We have no words to describe the senseless violence in Waukesha WI Sunday night 11-21-21, a community where once our young family lived. Nothing to add, no great insights, just sheer dumb stupefaction. We may never know why anyone would drive a vehicle at high speed through a Christmas parade of children and adults. We can only regret the loss of life and injury. We will always wonder at the depravity lurking like a virus deep within the souls of our human race, never knowing where it will leap into the open when least expected.

Or we may know soon enough

[UPDATED!] John F. Di Leo writes about Waukesha WI and domestic terror today in American Thinker:

Darrell Brooks, a 38-year-old rapper with a long rap sheet, is the alleged driver of the vehicle. Early reports point to two possibilities: either he did this on purpose, as an intentional terror attack, or he and his cronies were fleeing an earlier crime – reportedly, a stabbing …

But he’s still not the worst kind of domestic terrorist.

Why was he out on the street today? … to drive down that road at all? Darrell Brooks’ rap sheet includes – in addition to past convictions – multiple open cases [a] 22-year-long published criminal record … 

Despite a history that demonstrates his ongoing threat to the community, charges were repeatedly dropped or pled down, sentences were reduced to time served (such as, in one case, just 19 days), he was always given work-release, probation, and bail, despite a record of continuing to perpetrate violations whenever he was set free.

If bail protocols were rational, he would be in jail awaiting the trials for the cases he already had pending, including felony assault just two days before the parade, after which he was, once again, arrested and released on bail.

The violent criminals who started dumpster fires in Kenosha, who launched shopping district break-ins in Naperville, and who perpetrated literal neighborhood takeovers in Portland, Seattle and so many more cities in 2020 were rarely first offenders.

There is only one reason why crime is so high in America today; only one reason why so many known criminals are on the streets, free to rob, rape, brutalize and murder.

It is that Leftist politicians – elected by their constituents to keep the streets safe; that’s their primary responsibility – have sided with the criminal element, time and again … 

Progressives expect gunplay! 

A shame that the WI State Journal can find no expert to support the Rittenhouse jury’s verdict or criticize civil authorities for abandoning Kenosha in its hour of need. Their syndicated, Page 1 story Sunday spanned America in search of experts who agreed with their basic premise: that civil rights protesters will be gunned down on sight now that Kyle Rittenhouse is back on the range, sighting in his AR-15.

“Legal experts expect gunplay” was the headline. Well, the legal experts they chose to quote, anyway.

Nary, the reader is expected to believe, exists an expert in America who believes that it was the right verdict or that the unrestrained looting, arson, and vandalism invited that gunplay. That Defund the Police crowd who orders law enforcement to stand down might have created the vacuum that sucked in the nut cases like Joseph Rosenbaum and wannabe’s like Kyle Rittenhouse.

→ “Consultant wants Madison police to be even less visible.” (Read & weep!)

Reparations by other means

Among others quoted in the syndicated story is Keith Findlay, “a professor of criminal law at UW-Madison.” Not reported is that Finlay a sponsor of the new City of Madison’s Police Civilian Review Board. Which turns out to be yet another BLM scam! Good on Chris Rickert for revealing that these police bashers now are trying to expropriate $20,000 for its leader. And between $3,000 to $5,000 for each of its 13 members. They’re already paid $100 a month and only two other committees (out of a thicket of some 80 civilian committees) are paid anything at all, and then just a fraction of the cop bashers.

Blame this on Rittenhouse!

We’ve been talking about the Woke’s war on discipline. Kid nabbed for a loaded firearm at Verona high school. 

Flowers appeared in court Friday and was released from custody on a signature bond. He was ordered not to possess any weapons. At the time of his arrest Wednesday [11-17-21], Flowers was already on a signature bond for a felony theft charge issued in October, which also barred him from possessing any weapons. (Read & Weep!)

Difference is that Mr. Flowers was not defending his school against arson, looting, or vandalism.

The other piece in Sunday’s WI State Journal reports that “Hundreds across the U.S. turn out to protest acquittal.” Hundreds! From sea to shining sea! From the New York highlands to the gulf stream waters! HUNDREDS! That must include the 50 (seems a little high) social justice warriors summoned by Freedom Inc. here in progressive Madison WI. The Capital Times reports it like it was the College of Cardinals electing a pope. Guess what? They suspect (wait for it): Racism!

Elsewhere, Rittenhouse defense counsel Mark Richards “had harsh words for some coverage he saw on CNN and MSNBC.”

“It makes me angry that they can’t take the time to at least get the generic, basic facts correct, because it didn’t fit into the story they wanted to tell.”

Blaska’s Bottom Line: Lot of that going around these days.

Are CNN and MSNBC about to make Kyle Rittenhouse rich?

The usual suspects vent

President Joe Biden: “While the verdict in Kenosha will leave many Americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included …” 

WI Governor Tony Evers: “No verdict will be able to bring back the lives of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum, or heal Gaige Grosskreutz’s injuries, just as no verdict can heal the wounds or trauma experienced by Jacob Blake and his family. No ruling today changes our reality in Wisconsin that we have work to do toward equity, accountability, and justice that communities across our state are demanding and deserve.” 

Elie Mystal, The Nation:  “It’s our white justice system working as intended.”  

Madison-area Democratic Socialists: “Few of us are surprised by today’s verdict in the trial against Kyle Rittenhouse, the white supremacist vigilante who murdered two anti-racist protesters in Kenosha last year. But it’s impossible not to be sick with anger and grief anyway.”   

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio: “Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum are victims. They should be alive today. The only reason they’re not is because a violent, dangerous man chose to take a gun across state lines and start shooting people.”

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes Conway: “The jury’s decision in the Rittenhouse trial is deeply disturbing. Unfortunately, this will perpetuate distrust in the justice system and further normalize gun violence. Allowing vigilantism to masquerade as self-defense is a terrible precedent.” — 

Freedom Inc.: WHITE SUPREMACIST KENOSHA KOURTS today declared white supremacist killer Kyle Rittenhouse NOT GUILTY on all charges. MEET US at PENN PARK TODAY 11/19 @ 6PM to SPEAK OUT on Kenosha!

State Rep. Francesca Hong, D-Madison: “Kyle Rittenhouse is a murderer and justice was not served today. His acquittal speaks volumes to the privilege of whiteness in America.”

ACLU Wisconsin: “The events in Kenosha stem from the deep roots of white supremacy in our society’s institutions. They underscore that the police do not protect communities of color in the same way they do white people.”

Hannah Nicole-Jones, author of NY Times 1619 Project: “In this country, you can even kill white people and get away with it if those white people are fighting for Black lives. This is the legacy of 1619.” 

Today’s chuckle: There are so many federal agents in Kenosha right now you’d think it was a school board meeting.