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Four people, including the partner of a man killed during Kenosha protests, sue Facebook for 'allowing right wing militia to recruit for members and plan violence against BLM protesters on the social media site'
2020-09-24
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The five-count civil complaint was filed on Tuesday in a Wisconsin federal court

  • Plaintiffs include Hannah Gittings, whose partner Anthony Huber
    ...the sweet, 26 year old lad filmed trying to brain young Kyle with a skateboard, the proud holder of a criminal history that included battery and repeated domestic abuse...
    was among one of the ones killed allegedly by the teen during on August 25
    ...making this a lawfare action by Antifa/Black Lives Matter operatives...
  • Christopher McNeal, a Black resident of Kenosha; Nathan Peer, a Kenosha resident; and Carmen Palmer, a Black Milwaukee resident, were also named

  • Facebook is named as the defendant along with alleged shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, a 'boogaloo' follower, and a Kenosha Guard commander

  • Two counts of the suit rely on Reconstruction era federal statutes designed to protect Black Americans from the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacist groups

  • Plaintiffs claim Facebook 'empowered right wing militias to inflict extreme violence and deprive Plaintiffs and protestors of their rights'
Related:
Kyle Rittenhouse: 2020-09-23 Attorney for Kenosha teenager Kyle Rittenhouse releases new footage showing a BLM protester fire a gun BEFORE his client - claiming it proves self-defense
Kyle Rittenhouse: 2020-09-17 Top CIA official responsible for hunting Osama bin Laden is now a QAnon conspiracy theorist who calls rioting BLM protesters a 'semi-human mob' who need to be 'punished with violence because they are Trump's enemies'
Kyle Rittenhouse: 2020-09-12 Man, 26, who was shot in the arm during Kenosha protests where two others were killed says he has lost 90% of his bicep, is in constant pain and gets death threats from supporters of gunman 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse
Related:
Boogaloo: 2020-06-04 Antifa Insurrection roundup: Vigilante residents wield their rifles as they block their street in Florida to guard against looters
Boogaloo: 2020-04-24 Texas man, 36, is arrested for streaming himself on Facebook Live searching for a police officer to 'ambush and kill' as it's revealed he was a part of 'boogaloo boys' anti-government group
Boogaloo: 2019-12-09 ‘Treason': House Judiciary Committee Report Implicates Trump in Ultimate Crime
Related:
Anthony Huber: 2020-08-28 (For Giggles) Huffpost: These Are The Victims Of The Kenosha Protest Shooting
Posted by:Skidmark

#8  Classic Goebbels/Gramsci/Alinsky "Accuse Your Enemy Of What You Are Doing, As You Are Doing It To Create Confusion"
Posted by: Theager Borgia1057   2020-09-24 20:41  

#7  I think they'll have trouble as the legal team defending Kyle have said his group were part of the protest (but anti-arson) and even chanted "no lives matter until black lives matter". Hardly right wing extremists
Posted by: rjschwarz   2020-09-24 12:56  

#6  Seems to me your attorney goes in and finds evidence "skate or die" boi used social media to line up his attendance at the riot and let that speak for itself...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-09-24 11:45  

#5  this is a junk law suit where the four people are hoping to get a settlement

not that I love Facebook but requiring them to scrub all sites for anything that could indirectly lead to people collaborating in a crime (btw, although a murder charge has been issued in this case, that too is garbage) would be impossible to administer
Posted by: lord garth   2020-09-24 10:19  

#4  Eating their own. But big money will fight back.
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-09-24 09:40  

#3  There is a doctrine in the law that if you are part of criminal conspiracy that results in death, you can be charged in that death. Rioting and public disorder come to mind.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-09-24 09:12  

#2  All of the rioters should be charged with felony murder.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2020-09-24 08:24  

#1  Trump says he wants ‘concrete legal steps’ taken against social-media sites for alleged bias against conservatives
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-09-24 06:56  

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