A coda to Kyle Rittenhouse’s ordeal recently occurred: conviction of one of his aggressors, armed rioter (now armed robber/kidnapper) Joshua Ziminski, on unrelated felony charges. Rittenhouse, George Zimmerman, and NYC subway Samaritans Daniel Penny and Jordan Williams are frontline warriors battling to preserve civilization. Rittenhouse’s legal ordeal continues. He faces litigation from Gaige Grosskreutz (wounded after pointing a gun at Rittenhouse) and a wrongful death action from Anthony Huber’s estate, shot by Rittenhouse after Huber bashed him with a skateboard. Grosskreutz’s complaint, more diatribe than lawsuit, features the word “White” 20 times, two more times than in the Huber suit. During his Tucker Carlson interview Rittenhouse revealed the tribulations endured during his 87-day incarceration.

Rittenhouse was designated as a sacrificial offering. His criminal trial was highly politicized, somewhat similar to Derek Chauvin’s case. After shooting three Whites, the POTUS and media portrayed Rittenhouse as racist. His case headlines this century’s tests of Second Amendment and self-defense rights, alongside Zimmerman’s 2013 trial. Police did not charge Zimmerman, concluding self-defense. Six weeks later protesters were rewarded with a special prosecutor. The POTUS (“if I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon”) and the media piled on to ensure he was indicted for murder. Hispanic Zimmerman was defamed as a White supremacist. The Zimmerman and Rittenhouse affairs cannot be understood independently.

Penny and Williams are the latest sacrificial offerings. The subdued, pro forma Biden administration statement on Penny provides hope the rhetoric behind this witch trial frenzy is abating. Juries refused to convict Zimmerman and Rittenhouse. Penny will likely obtain the same. The funeral of his ‘victim” featured some usual suspects.