So many silent white liberals came out of the woodwork for Elijah McClain for this sad reason. Of course everyone should have and it’s a particularly egregious case, but championing “he played the violin for shelter animals!!” as a reason for him being more deserving of safety is the kind of means testing you get from people who tailor their life experiences for college essay content.

Also something additional to keep in mind with Rittenhouse is that there was video of him assaulting some random teenage girl before he went on his shooting spree. Of course his past was never held against him.