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In The Mailbox: 11.22.21

Posted on | November 23, 2021 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 11.22.21

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Silicon Valley delenda est.
OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: The Trial & The Verdict That Didn’t Get National Media Attention
EBL: King Richard, also, Where Is Peng Shuai?
Twitchy: Jennifer Granholm Says The Quiet Parts Out Loud Trying To Explain “Energy Transition”, also, Winsome Sears Schools CNN’s Dana Bash On CRT Being Taught In Virginia Schools
Louder With Crowder: Kid Rock Drops New Single Guaranteed To Trigger Liberals & The Media, also, Watch Little Girl Use Karate To Stop Joe Biden From Touching Her
Vox Popoli: Inversion Is Not Cohesion, Flushing The Cucks, and Warning To Canadian Parents

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: Small Battles In Large Wars, also, The Watershed Moment For Rittenhouse
American Conservative: Woke is Whiteface, also, Don’t Be That Guy This Thanksgiving
American Greatness: The Right Outcome For Rittenhouse, But…, also, Suspect In Waukesha Christmas Parade Attack Identified
American Power: Ship Captain’s Dead Body Kept In Freezer For Six Months, also, Think Gas Prices Are Too High? In This Calif. County A Gallon Of Regular Is $6
American Thinker: Is The Air Force Academy Honor Code Dead? also, If The Vaccines Work – Why Aren’t They Working?
Animal Magnetism: Goodbye, Blue Monday
Babalu Blog: How Fidel’s Revolution Put An End To Black Agency In Communist Cuba, also, TIME Magazine Blames U.S. For Suppressing Dissent & Blocking Internet In Cuba
BattleSwarm: The Battle of Cambrai 11/20/1917, More Rittenhouse Trial Fallout, and Pumping The Brakes On That “Natural Democrat Majority”
Behind The Black: Today’s Blacklisted American, Senate Democrats Try To Sneak $10 Billion Payoff To Blue Origin Into Military Budget, and Astra Successfully Completes First Orbital Launch
Cafe Hayek: Why Can’t These Officious Scoundrels Simply Leave Us Alone? also, Phil Magness Responds To Nancy McLean
CDR Salamander: The Fat Leonard Podcast – On Midrats, also, Some Damn Fool Thing In Ukraine
Da Tech Guy: What Didn’t Go Well In Virginia, also, Lots Of Illinoisans Are Crossing The Wisconsin State Line – Permanently
Don Surber: Masks & Vax Mandates Don’t Work, We Broke Woke, and Democrat Heroes Are Always Criminals
First Street Journal: Killadelphia, also, At What Point Do Purposeful Omissions Become Deliberate Lies?
Gates Of Vienna: Deja Vu All Over Again, Mutti Is Worried About The Migrant Crisis On The Polish Border, and Och, The Puir Wee Bosnian Bairns!
The Geller Report: Corrupt CNN Craps Their Culottes, also, U.S. Citizens Still Trapped In Afghanistan, Ignored By Administration
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post of The Day, Andromeda In IR, and Suggested Reading
Hollywood In Toto: Why The Hard Way Is Funny & Shockingly Relevant Today, Ghostbusters: Afterlife Avoids Wokeness & Scores Big Box Office, and Disney Stars Mourn Convicted Pedophile
The Lid: A Guide To Hanukkah For Gentiles & Secular Jews, also, Beto Sticks To His Guns But Apparently Not Yours
Legal Insurrection: U. Texas Plan To Teach CRT To 4-Year-Olds On Hold, Former NYT Reporter Says Paper Held Article On Kenosha Riots Until After 2020 Election, and Va. School Board Assn. Cuts Ties With NSBA After “Domestic Terrorist” Letter
Nebraska Energy Observer: Random Observations, also, The Augsburg Confession
Outkick: LeBron Responds To Enes Kanter But Doesn’t Address Red China, Quebec City & The NHL Bringing Back The Nordiques? and NBC’s Bizarre Thanksgiving Cost-Cutting Advice To Survive Bidenflation
Power Line: Get Woke, Empty The Pews, Russia Hoax Whitewash Era Begins, and Putin Unimpressed By Biden’s “Warnings” About Ukraine
Shark Tank: Fla. Democrat Jones Wants To Repeal “Stand Your Ground” Laws
Shot In The Dark: Rittenhouse – Good News, Bad News, Word Salad With A Side Of Crocodile Tears, and Pattern Recognition
The Political Hat: White Privilege Of Asians
This Ain’t Hell: Army Orders Commanders To Bar Unvaxxed From Re-enlistment, Another Three Are Known, and Will Beta O’Rourke Be The Next Governor Of Texas?
Victory Girls: Democrat Donkeys Don’t Care About Facts, also, Enes Kanter Backhands Red China Over Peng Shuai
Volokh Conspiracy: The Case For Compensating Victims Of Trump’s Child Separation Policy
Weasel Zippers: Bad Orange Woman Denies Staffing Shortages Due To Biden’s Jab Mandate Despite Public Outcry, also, Sean Parnell Stands Down Senate Campaign
The Federalist: ESPN’s Richard Jefferson Apologizes For False Rittenhouse Info, SNL – Liz Cheney Is The GOP’s Rachel Dolezal, and Rittenhouse Trial Proves Media Want Trial By Fury, Not Trial By Jury
Mark Steyn: Is That a Gun In Your Pocket? Barbara Stanwyck & Forty Guns, Just A Gigolo, and Christmas Carnage

