David Trads’ nu slettede tweet, 19. november 2021

David Trads’ nu slettede tweet, 19. november 2021Jeg skrev adskillige posteringer om Kyle Rittenhouse sidste år, eksempelvis da David Trads i Jyllands-Posten hævdede at en vred hvid dreng ‘maser sig ind i en folkemængde’, og ’slår to sorte demonstranter ihjel’. Ord for ord var det usandt, og det var ikke svært at modbevise – skyderierne og konteksten var usædvanligt godt dokumenteret. Som en logisk konsekvens blev Rittenhouse fredag ‘acquitted of all charges’. Han blev truet på livet, forfulgt, og skød i selvforsvar.

Her mere end et år efter skrev David Trads følgende opdatering på Twitter. Han slettede den senere, da han blev gjort opmærksom på, at de to dræbte ikke var sorte, og har nu tilsyneladende også forstået, at Rittenhouse ikke var ulovligt bevæbnet. Påstanden fyldte en del i MSM sidste år, og ingen havde tilsyneladende undersøgt sagen.

“Det er ret vildt, at en jury frikender Kyle Rittenhouse fra mord på to sorte mænd. Dengang 17-årige Kyle var (ulovligt) bevæbnet, da han gik ind i demo med primært sorte, som protesterede mod politivold. Udsigt til voldsom uro nu.” (David Trads, 2021)

Trads har været chefredaktør for flere større medier, undervist på Journalisthøjskolen, og bruges hyppigt som politisk kommentator. Umiddelbart skulle det ikke være muligt at skrive en så fejlagtig udlægning (to gange), hvis han har brugt mere end et par minutter på sagen. Det tror jeg heller ikke han har. Jeg tror han per refleks valgte side, da en hvid mand blev anholdt for skyderier i forbindelse med Black Lives Matter-uroligheder.

Jeg anbefaler Tucker Carlsons fine oprids af mediedækningen, men det faktuelle står fint alene. Her citeret fra Houston Public Media – Kyle Rittenhouse is acquitted of all charges in the trial over killing 2 in Kenosha.

“The verdict, delivered Friday, follows a highly-watched trial in which prosecutors struggled to overcome Rittenhouse’s claim that he acted in self defense on the night of the shootings. …

… In a series of chaotic encounters with protesters, documented thoroughly by photograph and video, Rittenhouse shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and injured Gaige Grosskreutz, then 26. During the trial, Rittenhouse said he feared for his life in all three cases. Rosenbaum, he said, had chased him and was grabbing for his rifle.

‘Mr. Rosenbaum was chasing me. He said he was going to kill me if he got me alone. I was alone. I was running from him. I pointed it at him, and it didn’t stop him from continuing to chase me,’ Rittenhouse testified.

Afterward, as he ran toward police, others, including Huber and Grosskreutz, began to chase him. Huber struck him with a skateboard, visual evidence confirms. Grosskreutz was holding a loaded Glock pistol, which, he admitted during cross-examination, was pointed at Rittenhouse, though he said that was unintentional. …

In the end, jurors were ultimately persuaded by Rittenhouse’s version of events.”

Citater

“… under Wisconsin law, which apparently no one in any newsroom in America had even bothered to check, 17-year-olds are allowed to carry rifles as long as their barrels meet a minimum length requirement, and Kyle Rittenhouse’s rifle met that requirement. So no, Kyle Rittenhouse did not violate Wisconsin’s gun laws. Today, even the prosecution at the trial was forced to admit that. And so immediately, the judge dismissed the firearms charge.” (Tucker Carlson, 16. november 2021)

“If you look at the map, you can see Kyle Rittenhouse’s drive from his mother’s home in Antioch, Illinois, to Kenosha, Wisconsin. Our map says 17 miles, probably shorter than your commute to work every morning. As Kyle Rittenhouse explained on the stand last week, when mobs set fire to Kenosha, he had every reason to want to defend the city because his father lives there.” (Tucker Carlson, 16. november 2021)