BLM on Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict

You might expect BLM not to have strong opinions on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.  After all, Rittenhouse shot three white people; there was no racial angle whatever.  And yet, somehow, it is about white supremacy after all:

Today’s not-guilty verdict is expected when white supremacy lives and breathes within our institutions. It is a reminder of how our legal systems are deeply rooted in white supremacy.

You may be surprised to hear that the Rittenhouse verdict was predetermined:  "It was a set up from the beginning. The police, the judge, the court, mainstream media, and every single system involved all wrapped their arms around Kyle Rittenhouse from the very beginning — from even before the murders he committed."

I don't know about you, but I don't think anyone of those had even heard of Kyle Rittenhouse before he shot three people in self-defense.

As for what they said after the event, some people did defend Rittenhouse, but hardly all of them.  I wonder if BLM is aware of the Slate article "The Conservative Defense of Kyle Rittenhouse Is Dangerous Nonsense", or the Huffington Post piece called "White Supremacists Were 'On A Hunting Spree' In Kenosha, Says Wisconsin Lawmaker", or the one that found different portrayals of Rittenhouse in the media:  "Vigilante, volunteer, terrorist: how the US media covers Kyle Rittenhouse".

BLM's comments may seem like raving from the fringe, but this should not come as a surprise.  This is a site that states, without any hesitation, that "white-supremacist-capitalism invented policing, initially as chattel-slavery-era “paddy rollers,” in order to protect its interests and put targets on the backs of Black people."  If you thought that police forces evolved around the Western world in the 19th century, regardless of the presence of racial minorities, BLM is here to put you straight:  it was white supremacy, and in particular "white-supremacist-capitalism," that invented policing.  Those Bobbies were just copying the U.S. system.

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