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Waukesha Massacre: Killer SUV Driver Is Rapper, Career Criminal Out on Bond

Posted on | November 22, 2021 | Comments Off on Waukesha Massacre: Killer SUV Driver Is Rapper, Career Criminal Out on Bond

Police took their time before naming the “person of interest” who killed five people and injured dozens more when he plowed a red Ford SUV through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, but the identity and criminal record of Darrell Brooks are extensively documented:

The man who was taken into custody in connection with the Waukesha Christmas parade tragedy told police that his name was Darrell Brooks Jr. when he was detained, and they found a Ford key on him, according to scanner audio obtained by Heavy.
Police squads were at a Milwaukee address used by Darrell Brooks Jr. after his name was mentioned on the scanner in connection with the Waukesha parade incident in which at least 40 people, including many children, were injured when a red Ford Escape plowed through the crowd. He complained of shoulder pain when taken into custody.
Heavy confirmed that two Milwaukee police squads were outside the home listed to Brooks on N. 19th St. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Heavy also obtained audio from the scanner indicating Waukesha police obtained an ID in the name Darrell Brooks Jr. inside the red Ford Escape they recovered in connection with the Waukesha parade investigation. He also goes by the name Darrell E. Brooks Jr., and Darrell Edward Brooks, Jr. He is 39-years-old. He had prolific social media accounts, but some have already been deleted.
The City of Waukesha now says that five people are deceased and over 40 are injured. “However, these numbers may change as we collect additional information. Many people have self-transported to area hospitals. The Police Department has the person of interest in custody,” they wrote, without naming that person. . . .
Darrell Brooks Jr. raps under the name MathBoi Fly. He had a YouTube channel with rap music videos, but it’s been deleted. A red SUV could be seen behind him in one of the videos . . .
Brooks has an extremely long criminal history including open cases.
Darrell E. Brooks Jr. of 19th Street has open charges filed November 5, 2021, in Milwaukee courts for resisting an officer (misdemeanor), felony bail jumping, second degree recklessly endangering safety (felony) with domestic abuse assessments, disorderly conduct and battery (both misdemeanors, also with domestic abuse assessments.)
He posted $1,000 cash bail on November 19, 2021.
That’s despite the fact he has another open felony case in Milwaukee County, from 2020.
That case is for second-degree recklessly endangering safety – felony with use of a dangerous weapon (two counts) and possessing firearm convicted of a felony (felony charge.) The case was filed in July 2020, but it remains pending. Milwaukee County courts is dealing with a major backlog in cases.

Just to interrupt here: Felon in possession of a firearm is a very serious crime, and the fact that he was turned loose on bail in such a case speaks volumes about the leniency — and disregard for public safety — in the criminal justice system. To continue:

In the above case, hearings were repeatedly adjourned. He requested a speedy trial, but the court tolled the time limits for that (this has occurred recently because of a two-year backlog, the chief judge has said, which she has attributed to COVID. The backlog also persists with jury trials, she said.)
In February 2021, with Judge David Feiss presiding, the court lowered his bail to $500, noting, “Due to reasons stated on the record, the court is unable to honor the speedy trial demand in this case. Defense bail motion argued and GRANTED by the Court. The Court lowered cash bail to $500.00.”
In June 2021, the court notes say, “Matter scheduled for Jury Trial. Parties are ready to proceed. Due to court congestion, Court is unable to hear jury trial at this time.”
The case continued, with some plea negotiations. “JusticePoint PreTrial Services Supervision/VIOLATION Report dated November 10, 2021; received and filed,” says a recent entry. There was a “further proceedings” on November 11, the last date.
He has these prior convictions:
Bail jumping (misdemeanor) and marijuana possession (misdemeanor).
Marijuana possession second plus offense (felony). 2011.
Obstruct an officer (misdemeanor). 2005 and 2003.
Marijuana possession (felony). 2002.
Substantial battery (felony). 1999.

