Kyle Rittenhouse Has Gotten Away With Murder—as Predicted - By Elie Mystal

Found here. Our comments in bold.

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The reader will note that the author never addresses the actual evidence, but instead wants to focus on minutiae, recharacterize the rioters, and make it about race.

Plus, the author will have nothing to say about black on black crime, an epidemic that far overshadows issues of "whiteness."

Also, who exactly predicted Rittenhouse would be found not guilty? The entire left wing immediately pronounced him guilty, racist, white supremacist, vigilante, etc. No one on the Left ever thought he would be acquitted.)

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Rittenhouse’s acquittal is not a “miscarriage” of justice, as some might claim. It is our white justice system working as intended.

Kyle Rittenhouse, who was 17 years old when he shot three people, killing two, officially got away with murder. (No, he was officially found "not guilty" by a duly conducted trial.)

A jury of his white peers ruled that Rittenhouse acted in self-defense when he illegally acquired a gun, (Incorrect.)

traveled across state lines, (Incorrect.)

lied about his status as a medic, (Incorrect.)

pointed his gun at protesters, (Pointed his gun at his assailants.)

and then used it to kill others. (He used it to defend himself.)

The verdict is not surprising, if you are familiar with how the criminal justice system works for white people. (The verdict is not surprising if one actually watched the video and reviewed the evidence.)

Wisconsin Judge Bruce Schroeder, (A Democrat who was appointed by a Democrat.)

who presided over the Rittenhouse trial, consistently made rulings in the best interest of the white gunman. (The judge consistently made rulings in accordance with the law.)

He refused to punish Rittenhouse for violating the terms of his bail; (Rittenhouse apparently did not notify the court of a change of address within 48 hours when he moved to a safe house. The judge properly ruled that it was not a justification to raise Rittenhouse's bond by another $200,000.)

excluded evidence of Rittenhouse’s behavior before and after the shooting that spoke to his intent and lack of remorse; (Lack of remorse? Apparently feelings are now criteria for finding someone guilty.)

allowed the defense to mischaracterize the people Rittenhouse killed as “rioters”; (These men all admit they were present at the protest, which turned into a riot, which by definition makes them rioters. Rosenbaum was a five-time child molester. Anthony Huber was a two-time loser for assault. Grosskreutz pointed a pistol at Rittenhouse's head.)

yelled at prosecutors in front of the jury; (The judge properly rebuked the prosecutor for official misconduct.)

dismissed an illegal gun charge against the gunman; (Since the charge was not valid.)

and had the jury clap for one of Rittenhouse’s expert witnesses. (...on Veterans’ Day, the judge asked people in the courtroom to clap for any veterans who were present...)

Others might want to argue about why Schroeder was biased toward the defendant (I think the judge’s MAGA ringtones and off-color jokes tell you all you need to know about why he was sympathetic to a white gunman who shot up anti–police violence protesters at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement). But that he was biased toward Rittenhouse was obvious to those watching the trial without blinders. (A value judgment based on the author's leftist blinders.)

Still, a sympathetic judge and a predominately white jury are just standard gifts the criminal justice system gives to white boys accused of criminal violence. Rittenhouse also enjoyed hero status among white supremacists and Republicans as well as favorable media coverage from Fox News and The New York Times. (Isn't it interesting that any voice of support for Rittenhouse is not permitted?)

No doubt, some people will express shock at the verdict over the next few days. (Not if they viewed the actual evidence.)

But Rittenhouse’s freedom is not a “miscarriage” of justice—it is our white justice system working as intended. This system is designed to free people like Rittenhouse: (Hundreds of thousands of white prison inmates might disagree...)

white vigilantes who kill to maintain the best interests of whiteness. (Rittenhouse killing two white assailants and stopping a third from killing him has something to do with whiteness?)

It doesn’t always work (I still believe the people who lynched Ahmaud Arbery will be found guilty). But it works often enough (see George Zimmerman) that it gives comfort and confidence to any white person who clearly realizes that they might do an obviously illegal and violent thing (like, say, storm the US Capitol) and either get away with it completely or receive a light punishment.

