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Joy Reid: The Rittenhouse Trial Is Fundamentally About American Vigilantism (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Nov 2021
OP
if this killer gets off; expect AK-47's and vigilantes at every rally or demonstration
magicguido
Nov 2021
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Skittles
(153,202 posts)1. try to imagine if Rittenhouse was a POC who shot at the Jan 6 mob
imagine what the "trial" would be like
lapfog_1
(29,227 posts)2. The police would have shot him that night.
no trial needed.
Skittles
(153,202 posts)3. yes, that would have been his "trial"
Rittenhouse is a gun humping white supremacist
Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)4. It's really no different that the George Zimmerman trial.
They both speak and vibe white nationalism and this kid will probably get off too.
I hope not, but I'm realistic in America.
magicguido
(6,315 posts)5. if this killer gets off; expect AK-47's and vigilantes at every rally or demonstration
Wild blueberry
(6,664 posts)6. Thank you, Joy Reid
Thanks for posting.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)7. Why didn't he join the Army or Marines?
Racist little prick.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,234 posts)8. I had the same question
He's old enough and unlike many of the beer bellied militia cosplayers he seems to be physically fit enough.