Zerlina Maxwell: Kyle Rittenhouse & Ahmaud Arbery Cases Aren’t Really that Different

MAXWELL So if you ░░░░░░░░ about it the cases ░░░░░░░░ Kyle Rittenhouse and the ░░░░░░░░ who killed Ahmaud Arbery ░░░░░░░░ t really that different ░░░░░░░░ of these cases involved ░░░░░░░░ who inserted themselves into ░░░░░░░░ that didn t have ░░░░░░░░ do anything that they ░░░░░░░░ t have anything to ░░░░░░░░ with and they killed ░░░░░░░░ in the process Rittenhouse ░░░░░░░░ it into a protest ░░░░░░░░ the death of a ░░░░░░░░ man while wearing an ░░░░░░░░ 15 Yet somehow his ░░░░░░░░ which just rested its ░░░░░░░░ tonight is claiming that ░░░░░░░░ was the victim that ░░░░░░░░ feared for his life ░░░░░░░░ the one person who ░░░░░░░░ Kyle Rittenhouse s gunfire ░░░░░░░░ things very differently Clip ░░░░░░░░ GROSSKREUTZ To me it ░░░░░░░░ like a child who ░░░░░░░░ gotten caught doing something ░░░░░░░░ he wasn t supposed ░░░░░░░░ more upset that he ░░░░░░░░ caught and less upset ░░░░░░░░ what he had done ░░░░░░░░ what he had taken ░░░░░░░░ the numerous lives that ░░░░░░░░ affected through his actions ░░░░░░░░ night Clip ends MAXWELL ░░░░░░░░ Ahmaud Arbery was just ░░░░░░░░ for a run when ░░░░░░░░ Bryan and Gregory and ░░░░░░░░ McMichael approached him There ░░░░░░░░ no evidence to suggest ░░░░░░░░ Ahmaud Arbery was stealing ░░░░░░░░ or damaging anybody s ░░░░░░░░ But that didn t ░░░░░░░░ those men from fatally ░░░░░░░░ him Here s how ░░░░░░░░ police officer says Gregory ░░░░░░░░ described the encounter Clip ░░░░░░░░ UNKNOWN FEMALE What does ░░░░░░░░ McMichael say on lines ░░░░░░░░ 6 NOHILLY He he ░░░░░░░░ he was trapped like ░░░░░░░░ rat I think he ░░░░░░░░ wanting to flee and ░░░░░░░░ realized that something you ░░░░░░░░ he was not going ░░░░░░░░ get away Clip ends ░░░░░░░░ And this theme of ░░░░░░░░ men taking matters into ░░░░░░░░ own hands extends to ░░░░░░░░ third case Back in ░░░░░░░░ a 20 year old ░░░░░░░░ James Fields traveled from ░░░░░░░░ to Charlottesville Virginia to ░░░░░░░░ in a rally organized ░░░░░░░░ white supremacists He later ░░░░░░░░ his car into a ░░░░░░░░ of counter protesters injuring ░░░░░░░░ and killing a woman ░░░░░░░░ Heather Heyer Fields has ░░░░░░░░ been sentenced to life ░░░░░░░░ prison But right now ░░░░░░░░ organizers of that rally ░░░░░░░░ Charlottesville are embroiled in ░░░░░░░░ civil trial for conspiring ░░░░░░░░ commit that violence And ░░░░░░░░ this That trial has ░░░░░░░░ become a vehicle for ░░░░░░░░ more violent hateful racist ░░░░░░░░ that we have been ░░░░░░░░ from the defendants who ░░░░░░░░ often dropping the n ░░░░░░░░ and joking about the ░░░░░░░░ in court Too often ░░░░░░░░ seems like men feel ░░░░░░░░ need to perform their ░░░░░░░░ by doing and saying ░░░░░░░░ things whether that s ░░░░░░░░ someone because they felt ░░░░░░░░ need to take matters ░░░░░░░░ their own hands or ░░░░░░░░ tweeting an animated video ░░░░░░░░ which they re depicted ░░░░░░░░ a congresswoman who is ░░░░░░░░ colleague that they just ░░░░░░░░ t like For some ░░░░░░░░ violence seems like a ░░░░░░░░ to And the question ░░░░░░░░ want to explore tonight ░░░░░░░░ why Why did Greg ░░░░░░░░ Travis McMichael feel the ░░░░░░░░ to chase down and ░░░░░░░░ Ahmaud Arbery Why did ░░░░░░░░ Charlottesville protesters feel the ░░░░░░░░ to gather their Walmart ░░░░░░░░ torches and resort to ░░░░░░░░ And why did Kyle ░░░░░░░░ feel the need to ░░░░░░░░ up like a G ░░░░░░░░ Joe soldier to protect ░░░░░░░░ in Kenosha Wisconsin that ░░░░░░░░ t his And maybe ░░░░░░░░ maybe it s because ░░░░░░░░ s what they think ░░░░░░░░ looks like.”