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As anybody who is not living under a rock knows, there have been protests, sometimes violent, in Kenosha Wisconsin over yet another highly-questionable police shooting. (Generally speaking, shooting somebody in the back is only legal if they are running around actively killing people in front of you.) These protests turned lethal a couple of days ago. Thoughts:
1) If you ignore non-violent protests, you'll eventually get violent ones. In other words, if you don't like professional athletes kneeling during the National Anthem, you'd better like riots.
2) Kyle Rittenhouse, the white teenager who killed two people in Kenosha, is not a part of BLM. He's 17, which makes it illegal for him to carry or transport the weapon he used (both in Illinois, Wisconsin and Federally). He's from Illinois, and has no ties to Kenosha, and as a civilian he was violating curfew. In short, he's the very model of an outside agitator.
3) Regardless of the details of what happened that night in Kenosha, it's hard to argue this is anything other than murder. If you travel somewhere specifically to break the law, whatever happens thereafter is on you.
4) On a political note, I remain baffled by Trump's claim that he's the "LAW and ORDER" President who can fix this. It seems to me part of his long-running tendency to act like a spectator instead of The Guy In Charge. Less campaign rallies, more fixing please.
1) If you ignore non-violent protests, you'll eventually get violent ones. In other words, if you don't like professional athletes kneeling during the National Anthem, you'd better like riots.
2) Kyle Rittenhouse, the white teenager who killed two people in Kenosha, is not a part of BLM. He's 17, which makes it illegal for him to carry or transport the weapon he used (both in Illinois, Wisconsin and Federally). He's from Illinois, and has no ties to Kenosha, and as a civilian he was violating curfew. In short, he's the very model of an outside agitator.
3) Regardless of the details of what happened that night in Kenosha, it's hard to argue this is anything other than murder. If you travel somewhere specifically to break the law, whatever happens thereafter is on you.
4) On a political note, I remain baffled by Trump's claim that he's the "LAW and ORDER" President who can fix this. It seems to me part of his long-running tendency to act like a spectator instead of The Guy In Charge. Less campaign rallies, more fixing please.
