Think about all this.
The Kenosha riots were only happening because of the shooting of Jacob Blake, who was attempting to escape in a SUV. Blake had one warrant on him, because:
The charges — which have not gone to trial — stem from a May 3 incident in Kenosha County. A woman Blake knew told police he came into her house about 6 a.m., sexually assaulted her and then took a debit card and car keys before fleeing in her vehicle, according to a criminal complaint. Contrary to many social media claims, the woman involved in this case was an adult.
OK. So probably a bad dude, trying to escape, gets shot by the cops. The DOJ later (last month, actually) cleared the shooter. That’s why the riots were even happening.
Despite a narrative that this is “the new era of political violence,” which does hold some water when you consider January 6th, in reality these protests never even needed to happen. The shooting was clean, per DOJ. The dude wasn’t a good guy, from all accounts. All this started because a guy across the street had an iPhone.
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