Protesters angry that Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all criminal charges against him gathered in Chicago on Saturday and demanded a communist revolution.
Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition led the protest in downtown Chicago. Jackson called the Rittenhouse verdict a “major blow against justice and open season by the violence of right-wing military,” according to WBBM-TV.
The protesters reportedly demanded the Justice Department intervene and investigate the Rittenhouse trial because the jury was “mostly white.” However, data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that nearly 80% of Kenosha residents are, in fact, white.
Video taken from the rally showed demonstrators parading down Chicago streets with a large sign that read, “Rittenhouse—Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! No Facist USA. Organize Now For Real Revolution.” Another sign read, “End The Trump Era. Stop White Supremacy.” The crowd was chanting, “If we don’t get it— shut it down!” and “No Justice, No Peace!”
At one point during demonstrations, protesters began openly calling for a communist revolution.
“The only solution is communist revolution! The only solution is communist revolution! The only solution is communist revolution!” the crowd chanted. “That’s right! We need communism. That’s what we need. We need that! We need that, sister, we need that very much!”
Other protesters who spoke to local media voiced frustrations using trite talking points.
“I’m still very, very disappointed. Just a travesty of justice. The illegal gun possession, the Kenosha police basically deputizing him. All of it is based in racism,” one protester told WGN-TV.
Another protester told the same outlet the Rittenhouse verdict represents “a green light for more white supremacy vigilante terror.”
This is an excerpt from TheBlaze.
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