“There's precedent for acquittals like this to be used in inciting to and carrying out further violence.”
Hannah Gittings, who was the girlfriend of Anthony Huber, whom Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed, in the courthouse after he was found not guilty of all charges against himis emboldening far-right groups across the extremist spectrum, and experts are warning it may inspire more racially motivated violence in the future.
The Proud Boys, “boogaloo boys,” subscribers to the QAnon mass delusion, Christian Identity fanatics, illegal militant groups, a neo-Nazi political party, and accelerationist terror groups were among those BuzzFeed News found heaping praise in channels and chats on social messaging apps Telegram, Gab, and Discord. “Hail Rittenhouse!” someone wrote in a white nationalist group with more than 50,000 followers.
“This is a particularly emphatic example of the growing unification under extreme anti-government accelerationist goals that is occurring among the American right wing,” Newhouse said. “Even in 2020, the Proud Boys were pitted against the ‘boogaloo boys’ and some neofascists in support of the Black Lives Matter protests and subsequent riots.
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