NAACP President: Rittenhouse Is a Warning Shot that ‘Vigilante Justice’ Is Allowed in Certain Communities

BRENNAN So the jury ░░░░░░░░ Kyle Rittenhouse s explanation ░░░░░░░░ he was acting in ░░░░░░░░ defense President Biden said ░░░░░░░░ know this was disappointing ░░░░░░░░ some ways but the ░░░░░░░░ system works and we ░░░░░░░░ to abide by it ░░░░░░░░ say the verdict itself ░░░░░░░░ dangerous Johnson You know ░░░░░░░░ s hard for African ░░░░░░░░ to reconcile what we ░░░░░░░░ in that trial We ░░░░░░░░ far too many individuals ░░░░░░░░ in jail for crimes ░░░░░░░░ didn t commit or ░░░░░░░░ for crimes that were ░░░░░░░░ And here you have ░░░░░░░░ 17 year old who ░░░░░░░░ purchased a gun traveled ░░░░░░░░ state lines to protect ░░░░░░░░ that was not his ░░░░░░░░ owners that who did ░░░░░░░░ invite him and he ░░░░░░░░ himself in harm s ░░░░░░░░ based on the rhetoric ░░░░░░░░ he seen on social ░░░░░░░░ platforms So it s ░░░░░░░░ to reconcile the verdict ░░░░░░░░ the experience that many ░░░░░░░░ Americans have faced over ░░░░░░░░ decades So this this ░░░░░░░░ for us is a ░░░░░░░░ shot that vigilante justice ░░░░░░░░ allowed in this country ░░░░░░░░ in particular communities BRENNAN ░░░░░░░░ Rittenhouse as you know ░░░░░░░░ become this sort of ░░░░░░░░ for some within the ░░░░░░░░ movement He was used ░░░░░░░░ during the campaign by ░░░░░░░░ by the then Biden ░░░░░░░░ team in a campaign ░░░░░░░░ that positioned him as ░░░░░░░░ white supremacist His mother ░░░░░░░░ that was defamatory to ░░░░░░░░ The bottom line is ░░░░░░░░ is being politicized And ░░░░░░░░ m wondering what you ░░░░░░░░ the impact of that ░░░░░░░░ Johnson Well the current ░░░░░░░░ environment has allowed for ░░░░░░░░ type of behavior The ░░░░░░░░ administration s opened the ░░░░░░░░ And many individuals who ░░░░░░░░ under the banner of ░░░░░░░░ supremacy have run through ░░░░░░░░ door whether it s ░░░░░░░░ or the killings in ░░░░░░░░ at the synagogue or ░░░░░░░░ Louisville And unfortunately until ░░░░░░░░ have mature politicians willing ░░░░░░░░ stand up regardless of ░░░░░░░░ affiliations and address the ░░░░░░░░ of mob violence vigilantism ░░░░░░░░ more importantly the underlying ░░░░░░░░ of race in this ░░░░░░░░ something we have never ░░░░░░░░ addressed.”