There are plenty of op-eds on the verdict in the prosecution of Kyle Rittenhouse, so I will leave that to others. Rather, I will comment on the comments and make an assessment of what this trial represented.
Of course, with social media, everyone has an opinion. On the right, Rittenhouse is being hailed as
a hero and his dismissal is a vindication of the 2nd Amendment. On the left, he is being smeared as a white
supremacist and a murderer, mostly by the MSM, setting up a raft of defamation
suits.
But I would focus on the reaction here locally from our
political leaders--- the people that actually run the joint—J.B. Pritzker and
Lori Lightfoot. The links to their
statements are posted below:
Pritzker
Lightfoot
First, that Pritzker and Lightfoot commented at all is
problematic. While blood flows weekly in
the streets of their own major city, they are compelled to have an opinion on
an occurrence in another jurisdiction.
Second, the contempt with which they view our judicial system in
particular and the concept of separation of powers is simply breathtaking. Whether or not you believe the case should
have been brought in the first place, the charges were duly considered by a
judge and jury of 12 and, despite the threats to both, the verdict came back
“not guilty.” Neither Pritzker nor
Lightfoot sat through that trial, but they think they know better.
Even worse, their instincts are to side with the rioters
that were causing mayhem and attacked Rittenhouse. Pritker’s claim that Huber and Rosenbaum
“deserve to be alive today” and “deserve justice” overlooks their role in this,
that justice was served and, by the way, Rosenbaum was a repeat pedophile. The reality is that Rittenhouse likely saved
a number of children in the future from his dastardly acts.
But most bothersome is the hypocrisy of their
statements. Both Pritzker and Lightfoot
have spent the bulk of their administrations attempting to remediate “systemic
racism.” But it was “the system” that
put in motion the unfortunate set of circumstances that led to the incident in
Kenosha. It was the MSM condemning the
police for attempting to protect children and others from the acts of Jacob
Blake. It was Wisconsin governor Evers
who abdicated his responsibility to protect the Kenosha community from the
rioters by not calling out the national guard and a mayor that had his force
stand down. These failures led young
Kyle to believe that he needed to step into the void created by failed
politicians. You can’t ask a 17 year old
to use good judgment when you don’t.
Lightfoot showed real chutzpah, a mere week after a 24 year
old recent University of Chicago graduate was mercilessly slaughtered on the
street in the middle of the day in Hyde Park, chirped, “What Kyle Rittenhouse
did was reckless, dangerous, and showed an utter contempt for human life.” She goes on to ask for prayers for rapist
Jacob Blake. Lightfoot’s sympathies are
unambiguously with the criminal class—the rapists, looters, and pedophiles.
With over 4,000 shot and 773 homicides this year, Pritzker
and Lightfoot should be focused on cleaning up their own jurisdiction
first. What is reckless, dangerous and
contemptuous of human life is their policing and criminal justice reform
policies.
Like Wisconsin Governor Evers, Pritzker and Lightfoot, along
with Kim Foxx have abdicated a primary role of government—that is to protect
the persons and property of law abiding citizens.
And as I write this, the governor of Illinois and mayor of
the City of Chicago, who both were compelled to leap to the side of Antifa and take
a position counter to a judge and jury in Kenosha now stand silent as we digest
the mass casualty event in Waukesha.
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