Timothy Birdnow

Some quick thoughts on the Rittenhouse case.

First, this lengthy deliberation is concerning.

I think a guilty or innocent verdict would have come quickly in either case. What we are seeing with this (and there was ample evidence to support acquittal if we must prove Rittenhouse guilty beyond a reasonable doubt) suggests a frightened jury. What are they frightened of? Well, several of them have been threatened, and they also know they will be unleashing riots if they acquit.

I suspect they are going to return a hung jury. It's the only way out for them.

Then the judge can either dismiss charges with prejudice - meaning Rittenhouse can't be prosecuted again - or he will rule a mistrial and allow the prosecution another crack at it.

I suspect the jury wants this off their plates and is willing to throw the poor judge to the wolves to get it.

In a way a long deliberation is good; it keeps the rioters in place, forcing them to spend money on room and board.

But it is a travesty of justice. This thing should have ended half an hour after the closing statements.

There is another aspect of this that should concern us.

Sicily, being smack dab in the middle of the Mediterranean, was the most invaded place in history (probably). Every time a new group sought to control the shipping lanes they invaded Sicily and put their own government in place. The result was the natives never got a fair shake. The new overlords almost always abused their positions and the locals just had to take it.

Well, they didn't. They set up secret enforcement groups and secret courts.

Operating outside the law this hierarchical organization would implement justice for the powerless subjects.

Of course, it was expensive to do this, and the Mafia leaders would accept payment in both money and in service from those they protected. And they often involved themselves in illegal activities to fund the work.

As such things do the Mafia turned from an underground system of justice into an oppressive criminal enterprise.

The word itself comes from Mafiusa, or swagger, and was used by police as a pejorative in Sicily. There is an alternate explanation for the word, though; when the French invaded Sicily in 1282 the Sicilians had a cry "Death to the French is Italy's Cry" which in Italian is "Morte Alla Francia Italia Amerla!" or MAFIA for short.

Of course the Mafia just calls it "our thing" - Cosa Nostra.

  At any rate that is where we are going in America, I fear. If the Law won't protect us from rioters and looters, and won't allow us to protect ourselves as Mr. Rittenhouse did, then this is the only option. People will start looking for justice through criminal entities like the Mafia.

How would that work? The survivors of the shooting would meet with unfortunate "accidents". So would the prosecutor.

We don't want this. But I see no way of avoiding it if our government continues down this radical, anti-American path it has chosen.

Horrible groups like the Ku Klux Klan will return too if we keep getting Critical Race Theory and other reverse racism shoved down our throats.

This is a bad course we are on.

I hope the jurors in this case do the right thing, but it is looking increasingly like fear is winning out. I don't blame them, but now is the time for courage.

A decent country does not punish the victim. That is what we are trying to do here.

Mr. Rittenhouse was a kid who took a stand for his neighbors and his nation. We used to praise people like him for his civic mindedness.

And it was such a Kyle who fought the Revolution, the Civil War, and most every other American war in our history. There were plenty of 17 year olds fighting for their country, and nobody thought twice about it. Shoot; in another year he'll be able to join the army and maybe die in some hellhole Rip Van Winkle and his gnomes decide they simply must send Americans to protect and make war profits for his friends. And of course Usurper Joe and his party want to make it possible for people of Mr. Rittenhouse's age to be able to vote.

But he can't go to a riot to render aid and help put out fires! He's just an evil racist child!

This country has become seriously misprioritized.

And again, things like this prosecution will eventually lead to vigilante' justice, and most likely we will see the return of the Sicilian Mafia, along with other organized crime style vigilantism. The Albanians have a really tough mob. So do the Russians.

America will become like so many Third World countries where we no longer have the Rule of Law. Judges will be bribed or intimidated. Juries will be threatened and coerced. There will be no justice.

So let us all pray this jury does the right thing. The implications are far greater than I suspect most believe.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at 09:12 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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