Kyle Rittenhouse: The White OJ

What White America Already Knows

Mistrial or not, Kyle Rittenhouse is going to walk away free in the end.

He might even be out right now.

As I’m writing this, the verdict for his trial — which might as well be a Monopoly “Get Out of Jail Free” card from Judge Bruce Schroeder’s pocket — could be handed out seconds after this is published.

If I’m wrong, I’ll be happy to be wrong.

No one I’ve spoken with thinks I’m wrong. They only hope I am. Faintly.

The white people who think Rittenhouse is guilty have already braced themselves, ready for their crazy co-workers and family to start dancing in the streets.

I stopped fighting my cynicism when Schroeder actually dismissed the notion of the prosecution zooming in on digital images for clarity. He preferred “virginal” images.

I have a feeling Schroeder was equally dismissive of the then-new technology of binoculars back when he started his career in the 1830's.

So even my friends who think Rittenhouse is no angel think he’s getting off without a scratch solely on a defense based on Jimbo Kern from “South Park.”

Rittenhouse actually going out into a dangerous situation then “defending himself “ may…