Rittenhouse case, Arbery death trial reflect deepening political and racial divides

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The courtroom is the latest place where the nation's yawning political and cultural chasm is on vivid display.

Two criminal trials, one centering on Kyle Rittenhouse's shooting of three people in Wisconsin and the other on three men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, reflect deep divides over race, guns and even basic politics. In a third case in Virginia, more than two dozen people face civil charges stemming from the white nationalist Unite the Right rally in 2017, which became an even larger point of cultural contention when then-President Donald Trump refused to condemn the participants.

"The fact that these three trials are happening at the same time – these are hot spots of division – really helps tell the story of the last couple of years," said Oren Segal, vice president of anti-hate group ADL's Center on Extremism. "What these cases have in common is that they address the normalization of violence in this country, the left-right divide and, in some cases, the extremism and hate. … Race is always part of that."

The trial of Rittenhouse, 18, has drawn the most attention of the three cases, possibly because of his youth; his decision to testify, rare for a defendant; and the circumstances of the shootings. Although Rittenhouse and the people he shot in August 2020 are white, the shootings happened during a protest after the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by police. No charges were filed over the incident, which left Blake severely injured.

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1. Deep political divide, is the broken record for. Extreme racism, where the white people think they

have an inherent right to go kill POC and or people of a different religion.

Pretending it is some partisan political issue is wrong, and where is the admission, like in Virginia, that there is some deep racism within the Democratic party as well.

Edit Add: This administration via appointments, and the voters who elected many of our newest legislators, are presenting the most Diverse U.S. Congress and administration ever. I salute all who are responsible for the diversity of the Biden Administration,
voters and the people who fill the appointed positions.

[BeyondGeography]

2. One side wants to be able to kill anti-racism protesters

The other wants to be free to kill innocent blacks directly.

Your Rittenhouse/Arbery “conundrum” in a nutshell.

[Skittles]

3. all they need is one racist gun humper on a jury

and these days that is pretty much a given