Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Kyle criticizes Rittenhouse’s bail release on Friday
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat member of the US House of Representatives, criticized the release on Friday of Kyle Rittenhouse, who was accused of killing two demonstrators during protests of police violence against blacks.
Ocasio-Cortez stated on her Twitter account that 17-year-old Rittenhouse’s liberation for two million dollars is evidence of systematic racism in the country:
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“Is there anyone who believes Rittenhouse would be released if he was a Muslim and did the same in another context? Those who say “There is no systematic racism”, this is like this: Preserving the white supremacy, which is also in the yeast of our prison system. Law and disorder. ”
The 31-year-old member of the House of Representatives, who also responded to those who argued that reforming the police force “would lead to the release of wild people from prison”, said that the current situation was that.
The famous MSNBC commentator Mehdi Hasan shared, like Ocasio-Cortez, “What if Kyle Rittenhouse was a Muslim…”. CNN commentators and veteran White House reporter April Ryan reported that Rittenhouse’s supporters clearly demonstrated racism in the country.
Protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA, broke out in late August, when a white policeman who intervened in a household incident shot black Jacob Blake seven times in the back on August 23.
Rittenhouse, 17, is accused of shooting and killing two demonstrators, named Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and injuring a third man during the protests.
The collection of the two million dollar bail within two days with the fund established and the clear statements of many conservatives reveal the support shown to Rittenhouse. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and conservative actor Ricky Schroder are clearly among the donors for Rittenhouse. Lin Wood, the 17-year-old suspect’s lawyer, thanked these two names on his Twitter address after his release.
Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson also commented on the person who killed demonstrators from the Black Lives Matter movement.
Kyle Rittenhouse, who was in prison for only two months, told The Washington Post on Thursday, “I feel like I have to protect myself. “I would have died that night if I didn’t protect myself.”
