By Davis Carlton
The Kyle Rittenhouse trial is a microcosm of the injustice and lawlessness of the dying Western world. Rittenhouse is a 17 year old who shot and killed two assailants and wounded another on August 25, 2020. The incident took place during riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man who pulled a knife on police serving an active arrest warrant for Blake, who was attempting to commit kidnapping and automobile theft. Blake survived the shooting, but the unrest that followed cost millions of dollars in damage and for some, their very lives. On Friday November 19th Rittenhouse was formally acquitted of all charges by the jury.
The Rittenhouse case is significant for a few reasons. First there is the incident that preceded the mob violence that brought about Kyle Rittenhouse shooting two assailants and wounding another. The Jacob Blake shooting was portrayed by the media as another (falsified) instance of a black man innocently doing something illegal and managing to get shot by “racist” cops. Entirely ignored by legacy media was the fact that Jacob Blake was a rapist who was violating a restraining order against his ex-girlfriend. A woman claiming to be the rape victim’s aunt tweeted her disdain for Blake and predictably her account was suspended by Twitter for supporting violence (a policy that is selectively enforced by Twitter to be sure). Any reasonable person could understand her pain. Imagine if your niece was raped only to have her rapist defended by the media.
This is but another prominent example of the media ignoring black victims of black criminals in order to whip up popular sentiment for violent black criminals as though they were victims. This is what precipitated the violence in Kenosha; all of which could have been avoided if the media hadn’t stirred up violence on behalf of a rapist. Additionally, it’s foolish to notice how well-coordinated these BLM and Antifa riots are and conclude that this is merely an organic protest against injustice, even if the perception of injustice isn’t justified. There is a long list of people who are responsible for the deaths during the Kenosha riots, not to mention the millions of dollars in damage, long before Kyle Rittenhouse should ever be considered even if we don’t have exhaustive knowledge of all the players involved behind the scenes.
There is also the actual incident of Kyle Rittenhouse killing in self-defense. It is quite frankly astonishing that the state of Wisconsin decided to even prosecute Rittenhouse given that all of the evidence made it abundantly clear that he had acted in justified self-defense. Certainly the state was justified in investigating the matter because of the value of human life, and the loss of life demands that a suitable inquiry be made, but a diligent investigation made it obvious that Rittenhouse had not committed a crime as he was acting out of a rational fear for his own life.
The arguments advanced by the lead prosecutor Thomas Binger were absolutely absurd. Binger attempted to impeach Rittenhouse’s character on the basis of playing first person shooter games and a statement made about carrying his AR to protect the property of others. In his closing statement, which MSNBC aired while cutting away for the defense closing, Binger stated, “You lose the right to self-defense when you’re the one who brought the gun, when you’re the one creating the danger, when you’re the one provoking other people.”
This is simply asinine and has nothing to do with any actual legal principle. By this reasoning a woman who is assaulted by a larger man would lose the right to defend herself if she had a gun concealed in her purse. Suggesting that Rittenhouse was the one “creating the danger” or “provoking other people” is an abject lie. Many criticized the prosecution for failing to secure a conviction, but in reality Binger went to ridiculous extremes to prejudice the jury against Rittenhouse to the point that he had to be rebuked by the judge on several occasions. It was obvious that upholding the law wasn’t a priority for the prosecution or the media covering the trial. Indeed, as the trial progressed it became increasingly apparent that the prosecution itself was realizing what a thin reed its entire ‘case’ was built upon. Bizarre actions like Binger’s pointing Rittenhouse’s AR-15 directly at the jury with his finger on the trigger suggest that Binger was trying to salvage a Pyrrhic victory via trying to get a mistrial declared. Such an action on the part of an experienced criminal prosecutor is otherwise inexplicable.
An MSNBC employee actually tailed the bus transporting the jury in order to photograph jury members after the presiding judge Bruce Schroeder forbade this in the courtroom. This clear attempt at jury intimidation managed to get MSNBC banned from the courtroom for the remainder of the trial. Before the not guilty verdict was reached social media giants Facebook (which also owns Instagram) and Twitter did everything they could to distort the facts and manipulate public opinion. Facebook went so far as to preemptively declare Rittenhouse guilty, “We’ve designated this shooting as a mass murder and have removed the shooter’s accounts from Facebook and Instagram.” The media also has concealed the criminal history of those Rittenhouse shot in self-defense.