We know that the system does not work this way for Black people. It is difficult even to imagine a similar set of circumstances for a Black defendant. (Again a product of the author's blinders. We have provided a twitter feed below which lists and references numerous cases that contradict the author's narrative.)

Nobody honestly thinks that a Black teenager who got an illegal gun and then crossed state lines to shoot up a MAGA protest would be greeted by a sympathetic Black judge, in front of a predominately Black jury; be lauded by prominent Black leaders; enjoy favorable media coverage; and then walk free. Nobody credible thinks that. In point of fact, here is the full and complete list of Black teenagers who have killed two people at a MAGA rally to defend their community: …

Rittenhouse, however, shot and killed two people at a protest against police violence with an illegally obtained gun, and even the illegal gun charge was dropped against him. (Repeats his false statement,,,)

And that is precisely how a majority of white people want the white justice system to work. (Now the author claims to know what most white people want.)

By their votes in elections (including elections for judges like Bruce Schroeder); (Schroeder was appointed.)

their lack of support for criminal justice reform; and the cold reality that prosecutors favor white jurors when the defendants are Black, while defense attorneys favor white jurors when the defendants are white, we see that a majority of white people choose things to be this way. They want a system that will be, if not sympathetic, at least empathetic toward eruptions of white violence, while swift and harsh toward Black people accused of crime. (Remember, the author knows what white people want.)

We don’t have to live with a biased criminal justice system; white people, enough of them, just like it that way.

So white violence will continue, unabated. (What about black violence? Leftist violence? The author has said nothing about the burned cities, the destroyed businesses, the people left laying bloody in the streets by "mostly peaceful" protesters.)

The Rittenhouse case started with a cop, Rusten Sheskey, shooting a Black man, Jacob Blake, in the back, six times, permanently paralyzing him. (Blake turned back toward his vehicle and reached inside. Does Mr. Mystal know what he was reaching for? Why was Blake disobeying the commands of the officers?)

The cop was not punished. The outrage at that violence led to protests, which attracted another violent white boy, Rittenhouse, who killed two people. Now, Rittenhouse will not be punished. If you are the next violent white person, why would you ever worry about being held accountable for whatever despicable act you are planning? All we can hope for is that the next Sheskey or Rittenhouse isn’t gunning for us, or somebody we love.

There is no justice. And there is no peace. And if you complain about that, white people will show up to shoot you. Just like a majority of white people want them to. (Mr. Mystal is a bigot and a hater. He wants violence and death. He pretends to want justice, but he really wants chaos and destruction.

But worst of all, Mr. Mystal is a liar. He doesn't care about the Rittenhouse decision. He has an agenda, to destroy America. And he will write anything, if it serves this goal.

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Andrew Coffee was found not guilty on all counts of murder and attempted first degree murder Friday.

Coffee is accused of firing at Indian River County Sheriff's Deputies during an early morning drug raid at his home back in 2017.

His girlfriend, Alteria Woods was caught in the crossfire, shot 10 times and later died. Coffee was charged with the murder of Woods after a grand jury exonerated two law enforcement officers for her death.

The defense said Coffee was asleep and thought the flash-bang was gunfire so he fired his gun because he thought he was under attack.

Not only did Coffee exercise his right to self-defense during what he thought was a home invasion, he exercised his right of self-defense by shooting at police officers who had argued they were acting lawfully. Coffee is still in trouble over a gun charge since he is a parolee, but he got out of the murder charges arguing that he acted in self-defense.

A similar example:

A St. Paul man has been acquitted on all charges in a jury trial stemming from an incident where he shot at Minneapolis police officers in self-defense last summer.

In all, Swearer provides over four dozen examples.

Could she have found more? Well, a little later she notes:

I'm bored tonight and Google is endless...

Oh, and just for some balance, sometimes white people get convicted even though they had a strong argument for self-defense.

Why is this important to point out?

As Swearer puts it:

Oh man, the amount of goalpost moving happening in response to this tweet is FUN. Like I'm very glad *you, specifically* have more nuanced arguments than "this never happens for black defendants" but let me tell you a lot of well-followed Twitter blue checks absolutely don't.