{"id":80123,"date":"2021-11-23T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=80123"},"modified":"2021-11-22T09:50:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T15:50:54","slug":"no-news-is-acceptable-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=80123","title":{"rendered":"No News Is Acceptable News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCENE: Mitch BERG is having a cocktail at a downtown Saint Paul bar when MyLyssa SILBERMAN, Reporter for National Public Radio\u2019s Saint Paul bureau, covering the \u201cFake News\u201d and \u201cDiversity\u201d beats, happens in. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SILBERMAN: Merg…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: Er, hey, MyLyssa…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SILBERMAN: Last week, Kyle Rittenhouse was aquitted of domestic terrorism for shooting up a Black Lives Matter rally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: You got one fact correct in that sentence, so I guess that’s a start. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SILBERMAN: What if that would have been a black man? Leaving aside the fact that he’d be dead right now, for a moment, what would all of you white male <\/em>gun owners be saying about it? Would your reaction be any different?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: Funny you mentioned that. Last week – the same day of the RIttenhouse verdict, in fact – Andrew Coffee IV was acquitted<\/a> of murder, and attempted murder of police, when he shot at a no-knock raid on his house. No cops were killed, but Coffee was up for homicide in the death of his girlfriend was shot 10 times by a SWAT team. He was acquitted, for exactly the same reasons Rittenhouse was. He was a felon with a gun, so he might get some time for that, but he had nearly exactly the same self-defense case as Rittenhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we started finally getting some details about the acquittal of Jaleel Stallings<\/a>, who returned fire at cops who were firing rubber bullets from a van without announcing their presence; Stallings fired back until the cops identified themselves (and beat the crap out of him), and got acquitted – again, for exactly the same reasons that Rittenhouse was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both were in reasonable fear of immediate death. Both used appropriate force. Both met their states self-defense rules. Both were acquitted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And gun owners – presumably including many of us “white males” – supported them, as the facts got out, in their self-defense claims – albeit not necessarily Coffee’s having his illegal gun…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SILBERMAN: Mitch, Mitch, you’re missing my point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: Which is…?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SILBRERMAN: I asked if you white male <\/em>gun owners would support a black man with a gun defending himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: And I gave you two where the answer was “yes”,and that major media seemed to avoid covering. Including NPR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SILBERMAN: You gave me concrete examples. I asked an abstract question. Please give me an astract answer…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: Yes, we would and do…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SILBERMAN: …that confirms my prejudices. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And SCENE.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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