The Democratic governor of Wisconsin has called out the National Guard to help out in Kenosha on Monday night.
From WTMJ:
“This is a limited mobilization of the National Guard focused on supporting the needs of local first responders to protect critical infrastructure, such as utilities and fire stations, and to ensure Kenoshians are able to assemble safely,” Evers added in a statement Monday.
The idea is that they’re supposed to prevent further destruction. A perfectly logical response given the rioters destroyed and damaged multiple businesses, a church, a museum, a school, even the public library and the post office. Not to mention assaulted police officers, braining one cop with a brick and appearing to fire on other officers.
But even though it’s a logical response, folks on the left actually excoriated the governor for trying to protect the public.
How far gone some on the left have gone is demonstrated by the ACLU response.
“Deploying the National Guard in response to people exercising their right to protest is unnecessary. People in Kenosha have a constitutional right to express their indignation over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, as well as to demand an end to the epidemic of police violence that has systematically harmed and killed Black and brown people for generations,” an ACLU statement said.
The action is already underway.
Notice the rifle:
Current scene in #Kenosha Wisconsin pic.twitter.com/6qHOjtC3x7
— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) August 25, 2020
Surrounding a poor woman who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Crowd surrounds a woman in car who tried to drive through the street #Kenosha pic.twitter.com/YTcnHE3c79
— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) August 25, 2020
“Until we get justice we shutting this mothaf***** down” #Kenosha pic.twitter.com/ospxEQJllb
— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) August 25, 2020
The crowd is throwing objects at the #Kenosha county courthouse. National guard has sent a final warning to the crowd to leave the area or control crowd munitions will be used. #Wisconsin pic.twitter.com/oecIRZtjlM
— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) August 25, 2020
National guard is deploying tear gas on crowd in #Kenosha . Curfew was set at 8 pm tonight pic.twitter.com/trib6aJMrd
— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) August 25, 2020
Police outside the Kenosha County Courthouse continue to fire less-than-lethal ordinance as rioters throw projectiles at them. pic.twitter.com/YhaMPxuoSG
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 25, 2020
The crowd is leaving the area after the tear gas was deployed by the national guard. #Kenosha pic.twitter.com/jeh4LOXDku
— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) August 25, 2020
And that’s why you have the National Guard. Kenosha’s cops aren’t enough.
Tensions rising in front of #Kenosha County courthouse. The crowd has returned to the scene. Stay tuned for updates pic.twitter.com/b5UVr2uaP5
— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) August 25, 2020
If the Guard wasn’t there, the courthouse would be a flaming pile of ash tonight, as that was what was being threatened. Right now it isn’t, because the Guard is there. Let’s hope the Guard is able to hold the rioters off and stay safe.