Those are just his convictions in Wisconsin, however:

Darrell Edward Brooks, 39, who is accused of plowing into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, was convicted of statutory sexual seduction in November of 2006.
Brooks was convicted of this crime in Sparks, Nevada.
He is a tier 2 offender, the second most serious class of sex offenders in the Nevada Sex Offender Registry.
Tier 2 offenders are registered for 25 years and have to personally check in with police once every 180 days.

In a video posted to social media, Brooks denied being a pedophile, saying that the incident involved the mother of one of his children. Brooks said he was “pimping on the bitch” in Nevada, but he “didn’t know the bitch was 16.” Can you imagine the cultural standards of a “community” in which this is considered an acceptable explanation? But what about a community that turns such criminal loose?

The shamefaced Milwaukee District Attorney’s Office admitted on Monday it was ‘inappropriate’ for convicted felon Darrell Brooks to be allowed out of jail on a $1,000 bond three weeks ago after trying to run over his ex-girlfriend, as he was charged with five counts of murder for the lives he took at the Waukesha Christmas Parade on Sunday night. . . .
On Sunday he was fleeing the scene of a domestic dispute when he crashed into the crowds after smashing through safety barriers and breezing past cops. One officer tried to stop him by shooting at his car but he stopped because there were too many people around for him to safely fire his weapon.
Police had just arrived at the home that Brooks had fled when he plowed into the parade crowds, killing five adults. . . . The Waukesha Police Department have now arrested Brooks on five murder charges.
On November 2, he was arrested on domestic violence charges after trying to ‘run over’ his ex, the mother of his child, at a gas station. His bond was set at $1,000 and he posted it on November 11th.
On Monday morning, the Milwaukee County DA’s Office released a statement admitting it was ‘inappropriately low’ given his criminal history. They said they’d launched an internal review as to why he was able to get out on bond to commit more crimes. . . .
‘The bail recommendation in this case is not consistent with the approach of the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office toward matters involving violent crime, nor was it consistent with the risk assessment of the defendant prior to setting of bail.
‘This office is currently conducting an internal review of the decision to make the recent bail recommendation in this matter in order to determine the appropriate next steps,’ the statement said.

This is CYA bullshit. The district attorney in Milwaukee is a Soros-funded radical who bragged about eliminated cash bail. This is now the official policy of the Democratic Party — because cash bail allegedly has a “disparate impact” on the black community, criminals are turned loose and this policy is celebrated as “social justice.” Until one of the criminals runs over four or five dozen people, and then the DA’s official will issue a statement announcing an “internal review.”

And if you don’t like it, that makes you a white supremacist, and next thing you know, the FBI will be knocking on your door. This is Joe Biden’s America. This is what happens when you elect Democrats.

How many of the people who got run over by Darrell Brooks voted for Joe Biden? Do you think the survivors might regret their votes?




 

Category: Crime, Wisconsin

Late Night With Rule 5 Sunday: Lauren Southern – Canadian Spitfire

Posted on | November 22, 2021 | Comments Off on Late Night With Rule 5 Sunday: Lauren Southern – Canadian Spitfire

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Former Rebel Media journalist, filmmaker (Crossfire, Borderless and Farmlands) and writer, Lauren Southern is all about telling the stories that the corrupt corporate media doesn’t want you to hear, whether it’s white South African farmers being butchered by black thugs, illegal immigrants in Europe, or the Soros-backed efforts to make our cities anarchic hellholes. Smart and good-looking is quite a combination, and Lauren’s done quite a job. Links to her documentaries, YouTube videos, etc., are available on her website.
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam.

Ninety Miles From Tyranny: Hot Pick of the Late Night, The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #1540, Morning Mistress, and Girls With Guns. 

Animal Magnetism: Rule Five Linguistics Friday, and the Saturday Gingermageddon. 

