THE SILLIEST OBSERVATION OF THE DAY.

A lot of people in Chicago question the judgement of Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace and head coach Matt Nagy.  But those two are at least making an effort to guide a football team.  Chicago Sun-Times columnist Dahleen Glanton, on the other hand, is off somewhere in Wolkenkuckucksheim.  "Rittenhouse verdict was message to white youth: If you believe Black lives matter, your life means nothing."  No, seriously.

“Don’t get involved with social justice reform. Don’t protest senseless police killings. Just sit back and enjoy your white privilege. If you take to the streets with the Black Lives Matter crowd, you might end up dead. And we’re going to do everything possible to make sure your killer walks free.”

In other words, young white people, if you believe that Black lives matter, your life means nothing.

There is no evidence the jury knowingly became accomplices in making sure this message came through loud and clear. Though overwhelmingly white, the jurors appeared to do their due diligence by listening to testimony and deliberating about 26 hours before reaching a not guilty verdict.

Sorry, no.  As far as I know, nobody in Kenosha took a shot at people carrying signs and singing songs outside the courthouse.  Call attention that way, you might even win some people over.  On the other hand, if there are people who understand "no justice, no peace" to mean "give us what we want or we'll have a temper tantrum," and that temper tantrum might include burning a neighborhood and looting stores, other people are going to fight back.  Pick your martyrs and your arguments more carefully, Ms Glanton.