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antifainternational:

In case you think the Rittenhouse verdict is an aberration, here are four other examples of the US justice system permitting fascists to use lethal violence against their opponents with total impunity:

1) The Greensboro Massacre, 1979:

In 1979, three dozen KKK members got the police in Greensboro, NC to turn a blind eye to the ambush they were planning for an anti-racist march. The KKK members fired on the anti-racists, killing five and wounding ten others. No one was ever convicted.

2) Dan Shersty and Lin “Spit” Newborn, 1998:

Dan and Spit were two young anti-racist organizers in Las Vegas. In 1998, a gang of nazis lured them out to the desert and shot them to death. Two of the nazis were acquitted of the murders in a trial 16 years later; a third was never even charged.

3) Sacramento 2016:

Nazis attending a white supremacist rally at the California state capitol arrived armed with knives and guns and stabbed nine counter-protestors while the police blithely looked on. Afterward, the police actively colluded with the nazis to frame the counter-protestors who had been stabbed.

4) Black Lives Matter Protests, 2020:

In addition to the three people killed or maimed by Rittenhouse, fascists attacked at least 53 other Black Lives Matter protests in the US, killing seven others and injuring an 61 additional people; To our knowledge, none have been convicted. Internationally, fascists & far-right bigots murdered at least 326 people and injured 1187 others last year.

It is folly to expect the US justice system - or any country’s legal system - to hold fascists accountable for the violence they visit upon their opponents & our communities. Community-based organizing and collective self-defence are all we have to protect ourselves from their terror.

fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

Nov. 19 — Another empowerment of white supremacy occurred today, and it was endorsed by President Joe Biden, who blessed the jury decision exonerating a racist killer.

• We demand federal charges be brought against Kyle Rittenhouse in a real trial with a jury representing the community of Kenosha, Wis.
• We demand the prosecution of white supremacist groups like the Proud Boys, with which Rittenhouse made a public appearance, and others that have proven to be violent racist, terrorist organizations. Fascist, racist, terrorist organizations have no right to exist.
• We demand justice for Ahmaud Arbery, whose killers are now on trial in a Georgia court like the white supremacist-friendly court in Wisconsin.

Victories, like the conviction of George Floyd’s killer Derek Chauvin, are vital and important to move forward. But it must be remembered that this victory came from the militant protests demanding it. As we have just seen, that progress can be stolen as soon as the local, state and federal government feel the heat of militant street activism is off.

Not only is it necessary to keep up the heat, but also to better understand the necessity of bringing down this system.

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