“Now compare the treatment Kyle Rittenhouse received from arrest to acquittal with the treatment of Black and Muslim defendants. Black and Muslim defendants are rarely granted bond even for lesser crimes. They are often kept waiting in prison for years until their case reaches trial. And when they do get to trial, they are likely to face all conceivable charges – and be convicted of them.
The justice system will often go to the ends of the earth to use the political and ideological positions of Black and Muslim defendants to convict them. It will twist any political or ideological view into ‘extremism’ and will connect it to the crime with which the defendant is charged. If they can’t find something to mischaracterize, they’ll simply invent an ideological connection. The basic right to a fair trial afforded to white defendants is often not afforded to Black and Muslim defendants.”