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For many, Kyle Rittenhouse case highlights America's polarization (barf alert)
Madison.com ^ | 1 nov 2021 | SCOTT BAUER

Posted on 11/01/2021 5:31:10 AM PDT by rellimpank

From the moment Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people on the streets of Kenosha during protests over the police shooting of a Black man, he's personified America's polarization.

The 17-year-old from Illinois who carried an AR-style rifle and idolized police was cheered by those who despised the Black Lives Matter movement and the sometimes destructive protests that followed George Floyd's death. He was championed by pro-gun conservatives who said he was exercising his Second Amendment rights and defending cities from "antifa," an umbrella term for leftist militants.

Others saw him as the most worrisome example yet of vigilante citizens taking to the streets with guns, often with the tacit support of police — a "chaos tourist," in the words of the lead prosecutor, who came to Kenosha looking for trouble.

Though Rittenhouse and all three men he shot are white, many people saw racism at the heart of Kenosha — an armed white teen, welcomed by police to a city where activists were rallying against a white officer's shooting of a Black man, and allowed to walk past a police line immediately after shooting three people.

(Excerpt) Read more at madison.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; rittenhouse; rkba
--the usual--
1 posted on 11/01/2021 5:31:10 AM PDT by rellimpank
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To: rellimpank

Sigh. Third grade logic from another marshmallow who really should stick to “do you want to supersize that?”.


2 posted on 11/01/2021 5:40:00 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: rellimpank
Scott Bauer, the propagandist writes:

"From the moment Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people on the streets of Kenosha ......"

Cranking this statement through the

"FACK CHECK DEGRONIFIER"

this comes up:

"From the moment Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people in self defence on the streets of Kenosha ......"


3 posted on 11/01/2021 5:42:49 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: rellimpank
was cheered by those who despised the VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE Black Lives Matter movement

There, fixed it.

4 posted on 11/01/2021 5:44:02 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: rellimpank
"...an armed white teen, welcomed by police to a city where activists were rallying against a white officer's shooting of a Black man..."

"...an armed white teen, welcomed by policy to a city where opportunistic thugs were looting, burning and pillaging after a white officer's shooting of a dangerous, black criminal..."

There, fixed it.
5 posted on 11/01/2021 5:44:23 AM PDT by BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan (If in doubt, it's probably sarcasm)
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To: rellimpank
The fact that Rittenhouse wasn't a member of any extremist group before the shootings doesn't matter now given how he's been embraced by them, said Alex Friedfeld, an investigative researcher for the Center on Extremism with the Anti-Defamation League.

He said extremists will be looking to turn the trial to advantage. Some view the mere fact that Rittenhouse was charged as evidence that courts and the system are stacked against conservatives, or that the system is biased against white people, Friedfeld said.

"It starts to kind of lay the groundwork for the idea that people need to tear down these institutions and the system is broken and needs to be changed, which requires action," he said.

Dude, do you not understand BLM and Antifa? They are tearing down the institutions and system! Guess it’s the institution and system you hate, so BLM and Antifa get a pass.....

6 posted on 11/01/2021 5:52:15 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: rellimpank

It’s simple…. Half the nation thinks the criminals are the victims…. The fact the judge already ruled the “victims” cannot be called victims in the case is telling but half the nation will just pass judgement without admitting the truth.


7 posted on 11/01/2021 5:59:10 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: rellimpank

Summer of Democrat Controlled Riots


8 posted on 11/01/2021 6:02:50 AM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood -- youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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I seen the video many times. I see a guy running down the street with a rifle. He is being chased by people and I hear gunshots fired before he is hit and forced to the ground. Then, on the ground and defenseless with a gun pointed at him, he uses his Rifle to defend himself. That’s what I saw. He had no other choice at that point, and he wasn’t the aggressor.

The Democrats stirred up race trouble with the overdose of Floyd in police custody to install a meat puppet as POTUS. The division isn’t about this person defending themselves, only that he was forced to do so by democrats. Like Biden, his family, Hillary, Podesta, their agenda is above thr law.


9 posted on 11/01/2021 6:08:38 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: Lockbox
Some view the mere fact that Rittenhouse was charged as evidence that courts and the system are stacked against conservatives, or that the system is biased against white people, Friedfeld said.

Given the facts, all the attacks were recorded, with eye-witnesses as well, and the facts are indisputably in favor of self defense, who could come to that conclusion??? /s

10 posted on 11/01/2021 6:09:17 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: rellimpank
From the moment Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people on the streets of Kenosha

From the moment Kyle Rittenhouse shot, in self-defense, three people from a murderous mob that had chased him down...

Corrected and didn't read any further than that.

Typical leftist propaganda hit piece.

11 posted on 11/01/2021 6:18:13 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: marktwain

The same people who applaud a Supreme Court decision they agree with and viciously condemn a Supreme Court decision they disagree with would be that group.


12 posted on 11/01/2021 6:35:42 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: rellimpank

Kyle is a hero and example of bravery.


13 posted on 11/01/2021 6:51:19 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: rellimpank

I read the charges and this one jumped out at me:

Count 3. First degree intentional homicide (Huber). One of the men who attacked Kyle was Anthony M. Huber. While Kyle was struggling to get up from where he had fallen, Huber struck at Kyle’s head and neck with a heavy skateboard. Kyle shot Huber, with fatal results. This would result in the first degree intentional homicide charge against Kyle, Count 3 of the criminal complaint, under § 940.01(1)(a).

How in any know universe is that 1st degree intentional???


14 posted on 11/01/2021 7:08:38 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: rellimpank

This is just simple crowd-riling stuff the left puts out every day. There will be no conviction.


15 posted on 11/01/2021 7:30:25 AM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: rellimpank

He was a “chaos tourist” ?

How many of his three attackers lived in Kenosha?


16 posted on 11/01/2021 7:55:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: rellimpank

Media = Polarization


17 posted on 11/01/2021 9:11:41 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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