America is now preparing for the possibility of unrest after Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all counts.
The jury’s decision left politicians stunned and liberals who wanted the teen jailed enraged.
Around 500 National Guard troops are already on standby in Kenosha and there are fears for how furious citizens in other cities like Chicago, New York, Seattle, and Portland will react.
Speaking to Daily Mail, Sgt. Betsy Brantner-Smith said that ‘all of the ingredients for chaos are present.’ “There is going to be some consternation about this verdict and it’s largely based on a misunderstanding of the justice system and the law,” she said.
“My first move would be to engage with the community to make sure people do have a place to protest peacefully, but parallel to that I would make it very clear that we’re going to have zero tolerance for violence, looting and arson.
“We have got to make that clear.”
Sgt. Brantner-Smith continued: “We cannot tolerate a national temper tantrum over a trial verdict.”
She also said that one major issue is that the decision was announced on Friday afternoon, which is more conducive to a night of unrest.
“In some areas, I think violence is likely.”
“Possibly tonight The problem is that we’re going into the weekend – it’s Friday night,” she said. “There are going to be some opportunistic people who are going to stir up violence and we have to not tolerate that.
“First of all, it’s late in some areas, on the east coast, we’re going towards the evening. It’s fall, so it gets darker sooner and it’s always easier to commit crimes under the cover of darkness. It makes it more dangerous for law enforcement and businesses.”
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio also took to Twitter and said: “Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum are victims. They should be alive today.
“The only reason they’re not is because a violent, dangerous man chose to take a gun across state lines and start shooting people.
“To call this a miscarriage of justice is an understatement.
“The far-right trolls who think it makes a difference whether a violent gunman got his weapon before or after he crossed state lines are missing the point: two people are dead and their killer is left unaccountable.
“That’s not justice and they know it.”
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