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To his victims and their sympathizers, teenager Kyle Rittenhouse is a White vigilante who committed double murder. To his defenders, he’s a folk hero who lived out their gun-rights fantasies. Rittenhouse acquitted Gun violence has become such a feature of American life that no one should be surprised that a jury acquitted Rittenhouse. But the following from a CNN… Read more.
As it happens, I presaged this Department of Justice (DOJ) decision. This, despite that heartrending video of a white cop, Daniel Pantaleo, choking these infamous last words out of a black man, Eric Garner: I can’t breathe. Here in part is what I wrote in “DOJ: No Charges Warranted in Zimmerman Case,” February 25, 2015:… Read more.
The jury … will either find him guilty as sin, or its six ‘angry’ women will be hung. There’s simply no reasonable justification, even for this ‘all-White’ jury, to let this trigger-happy wannabe cop walk scot-free. (“Zimmerman Trial a Sensation Only Because Media Made It So,” The iPINIONS Journal, July 13, 2013) I clearly thought… Read more.
For the record, the jury – that began deliberating his fate yesterday – will either find him guilty as sin, or its six “angry” women will be hung. There’s simply no reasonable justification, even for this “all-White” jury, to let this trigger-happy wannabe cop walk scot-free. Related commentaries: Vigilante killing of Trayvon Martin… Read more.
Over 9,000 people are murdered in the United States every year. Therefore, it takes extraordinary circumstances – like a mother (Casey Anthony) killing her child – for any of them to become a cause celebre. The circumstances surrounding the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin are extraordinary to say the least. (One can be forgiven for thinking… Read more.
