"Justice" in America: Rittenhouse Acquitted, Racist Vigilantes Can Kill with Impunity
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2021
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
On today's In the News roundtable, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the menace of racist vigilante violence received a dramatic boost by the U.S. court system with the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges. They also discuss how protesters took to the streets in outraged response to the verdict, the victory of pro-Revolution candidates in the Venezuelan election, the latest Jan. 6 attack court developments, demonstrations worldwide against U.S. intervention in Ethiopia, resistance to the coup in Sudan, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | The menace of racist vigilante violence received a dramatic boost by the U.S. court system with the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges. |
| 0:09.9 | We'll discuss how protesters took to the streets in outraged response to the verdict, the victory of pro-revolution candidates in the Venezuelan election, the latest January 6 attack court developments, demonstrations worldwide |
| 0:22.3 | against U.S. intervention in Ethiopia, resistance to the coup in Sudan, and more. |
| 0:27.7 | We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded |
| 0:33.9 | impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative |
| 0:39.6 | necessity. Welcome to today's episode of In The News, our Tuesday show on the Socialist program with Brian Becker. |
| 1:08.5 | This is an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the news right now, today, and this |
| 1:12.8 | week. |
| 1:13.6 | We look beyond the headlines and expose the distortions in the corporate-owned media. |
| 1:18.6 | Video episodes of The Real Story are available on Breakthrough News Wednesdays at 7 p.m. |
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| 1:26.5 | If you enjoy the show, please support this independent |
| 1:28.9 | programming by going to patreon.com slash the socialist program and subscribing. I'm Nicole |
| 1:34.5 | Rousel, here with Esther Evarim and Walter Smilerick. Our usual host, Brian Becker, is out today. |
| 1:41.3 | Esther Evarim is also the host of the radio show and podcast On the Ground at on thegroundshow. |
| 1:46.0 | org. Make sure to check out on the ground, which comes out weekly on Fridays. |
| 1:51.4 | So Walter and Esther, I want to start our show today with this written house acquittal. |
| 1:55.9 | This is huge news all across the world, all across the country. There were protests after this 17-year-old |
| 2:03.2 | who opened fire and killed two people, injured another and, you know, generally was spraying |
| 2:09.2 | AR-15 rounds into a crowd of peaceful protesters, like Kenosha, Wisconsin this past summer. |
| 2:15.4 | There were protests all over the country. Protesters took over the |
| 2:18.0 | Brooklyn Bridge. You know, people are not sitting down for this verdict. It's incredibly upsetting. |
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