Welp…
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Let’s keep it buck, we all knew what was about to happen to this kid. Nothing. Kyle Rittenhouse was never going to see the inside of a federal or state penitentiary. The announcement of his “not guilty” verdict was just a matter of official procedure.
Despite the fact that he killed two people who had not put him in mortal danger, Kyle Rittenhouse gets to walk free. Like most crimes that white folks get away with, we already know what time it would be if this were a young Black kid…
BREAKING: White House responds to #KyleRittenhouse verdict. pic.twitter.com/fVmeqFQftR
— Forbes (@Forbes) November 19, 2021
So, while people aren’t necessarily surprised, there is still a lot of anger at the white privilege that is being put on full display for the country to see…
Even politicians are pissed off and making it plain…
You know damn well that if Kyle Rittenhouse were Black he would have been found guilty in a heartbeat—or shot dead by cops on the scene.
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) November 19, 2021
The scariest part is that this trial will undoubtedly be used to bolster legislation that is currently being crafted to suppress public protest and intimidate those who would stand up and speak out about future injustices…
Bigger than the Rittenhouse verdict, MULTIPLE GOP-led state legislatures are passing anti-protest bills that would make would Kyle did legal. State law would allow you to kill protesters. We wouldn’t even get a chance at punishment or justice.
— born in the fires of chaos (@KiaSpeaks) November 19, 2021
The word is now out. MAGAs, right-wing weirdos, and gun-toting, racist, hate groups all know how to execute the murders that so many of them are frothing at the mouth to commit in order to uphold white supremacy and their insatiable bloodlust.
This is why many of us warned a Chauvin verdict was not the symbol of progress some wanted it to be.
White supremacy has a set number of acceptable losses. Kyle Rittenhouse, and his Vigilante How-To example, simply was not one of them.
They needed his blueprint.
— brittany packnett cunningham. (@MsPackyetti) November 19, 2021
We’re living in some truly scary times but our voices cannot be silenced. Continue to speak truth to power but be safe out there…
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