{"id":1038108,"date":"2021-11-20T21:59:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T02:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1038108"},"modified":"2021-11-20T21:59:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T02:59:59","slug":"watch-blm-calls-for-federal-murder-charges-against-rittenhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-blm-calls-for-federal-murder-charges-against-rittenhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: BLM Calls for Federal Murder Charges Against Rittenhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-blm-calls-for-federal-murder-charges-against-rittenhouse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1038108&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">CHICAGO, Illinois \u2014 Black Lives Matter activist Troy Gaston told Breitbart News that the federal government should file murder charges against Kyle Rittenhouse. Gaston\u2019s comments to Breitbart followed a speech at a \u201cStop White Supremacy!\u201d rally in Chicago on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>On stage, Gaston told the assembled protesters that the acquittal in the Kyle Rittenhouse case sent a message \u201ctelling us to be silent under the threat of complete violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.0140845070423\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RALLY TODAY \u2013 Sat 11\/20, 2:00 pm, Federal Plaza, Chicago. End white vigilantism. Stop white supremacy. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAARPRNow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CAARPRNow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uqdaKoidYc\">pic.twitter.com\/uqdaKoidYc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Indivisible Chicago-South Side (@IndivChi_South) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndivChi_South\/status\/1462109565873537030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cToday we come out here simply to be recognized as people who deserve to live and be treated with [equality] and respect,\u201d the social injustice activists continued. \u201cI ask that everybody come out here today and let your f**king voices be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, Gaston spoke with Breitbart and said, \u201cI guess the verdict was, basically, push back on protesters who come out there to protest and to have the respect of the city to have their voices heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18841858\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"34\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18841858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Photo-Nov-20-2-04-31-PM-1.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters gather in Chicago for a &quot;Stop White Supremacy&quot; rally following the acquittal of Kyle Ritternhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Friday. (Photo: Randy Clark\/Breitbart Texas)\" width=\"540\" height=\"269\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters gather in Chicago for a \u201cStop White Supremacy\u201d rally following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Friday. (Photo: Randy Clark\/Breitbart Texas)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cRittenhouse, coming out there for whatever reason, came out there and did harm, \u201d he explained. \u201cThe jury has spoken. Our court system has resolved. So we gotta ask ourselves, \u2018Do you support doing harm?\u2019 or \u2018Do you support voices being heard?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about peace after the Rittenhouse verdicts, Gaston responded, \u201cHow could it be peace, when there\u2019s no justice? There could be no peace without justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18841922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18841922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Photo-Nov-20-2-04-37-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Randy Clark\/Breitbart Texas\" width=\"540\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Randy Clark\/Breitbart Texas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gaston then said, \u201cWe are waiting for the federal government to charge Rittenhouse with first-degree murder,\u201d and walked away.<\/p>\n<p>Gaston is no stranger to the Illinois justice system. During a George Floyd rally in May 2020, the Chicago Police Department arrested Gaston for battery on a police officer. That charge was later reduced to resisting arrest after activists <a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/petitions\/drop-the-charges-against-troy-gaston-for-protesting-police-murder\">petitioned<\/a> State\u2019s Attorney Kim Foxx and Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Yahoo News <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/activist-troy-gaston-protests-social-080000201.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He also served time in the juvenile justice system and in state prison as an adult on charges including burglary, forgery, and misuse of a credit card. He spent three of his ten years in prison in solitary confinement. He says he was wrongfully convicted.<\/p>\n<p>He now attends Roosevelt University via virtual classes and pushes for social justice reform. He is a political science major and plans to get a doctorate in anthropology, Yahoo News reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to make it out here, like I am right now,\u201d Gaston told Yahoo News. \u201cI\u2019ve been designed to fight. Black people\u2019s whole existence is a resistance. It\u2019s about the work of people trying to find the dignity within themselves to show a connection with the human spirit with other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/author\/bob-price\/\"><em>Bob Price<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/\"><em>Breitbart Texas-Border team<\/em><\/a><em>. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston\u2019s&nbsp;<\/em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/shows\/whats-your-point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">What\u2019s Your Point?<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Sunday-morning talk show.&nbsp;Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobPriceBBTX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\"><em>@BobPriceBBTX<\/em><\/a><em>, Parler&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/parler.com\/profile\/BobPrice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@BobPrice<\/a>, and&nbsp;<\/em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bob.Price.Texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\"><em>Facebook.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"36.543554006969\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/author\/randy-clark\/\"><em>Randy Clark<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;is a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol.&nbsp; Prior to his retirement, he served as the Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas, Sector. Follow him on Twitter @RandyClarkBBTX.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, Illinois \u2014 Black Lives Matter activist Troy Gaston told Breitbart News that the federal government should file murder charges against Kyle Rittenhouse. 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