kenosha residents to take up arms.
“ Mr. Mathewson, 36, who sprinkles his sentences with “Jeez!” and describes himself as “chunky,” does not fit the typical profile of a rifle-toting watchdog, ”
Ha ha he sounds pretty typical to me. God love him.
The Kyle Rittenhouse incident took place on a Tuesday. I never see it reported that the previous night, Monday, BLM/Antifa rioters tried to invade some Kenosha residential neighborhoods and were met by armed homeowners, who fired on the rioters, who in turn got back into their cars and left. Blue collar Wisconsin is not Madison or Milwaukee, and is not to be trifled with.
Good to know vigilantes are here to defend a commie take over of our country. If a civil war ensued its worth the effort
What's left of it.
So this wasn’t an organization, it was just an idea.
Calling out the militia is a time honored tradition.
So defending yourself from thugs is a bad thing now!. NYT can kiss my a$$!
Citizens defending their property are now “armed-vigilantes”. If that were really true, there would be a lot more casualties. It’s not like it would be difficult to find a target if that’s all you wanted to do.
My brother... :^)
“...Lets go after those redneck racists instead...”
Chuckle... they should be careful... we shoot back... :^)
That works!!!!
In numbers...
“:^)
The man lives in their heads all day, all night, all week...
I think they can hear him laughing at them 24/7.
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