EBL: MAGA Rittenhouse, Enya, Blondie, Julie London, Irene Byon – NBC Jury Intimidator?, The Bourne Legacy, Sza, Land, The Song Of Lunch, Red Notice, Brit Bake Show Babes, and Sophia Uri(ne)sta

A View From The Beach: Rule 5 Saturday – Holly Valance, Fish Pic  Friday – One Fishy Nurse, MD Balloon Release Ban Goes Into Effect, The Wednesday Wetness, They’s Owed Them Ersters, Hate, Monday Morning Stimulus, I Guess She Doesn’t Suffer from ‘Shy Bladder’ and Palm Sunday

Brian J. Noggle: On Horse Feathers & Duck Soup

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Category: Rule 5

FMJRA 2.0: Farewell To A Master

Posted on | November 21, 2021 | Comments Off on FMJRA 2.0: Farewell To A Master

— compiled by Wombat-socho

A tribute to a master by his fellow masters.

I rarely cross the streams like this, but it seems important to note that one of the great SF and fantasy writers of my generation is hanging up the keyboard. David Drake, who I have been reading since my high school days fifty years ago when the late Jim Baen published “Under The Hammer” in Galaxy magazine, has been having some issues lately with concentration, and it’s gotten to the point where it’s impossible for him to write novels any more. So he’s calling it a career. Hopefully he’ll visit a few conventions in his retirement and enjoy some much-deserved adulation from his fans. So, in lieu of the usual musical reference and link, I’ll be posting links to a few of my favorite Drake books; the teaser pic this week is from a tribute anthology by Baen published in 2015, full of excellent stories by Larry Corriea, Sarah Hoyt, and others, along with appreciations by (among others) S.M. Stirling and Toni Weisskopf.
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam.

Rule 5 Sunday: Denise Richards
Animal Magnetism
Ninety Miles From Tyranny
A View From The Beach
EBL
Proof Positive

Kenosha: Media-Induced Mistrial?
Tai-Chi Policy
Da Tech Guy
357 Magnum
EBL
Proof Positive

If the Patriots Beat the Browns…
EBL

When the ‘Progressive Bubble’ Bursts
The Political Hat
357 Magnum
EBL

FMJRA 2.0: Do You Wanna Hit It?
A View From The Beach
EBL

Patriots Dominate Browns, 45-7
EBL

In The Mailbox: 11.15.21
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL
Proof Positive

Kenosha: Expect a Hung Jury
357 Magnum
EBL

In The Mailbox: 11.16.21
A View From The Beach
357 Magnum
EBL
Proof Positive

Killer Lesbians: Pennsylvania Couple Investigated in Homicide of Two Girls
357 Magnum
EBL

Kenosha: Verdict Today? Or Never?
357 Magnum
EBL

KYLE RITTENHOUSE ACQUITTED ON ALL COUNTS IN KENOSHA
EBL

In The Mailbox: 11.19.21 (Morning Edition)
357 Magnum
EBL
Proof Positive

In The Mailbox: 11.19.21 (Evening Edition)
357 Magnum
EBL
Proof Positive

Top linkers for the week ending November 19:

  1.  EBL (14)
  2.  357 Magnum (9)
  3.  Proof Positive (5)

Thanks to everyone for all the links!

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Category: Books, FMJRA Award

They’re BA-A-A-A-ACK!

Posted on | November 21, 2021 | Comments Off on They’re BA-A-A-A-ACK!

Belichick’s boys are looking good:

Despite starting the season with a 2-4 record, the New England Patriots now have the inside track to win their division. Not only has the team won five straight to move to 7-4 on the year, it also leapfrogged the Buffalo Bills in the standings in Week 11.
While the Patriots beat the Atlanta Falcons 25-0 on Thursday Night, the Bills were blown out 41-15 by the Indianapolis Colts. The defeat has now dropped Buffalo to 6-4 on the year, and below its AFC East rivals in the standings.
The division now looks as follows 11 games in:

New England Patriots (7-4)
Buffalo Bills (6-4)
Miami Dolphins (4-7)
New York Jets (2-8)

Obviously, though, nothing is decided in the AFC East just yet. After all, New England and Buffalo will still have to meet twice this season: the Patriots will travel to Western New York in Week 13 before welcoming the reigning division champs to Gillette Stadium in Week 16.
Both games will have massive implications on the AFC East and the conference’s playoff picture as a whole. This week’s results, however, have made winning the division a much more realistic goal for the Patriots — and not just that.
After all, New England now also owns the third seed in the AFC with plenty of potential to move up even further. After all, one of the conference’s top teams was also beaten on Sunday: the Tennessee Titans’ seven-game winning streak came to an end thanks to a 22-13 upset loss to the Houston Texans. With Tennessee now 8-3, the Patriots could move ahead of them in the standings if they beat them in the head-to-head matchup next Sunday.

