A Tour of Kenosha

Check out this citizen's driving tour of Kenosha, showcasing some of the destruction including a couple of the buildings that were burned to the ground by rioters.  And check out Terry Rose's speech (at the 6:15 mark) outside of a decimated building in Kenosha.  Rose rightfully gives some credit to the Governor for accepting President Trump's offer of federal assistance -- while pointing out that politics initially got in the way of truly swift and timely action.  Wisconsin's Governor waited too long, but, as Rose accurately points out, better late than never.  

Other than Fox, major news outlets won't be covering this accurately, or at all, so for those who don't know, a woman called 911 on a man called Jacob Blake.  Completely unrelated to that incident, Blake also a had an outstanding warrant for felony sexual assault.  Police arrived, and Blake resisted and obstructed officers causing them to use a taser gun, which had no impact.  Blake then got up off the ground and walked from the passenger side of his SUV to the driver's side.  After officers drew their guns, Blake again refused to comply with their commands and went into his vehicle.  Blake also had a large knife, although it was unclear if he had it with him or if he was going to retrieve it -- it was found on the driver's side of his SUV's floorboard.  The end result: the police shot Blake multiple times in the back as he was getting into the vehicle.

There is a legitimate debate about whether the police should have done something differently, such as tackling Blake as he walked around the car to the driver's side door or even letting him drive away to do whatever it is he might do next.  But the mob descended on Kenosha and began rioting.  Some of the facts I've outlined above weren't known at the time the rioting started.  Nonetheless, I suspect they wouldn't have mattered.  Why not?  Because rioters riot for any or no reason.  In Minneapolis, for example, rioting started up again over reports of cops shooting another black man.  Problem is, there was no police shooting.  The man actually killed himself as the police were about to arrest him for murder.

Facts, I suppose, be damned.  At least in Kenosha there was a real-life (rather than imaginary) shooting by police that triggered the rioters.  In either case, as Attorney Rose said in the above clip, "Kenosha isn't going to be another Portland."