Last week I asked what would've happened if Rittenhouse had been Black.

People were reluctant to really answer; the biggest answer was "He would've been shot by police."

Except evidence shows that if FALSE.

See this story.

abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooti…
"A SWAT team responded after a man was killed...Police officers responding to a call about 10:30 a.m. saw four people get out of two cars and begin firing toward a house...People inside returned fire and hit one of the gunmen, police said."

chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/10/…
So, what happened? Did police shoot all the gunmen?

NOPE.

They arrested them. And then....

...the Prosecutor LET THEM GO.

chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/10/…
"Five men linked to a deadly gang-related shootout Friday in Austin were released from custody after prosecutors declined to charge each of them with a pair of felonies, including first-degree murder, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned."
"The brazen mid-morning gunfight, which left one shooter dead and two of the suspects wounded, stemmed from an internal dispute between two factions of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang... police sought to charge all five suspects with murder and aggravated battery."
"Chicago police spokeswoman acknowledged the suspects had “been released without charges Cook County state’s attorney’s office, explained that prosecutors had “determined that the evidence was insufficient to meet our burden of proof to approve felony charges.”
"...State’s attorney’s office’s decision to decline charges in a different light: “Mutual combatants was cited as the reason for the rejection.” Mutual combat is a legal term used to define a fight or struggle that two parties willingly engage in."
Couple points:
1. All the combatants were Black.
2. The mayor and State's attorney are Black.
3. One person died.
4. NO CHARGES.
5. VIRTUALLY NO NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION.
So those of you telling me "OMG RITTENHOUSE IS BEING TREATED FAVORABLY" clearly are taking some hallucinogenic drugs.

If anything, he is being treated MUCH MORE HARSHLY THAN THESE PEOPLE, many of whom are known felons.

That is why I asked the question last week.
Every single excuse that liberals gave to my question WAS PROVEN FALSE A MONTH AGO...and nobody wants to face those facts.

And the police PEACEFULLY arrested everyone.

And they can't blame Whites, or Republicans, or whomever else they want, because they weren't involved.
The ONLY reason I can see that this wasn't the same level of national news as Kenosha was, as far as I can tell, that our national media is simply bigoted.

Or they don't care about African American lives lost as much as two White rioters in Kenosha.

Either/Or.

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