The Left Owns the Waukesha Massacre, Which is Why You’ve Stopped Hearing About It

Darrell Brooks, the serial felon who murdered six people and injured many more in a vehicular attack on a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, apparently out of race hate and a desire for revenge for the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict, is a product of the Leftist media. It is the Leftist establishment’s constant race-baiting hysteria that Darrell Brooks, and that establishment owns his murderous act. That’s why you hear about as much about it in the media these days as you do about the Battle of Ypres.

Our Leftist moral superiors had plenty to say, however, about the Rittenhouse verdict. MSNBC’s Joy Reid lamented the supposed exonerating power of “white tears.” NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace, who was widely reported as being the victim of a hate crime last year when a noose was discovered in his garage (the FBI determined that it was a garage-door puller), tweeted: “Ha, let the boy be black and it would’ve been life…hell he would’ve had his life taken before the bullshit trial.. sad.” Ohio congressional candidate Nina Turner agreed: “If Kyle Rittenhouse were Black, he would’ve been killed for holding that weapon. What’s a justice system without justice?!?!”

Keith Boykin, author of Race Against Time: The Politics of a Darkening America, added: “I knew it. Kyle Rittenhouse is proof that white people can still break the law, carry illegal weapons, shoot and kill people, and get away with it in America by shedding tears and claiming self-defense.” Fox News’ featured Leftist Juan Williams had the same point of view: “If this had been a black teenager who had done this, wow, I think the laws might have treated him a little differently.”

White actress Sophia Bush was also enraged: “The miscarriage of justice today is enraging. This is white supremacy in action. This is hideous. He murdered people, bragged about it while throwing white power signs in a bar, and then manufactured tears to claim that despite his AR-15 HE was in danger. And he got off. Unreal.” Creepy storyteller Stephen King asked: “So…the white guy goes free. Is that the message?”

No. It was a clear-cut case of self-defense, but the media’s message after Rittenhouse’s acquittal was clearly that this was another case of racism in Amerikkka, and that Rittenhouse would have been dead already if he were black. This was the message despite the fact that on the same day that Rittenhouse was acquitted, a black man Andrew Coffee IV was also acquitted of a murder charge on self-defense grounds. But the media talking heads had little or nothing to say about Coffee as they did all they could to stir up rage over Rittenhouse.

That was the message Darrell Brooks got. He posted about the verdict on Facebook just after being freed on $1,000 cash bail on November 19. He was in jail, by the way, for running over a woman with his car. Brooks’ post just noted the verdict; when a commenter responded, “Doesn’t surprise me, what a joke,” Brooks replied: “frfr…but u rite,I wasn’t surprised 1 bit.”

Brooks has also posted in support of Black Lives Matter and George Floyd, and in 2016, he posted a graphic on Facebook labeled “White Privilege 101: Racial Profiling,” claiming that police officers responded differently to whites and blacks simply standing beside a car. He also posted a quote stating: “Run them over. Keep traffic flowing & don’t slow down for any of these idiots…”

The establishment media almost immediately tried to cover up what had happened. CBS News, “a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation says the suspect who drove into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, WI. was fleeing another scene – possibly a knife fight – when he ran into & over some people.” However, a law enforcement official later contradicted this claim, stating: “There was no pursuit that led up to this incident.”

The same official added, “This was not a terrorist event,” but it was unclear why not. Brooks deliberately drove into the crowd at the Waukesha Christmas parade, likely because he was enraged over the perceived injustice of the Rittenhouse verdict. How exactly is that not a terrorist event?

It is clear in any case that Brooks was incited to rage, hatred and violence by establishment media myths. The Left’s lies kill. They killed six people in Waukesha on Sunday; these weren’t their first victims, and won’t be their last. But one thing is certain: the only thing the Leftist media will do in response to Brooks’ murders is double down. Watch for still more and newly virulent race victimhood hysteria.

Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of 23 books including many bestsellers, such as The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades), The Truth About Muhammad and The History of Jihad. His latest book is The Critical Qur’an. Follow him on Twitter here. Like him on Facebook here.