The Patriots are the Evil Empire of the NFL. If they can beat the Titans next Sunday, they would take an 8-4 record — and a six-game winning streak — into their Dec. 6 Monday Night Football game at Buffalo.




 

Category: Football

Violence Against Women Update

Posted on | November 21, 2021 | Comments Off on Violence Against Women Update

Kristin Evans and baby daddy Zac Stacy

As a running back for Vanderbilt University, Zac Stacy ran for more than 3,000 yards and 30 touchdowns. In 2013, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams, and ran for nearly 1,000 yards his rookie season, but his NFL career only lasted three seasons. He was traded to the New York Jets and retired from the league in 2017 after suffering a devastating ankle injury. He later attempted a comeback in Canada, and then in 2019 played briefly in the short-lived Alliance of American Football.

Zac Stacy achieved a new level of fame — or rather, infamy — this week when his ex-girlfriend Kristen Evans released home surveillance video of him savagely beating her in front of their infant son:

 

“This was just the last straw I would say. I really truly feel that if it continues that he would kill me,” said Evans.
Evans released the horrifying attack caught on her home surveillance footage on social media. The video allegedly shows Stacy hitting her twice, making her fall to the couch. He then grabs her and throws her across the room into a television, which falls on top of her.
Evans could be heard pleading for him to stop multiple times.
Stacy’s arrest warrant then said he walked back to the couch, grabbed an object, stood over the top of Evans, and threw it at her. He picked her up off the floor and threw her into a baby walker. . . .
Evans met Stacy in January of 2019 while she was working as a Wellness Coordinator for the Memphis Express of the Alliance of American Football –a team Stacy played for. They began a romantic relationship in August of that year. She said it was very on and off after she had a miscarriage. She added that Stacy became more physically abusive to her after the birth of their son.
“He feels justified in his actions. There’s nothing that anyone could do to justify something like that,” said Evans.
She told FOX 35 that she has filed reports against Stacy in the past. She said she felt she had to go public with this one so that her case wouldn’t get overlooked again.
“The state would’ve gotten to it whenever they got to it and maybe I wouldn’t sleep for a month or two or he could get away with a completely,” said Evans.

After fleeing to Nashville, Stacy returned to Orlando after the video went viral and turned himself into police on Thursday.

Expect feminists to ignore this story, for some reason . . .




 

Category: Violence Against Women

Patriots Extend Winning Streak to Five Games, and Super Bowl Chatter Begins

Posted on | November 20, 2021 | Comments Off on Patriots Extend Winning Streak to Five Games, and Super Bowl Chatter Begins

Exactly as I predicted:

Since dropping a thrilling overtime game against Dallas on Oct. 17, New England has churned out five straight victories, with four of them coming by double-digits. The Patriots have held each of their last three opponents to fewer than eight points, including a shutout of the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night.
It gets even better for Bill Belichick’s crew.
The 25-0 drubbing of Atlanta encompasses seven straight scoreless quarters by the Pats’ defense. In fact, the Pats haven’t allowed their opponents to score on any of their last 19 drives. During this five-game winning streak, New England is outscoring its opponents 175-50.
The point is, this unit is irrepressible right now, and its spurt has the football world wondering if it will be able to preserve it into the postseason — and perhaps even all the way to the Super Bowl.
“This would be too Hollywood,” Shannon Sharpe said Friday on “Undisputed,” regarding the potential championship matchup between Mac Jones and former Patriots QB Tom Brady of the defending-champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. . . .
“Coach Belichick has the Patriots playing really well right now,” he admitted.
“We know this about his teams: They always get better. Late October, heading into November and December, is when they start playing their best football. This is where the really good teams separate themselves. [Belichick] says, ‘look, I’m not a fast horse, I’m a steady horse, and I want to steadily build.'” . . .
Chris Broussard opined that Belichick utilizes Jones in a way that is exactly what they need.
“That is a Super Bowl-caliber defense,” Broussard said. “I’m not saying they’re the best defense in the league, but it is a defense that I think is good enough to be a Super Bowl defense.”