It’s a wonder that lynching retains such a stigma in the modern American conscience because in many ways the modern justice system acts completely contrary to the principles of justice that lynching is supposed to uphold. The idea behind lynching wasn’t to string up innocent black men, but to execute justice when the legal process wasn’t necessary because the perpetrator had been caught in the act. The English common law system has been useful for parsing out evidence for the consideration of a jury in cases in which such procedures are necessary, but this isn’t necessary when someone is caught in the act of committing a serious crime. The Rittenhouse trial is the exact opposite; an attempt to secure an unjust conviction based upon political pressure and cunning rhetoric. Lacking the faith and commitment to true justice of our Anglo-Saxon ancestors, the system of due process that they have created is being hijacked in order to prevent rather than apply justice.
In spite of the intense pressure to convict Rittenhouse he was found not guilty of all charges. What are the long term repercussions of the verdict clearing Rittenhouse? First we ought to celebrate the verdict as an increasingly rare instance of traditional Anglo-Saxon justice which is informed by the Biblical principle of self-defense. Victories are becoming sporadic, but we should still appreciate them and give thanks to God when they happen. This verdict also indirectly vindicates Jake Gardner, who committed suicide after he was indicted for manslaughter after acting in self-defense and protection of his property during BLM riots in Omaha, Nebraska. The Rittenhouse verdict can act as a legal precedent vindicating “vigilantes” who defend themselves against BLM and Antifa thugs.
Secondly we should be prepared for unjust verdicts to “compensate” for this anomaly. The McMichaels being declared guilty of murder of a black burglar who attacked them while making a citizens’ arrest is likely the opening salvo. Finally the Rittenhouse verdict has helped more clearly demarcate the line between good and evil. Shortly after the Rittenhouse verdict on November 21st, a black man named Darrell Brooks plowed into a group of white residents during a Christmas parade in Waukesha, WI. In the immediate aftermath, a Democratic Party social media director tweeted that, “It was probably just self-defense.” The case of Brooks highlights the problems with liberal policies, as Brooks who was a career criminal who was released just days before the incident. The two cases of Rittenhouse and Brooks demonstrate the absolute hypocrisy of evangelical leaders. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called the massacre in Waukesha “a tragic accident” before deleting the Tweet after receiving pushback.
Kyle Rittenhouse’s response to the trial and acquittal also serves as a lesson for white men living in the twenty-first century. During his interview with Tucker Carlson Rittenhouse stated, “I’m not a racist person. I support the BLM movement. I support peacefully demonstrating. And I believe there needs to be change. I believe there’s a lot of prosecutorial misconduct, not just in my case, but in other cases. And it’s just amazing to see how much a prosecutor can take advantage of somebody. Like, if they did this to me, imagine what they could have done to a person of color who doesn’t maybe have the resources I do or it’s not widely publicized like my case.”
Black Lives Matter has since stated, with all the eloquence that we should expect, that they don’t care about him. Prior to this BLM called Rittenhouse a domestic terrorist whose acquittal is an example of “white supremacy” and also insisted that Rittenhouse ought to be arrested for federal crimes. I wouldn’t expect Rittenhouse to signal a hard commitment to the Alt-Right or Kinism on national television, but it is a shame to hear him cuck in a desperate effort to curry favor with those who hate him. It won’t help his public image. To Hollywood, the legacy media, and the political powers that be will always consider him to be a murderer.
White conservatives should see the writing on the wall and be prepared to defend their lives, their families, and their property with deadly force. Our governments won’t protect us, and if the Kenosha riot is any indication the police will obey stand down orders and allow communist agitators to run amok. Individual police officers can certainly be decent people, but departments are generally unsympathetic and corrupt. A police officer who contributed to Rittenhouse’s legal defense was even fired for having done so. We can celebrate the legal victory of Kyle Rittenhouse, but we also must prepare ourselves for what inevitably comes next.