For James Fields in Charlottesville, Jake Gardner in Omaha, and Rittenhouse in Kenosha, prosecutors cited their private remarks and social media to cast them as racially motivated terrorists. But not so with Darrell Brooks in Waukesha, who killed more than all three *combined* 1/
Brooks is the only one who didn't kill in self-defense and unlike Fields, can't even make the case that it was an accident. Judging by his criminal record and social media, his is the strongest case of terrorism. Fields and Rittenhouse didn't even have criminal records 2/
But the establishment consensus is that Brooks' political views and social media are--according to everyone from the media to the pro BLM Waukesha police chief and Republicans like Ron Johnson-- irrelevant, off limits, "don't politicize" 3/
The more you consider the Darrell Brooks story the more significant it becomes in light of the fact that it undermines powerful narratives that underpin the establishment's legitimacy and consensus 4/
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