You could see this coming. The Patriots were 2-4 after they lost that overtime game to the Cowboys, but the players at the time said they knew they were a better team than their record showed. In their next game, New England put a 54-point whupping on the Jets, and a lot of people said, “Well, yeah, but . . . it’s the Jets.” OK, so then the Patriots won a road game against the Chargers, had been 4-2 with wins over the Chiefs and the Browns. Going into that game, a lot of people saw it as a crucial test, but afterwards a lot of the same people suggested the Chargers were overrated. Fine, whatever. Then New England beat the Carolina Panthers — their third consecutive win, making their record 5-4 — and the skeptics were like, “Well, the Panthers are kind of weak.” (One week later, Carolina beat the NFC-leading Cardinals.) Next, New England faced a home game against the Cleveland Browns, who were coming off a big win against the Bengals — a definite AFC contender, and the Patriots absolutely wiped the floor with them, such a blowout that Coach Belichick took Mac Jones out in the fourth quarter.

The came Thursday night — a primetime game, with just three days’ rest. Would there be a letdown after the big win over Cleveland?

The Patriots answered this with their best defensive performance of the season — four sacks and four interceptions, limiting Atlanta to just 177 yards total offense in the shutout. And although New England’s offensive wasn’t spectacular, Jones was 22-for-26 with a TD pass, while running backs Rhamondre Stevenson and Damien Harris combined for 125 yards rushing. Not bad for a Thursday night, and with their record now 7-4, New England has the fifth-best record in the conference, just a half game behind the AFC-leading Buffalo Bills. The Patriots now have 10 days to get ready for a home game against the conference-leading Tennessee Titans on Nov. 28, and if they win that game . . .

Well, ESPN’s Ryan Clark thinks he knows where the Patriots are heading:

“Mac Jones has some stuff in him, some intangibles, that I think are maybe the greatest we’ve ever seen from a quarterback,” Clark said. . . .
The former Steeler also dished out praise to the Patriots defense, calling them “Super Bowl-caliber” while giving the Patriots an optimistic outlook for the rest of the season.
“When you watch Bill Belichick teams, what do we always see? They are a team that ascends as the season gets closer to the end – the New England Patriots become the team playing their best. We are watching this team evolve,” Clark said. “Over the next four weeks – they’ve got two games against the Bills, they got the Titans, they got the Colts – I believe we leave that stretch of football games saying that the Patriots are top-tier contenders to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl.
“I believe it with my heart. I don’t want to believe it with my mind, though, because I want to be able to find it but you just cannot. This Patriots team is playing too good and this is Bill Belichick’s best coaching job of his career.”

No team has ever made it to the Super Bowl with a rookie quarterback. Mac Jones and the Patriots could make history this year.




 

Category: Football

Rittenhouse Verdict Reactions Show What ‘White Supremacy’ Means to the Left

Posted on | November 20, 2021 | Comments Off on Rittenhouse Verdict Reactions Show What ‘White Supremacy’ Means to the Left

Vandalism, looting and arson were minimal Friday night, as the November weather was too cold for anarchists in most cities:

Protesters took to the streets of Brooklyn, Chicago, Oakland, and other cities following the not guilty verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
After the verdict, hundreds of people took to the streets of Brooklyn, New York, to voice their frustration with the jury’s verdict.
The crowd gathered at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and reportedly chanted, “Say his name, George Floyd.”

(What? Kyle Rittenhouse had nothing to do with that.)

Progressive activists have tried incessantly to make the Rittenhouse trial about race, even though Rittenhouse and the three men he shot were all white.
In Chicago, dozens of protesters went to Federal Plaza to protest the verdict. They were reportedly carrying signs reading, “Kyle Will Kill Again,” “Workers United to Smash Fascism,” and “Reject Racist Vigilante Terror.”

(Literally “dozens.”)

The Chicago protesters blocked traffic on busy streets during rush hour to show their discontent with the trial’s outcome.
Protesters reportedly looted a Neiman Marcus luxury store and multiple other stores as the protests were happening. . . .
Protesters in Denver reportedly shouted, “fuck Kyle Rittenhouse” while marching down streets.
On the west coast, protesters gathered at a federal building in Oakland to protest the jury verdict. Signs in Oakland read, “Cops and fascists given license to kill in the USA.”

