Tucker Carlson: “How shocked are we that 17-year-olds with rifles decided they had to maintain order when no one else would?”
Carlson: “Are we really surprised that looting and arson accelerated to murder?”
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From the August 26, 2020, edition of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight
TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): Sorry for the painful video but it's real. That man later died. At one point, the 17-year-old who has now been charged tried to run from the mob. He tripped and fell in the middle of the street. A man ran up and smashed him in the head with a skateboard. The 17-year-old then fired his gun.
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So, what does that amount to? We're unsure, a court will decide whether what you just saw qualifies as self-defense. As of tonight, we really don't have more details. We do know why it all happened, though. Kenosha has devolved into anarchy because the authorities in charge of the city abandoned it. People in charge from the governor of Wisconsin on down refused to enforce the law. They stood back and they watched Kenosha burn.
So are we really surprised that looting and arson accelerated to murder? How shocked are we that 17-year-olds with rifles decided they had to maintain order when no one else would?