Overnight News: The Kyle Rittenhouse news as his case goes to the jury: In a riot full of truly shitty kids, we’re crucifying the good one…

I was aware of the Rittenhouse shootings the night they happened. I watched a lot of riot video last Summer, but I wasn’t watching that night. I read about the shootings when I woke up in the dead of the night, and I watched some of the street video then. Everything I read seemed to be about Kyle rushing back to give first-aid to the people he had shot, and it was obvious from the first who he was: Richard Jewell, Jr. – an earnest young man of long-standing good will and deep Incandescent need martyred to whitewash the incompetence of powerful people.

There is more to the Rittenhouse trial, of course: Undermining everyone’s right to self-defense and putting other earnest men of good will on notice: Being a Brownshirt is heroic. Stopping Brownshirt rioting is the crime that is to be punished.

If you’ve been watching the news, you’ve heard one blabbermouth after another tell you how surprised they are to have learned the facts of this trial. Take them at their word: They are just as well-informed about everything else they spout off about.

Ultimately, though, this is the Kyle Rittenhouse news as his case goes to the jury: In a riot full of truly shitty kids, we’re crucifying the good one. I may have heard that story before…

In other news:

Jonathan Turley: Rittenhouse Goes To Jury After Case Collapses in Court.

Andrea Widburg: The Rittenhouse trial lawyers had their final say and the jury has the case now.

Peachy Keenan: Unfortunate Son.

City Journal: When Demography Isn’t Destiny: There’s nothing inevitable about American immigrants joining the progressive coalition.

John Tierney: The Covid Children’s Crusade: Against ethics and evidence, public officials push vaccine mandates for kids.