Got that? The cops shoot* a knife-wielding domestic abuser (Jacob Blake), then public authorities fail to prevent “mostly peaceful protests” from turning into riots and, when armed citizens defend themselves from violent riots, this makes the citizens “fascists,” “terrorists,” etc.

The Left’s rhetoric about “white supremacy,” “systemic racism,” etc., reflects a fundamental hostility to civilization, per se.

People who claimed to be traumatized by President Trump’s mean tweets had no such aversion to acts of violent destruction — far more harmful than anything Trump said — when this wanton vandalism could be justified, in their minds, as “racial justice” protests. But when a criminal suspect is shot by police, the justice of the officer’s action is ultimately determined by a jury, or by a duly-elected district attorney who decides whether or not to seek an indictment. The fact that a relative handful of highly publicized cases are controversial, involving circumstances that might seriously be considered unjust, does not mean what the Left says it means. It was not “systemic racism” that resulted in the death of George Floyd or Breonna Taylor; the actual details of both of those cases contradict the narrative promoted by BLM activists.

The facts of the shooting of Jacob Blake, which led to the riots in which Rittenhouse shot three people, likewise contradict the BLM narrative. Blake was violating a restraining order, menacing a woman whom he was accused of sexually assaulting, at a child’s birthday party. Blake was armed with a knife, and when police attempted to arrest him, he violently resisted arrest and was apparently attempting to steal a vehicle with three young children inside when the police officer shot him. No doubt a police training expert, viewing video of the incident frame-by-frame, would have some recommendations for how this outcome could have been avoided, but in the split-second life-or-death crisis in which the officer found himself involved, the shooting was legally justified, and a federal Justice Department review found no civil rights violation.

When the cop says, “You’re under arrest,” cooperate.

When the cop says, “Drop the knife,” drop the knife.

This is not complicated. You don’t need any Critical Race Theory seminars to teach you that resisting arrest is potentially dangerous.

A police officer never knows when a domestic disturbance call or even a simple traffic stop is going to turn into a life-or-death crisis. Given the many thousands of interactions between police and criminal suspects every week, only a tiny fraction of a single percent of those interactions get the kind of national media attention that Jacob Blake shooting got. In other words, the vast majority of police activity does not fit the narrative of “systemic racism” that the Left promotes. Unless . . .

Unless, that is, what the Left is really against is law enforcement, per se.

That’s what all this talk about “white supremacy” comes down to. What BLM would like us to believe, apparently, is that it is wrong to expect black people to follow the same laws that apply to other Americans.

“Equality,” in the Left’s view, requires a racial double-standard whereby cops are not allowed to arrest a suspect, if the suspect is black.

Steve Sailer’s sarcastic quip, in reference to the Jacob Blake case, gets to the heart of a lot of what BLM (and Democrats, and the media) are trying to argue in such cases. If your Heroic Martyr Victim got shot while resisting arrest, then isn’t your celebration of this criminal act really an argument in favor of resisting arrest? But if resisting arrest becomes routine in the black community, isn’t it likely that more black suspects will be shot by police? Oh, wait a minute . . .

By encouraging criminal activity — resisting arrest is a crime — what BLM is really trying to do is provoke more police shootings, which will lead to more riots, and thus more fundraising for BLM, etc.

This cynical “social justice” racket isn’t going to do a damned thing to improve the quality of life for black Americans, except for making millionaires of a few clever grifters like Patrice Cullors. And by obstructing law enforcement, BLM enables more widespread criminal activity in the black community, with the result that thousands of black people are killed in places like Chicago, Baltimore and Philadelphia.

The negative impact of BLM’s irresponsible rhetoric (amplified and endorsed by Democrats and the media) will not be limited to the black community, however. This brings up something that was called to my attention yesterday — immediately after the Rittenhouse verdict, CNN kept repeating the phrase “all-white jury,” as if this was somehow significant in a case where a white guy shot three other white guys.

Kenosha County, Wisconsin, is 87% white, 7% black — it’s not as if having an “all-white jury” is something unusual there, but CNN had to find some way to play the “race card,” because what other purpose would be served by their wildly distorted coverage? CNN never misses an opportunity to incite race riots, which are good for ratings, I guess.

The news media thrive on conflict, and when they produce coverage that functions to create conflict — CNN spent the summer of 2020 as a cheerleading squad for rioting mobs — responsible citizens have a duty to call out their media for their “fake news.”

* — This was changed. I first wrote that the cop “killed” Jacob Blake when, in fact, he survived the shooting.




 

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