Last summer, as Black Lives Matter and Antifa were rioting in the streets of America, Democrats and their allies in the leftist media described their behavior as "fiery but mostly peaceful" and justified the damage for the sake of "racial justice."
Two billion dollars in damage later, making them the most expensive riots in U.S. history, they haven't changed their opinion. In fact, they've doubled down and regularly defend the violence.
Americans were reminded of the left's summer of rage this week as they focused on the trial of 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse.
On August 23, 2020, police were called to the scene of a confrontation after a woman dialed 911. Upon their arrival, 29-year-old Jacob Blake — who had multiple warrants out for his arrest, including third-degree sexual assault and criminal trespassing — was refusing police orders and was shot. The media immediately claimed Blake was shot because he was a black man, not because he had a knife, was refusing police orders and was attempting to kidnap his two children.
Seizing an opportunity, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden piled onto the false claims and said Blake's shooting was a product of systemic racism in policing. Kamala Harris visited Blake himself, saying she was "proud" of him. Their positions were then amplified as righteous by CNN and MSNBC.
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Because of these lies, chaos quickly descended on the small town of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and rioters started burning down the city. The media had sided with Blake, a criminal with a long history, and fanned racial flames built on falsehoods.
During the rioting, Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time, was chased and physically attacked by adult males Anthony Huber, Joseph Rosenbaum and Gaige Grosskreutz. As a last resort, Rittenhouse shot them, killing two. Grosskreutz, who pointed a pistol at Rittenhouse's head, survived after being shot in the arm. Again, the left and their allies in the media took the side of the "victims" and painted Rittenhouse as a "murderer" and "white supremacist."
But once Rittenhouse was able to tell his story, it became increasingly obvious those defending Huber, Rosenbaum and Grosskreutz, were cheering for the bad guys.
"I didn't do anything wrong. I defended myself," Rittenhouse explained during testimony this week. "I didn't want to have to shoot."
"If I would have let Mr. Rosenbaum take my firearm from me, he would have used it and killed me with it…and probably killed more people," he continued.
Joseph Rosenbaum was a multi-time pedophile who anally raped a child and sexually assaulted a number of boys ages 9-11 years old. He spent ten years in prison and was on lifetime probation. Anthony Huber was a convicted felon and repeat domestic abuser. Gaige Grosskreutz was convicted of a misdemeanor for carrying a firearm while intoxicated.
The men who chased Rittenhouse, attempting to kill him, are the real criminals. Predictably, the left and the media took their side. Kenosha burned because corrupt media and leftist activists lied about Jacob Blake being an "unarmed" black man shot by police. The same people proceeded to smear Rittenhouse, who was in town to help protect the community and ended up fighting for his life. The left never misses an opportunity to root for the lawbreakers and to destroy the lives of the honorable.
