{"id":1059031,"date":"2021-11-27T07:14:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T12:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1059031"},"modified":"2021-11-27T07:14:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T12:14:17","slug":"graham-the-politics-of-weaponized-car-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-the-politics-of-weaponized-car-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAHAM: The Politics Of Weaponized Car Attacks"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fgraham-the-politics-of-weaponized-car-attacks%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=1059031&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>As we learn more about the senseless SUV attack on the crowd attending a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, some liberal media outlets are energetically attempting to spin away from the suspect Darrell Brooks and his left-wing politics on social media.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s funny. With Kyle Rittenhouse, they quickly dug into his social media activity. The Washington Post warned last summer \u201cthe 17-year-old shadowed local law enforcement, filling his social media feeds with posts declaring that \u2018Blue Lives Matter\u2019 and photos of himself posing with guns.\u201d For Brooks, the Post lamely mentioned Brooks wrote under the name MathBoi Fly and that \u201cafter multiple legal battles,\u201d he \u201cstarted turning the life he lived in the streets into music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In their Thanksgiving edition, USA Today\u2019s front page explored the politics of \u201cvehicle ramming.\u201d But they shifted the scrutiny back to people who resent \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d protests, especially the protesters that block roads and threaten drivers and passengers with violence.<\/p>\n<p>Reporter Dennis Wagner wrote: \u201cWeaponizing of vehicles is a practice sometimes used by terrorists abroad. But the wanton attacks have also surged in the United States. The increase began after the police murder of George Floyd prompted Black Lives Matter demonstrations, which in turn prompted angry or fearful motorists to run over protesters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This framing makes it sound like protesters are \u201cpeaceful\u201d and not \u201cangry\u201d and pose no threat. Wagner added, \u201cA Boston Globe survey identified at least 139 incidents in which vehicles ran into crowds of demonstrators since Floyd\u2019s death in May 2020. Fewer than half resulted in criminal charges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Really? The original Globe story appeared on Halloween by reporter Jess Bidgood, who sounds more like an opinion writer. She began with the usual sympathetic figure: a man who was paralyzed after falling off an interstate overpass while blocking drivers in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bidgood was outraged no one was arrested, despite admitting that the red pickup involved felt threatened as \u201cprotesters banged on its hood and threw things at the vehicle as it moved in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bidgood wrote, \u201cA Globe review of the recent incidents found there have been scores of people hit, dozens of injuries, at least three deaths, but precious little justice, much less sympathy, for the demonstrators injured, killed, or just plain terrified. Yet Oklahoma and 15 other states have considered bills protecting drivers, not protesters, as these ramming incidents have proliferated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the minds of the Globe, driving into a road-blocking protest makes you guilty until proven innocent. \u201cGiven the choice between defending the safety of pedestrians protesting a police murder and the drivers of the vehicles running them down, prosecutors and lawmakers here have reserved their concern for the drivers.\u201d You\u2019re \u201crunning them down\u201d if you attempt to escape.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Bidgood compared the drivers to Bull Connor and the violent racists who beat John Lewis and other civil rights protesters. \u201cTo those on the short end of this cold calculus, it feels like siding, during the 1960s civil rights protests, with Bull Connor\u2019s firehoses over the Black children of Birmingham. Or with the cops with clubs over the brave, battered souls who traversed Selma\u2019s Edmund Pettus Bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This article is littered with reckless smears like this. But this article is linked in Bidgood\u2019s pinned tweet. She\u2019s very proud of this.<\/p>\n<p>The Globe\u2019s ramming-incident numbers were accumulated in part with the help of \u201cThe Armed Conflict Location &amp; Event Data Project,\u201d which sounds objective. But this ACLED group has also delighted the liberal media with the data that \u201cthe vast majority of Black Lives Matter protests \u2014 more than 93% \u2014 have been peaceful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Consumer beware: These studies are ideologically loaded.<\/p>\n<p>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org. To find out more about Tim Graham, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we learn more about the senseless SUV attack on the crowd attending a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, some liberal media outlets are energetically attempting to spin away from the suspect Darrell Brooks and his left-wing politics on social media.That\u2019s funny. With Kyle Rittenhouse, they quickly dug into his social media activity. The Washington Post warned last summer \u201cthe 17-year-old shadowed local law enforcement, filling his social media feeds with posts declaring that \u2018Blue Lives Matter\u2019 and photos of himself posing with guns.\u201d For Brooks, the Post lamely mentioned Brooks wrote under the name MathBoi Fly and that \u201cafter multiple legal battles,\u201d he \u201cstarted turning the life he lived in the streets into music.\u201dIn their Thanksgiving edition, USA Today\u2019s front page explored the politics of \u201cvehicle ramming.\u201d But they shifted the scrutiny back to people who resent \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d protests, especially the protesters that block roads and threaten drivers and passengers with violence.Reporter Dennis Wagner wrote: \u201cWeaponizing of vehicles is a practice sometimes used by terrorists abroad. But the wanton attacks have also surged in the United States. The increase began after the police murder of George Floyd prompted Black Lives Matter demonstrations, which in turn prompted angry or fearful motorists to run over protesters.\u201dThis framing makes it sound like protesters are \u201cpeaceful\u201d and not \u201cangry\u201d and pose no threat. Wagner added, \u201cA Boston Globe survey identified at least 139 incidents in which vehicles ran into crowds of demonstrators since Floyd\u2019s death in May 2020. Fewer than half resulted in criminal charges.\u201dReally? The original Globe story appeared on Halloween by reporter Jess Bidgood, who sounds more like an opinion writer. She began with the usual sympathetic figure: a man who was paralyzed after falling off an interstate overpass while blocking drivers in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bidgood was outraged no one was arrested, despite admitting that the red pickup involved felt threatened as \u201cprotesters banged on its hood and threw things at the vehicle as it moved in.\u201dBidgood wrote, \u201cA Globe review of the recent incidents found there have been scores of people hit, dozens of injuries, at least three deaths, but precious little justice, much less sympathy, for the demonstrators injured, killed, or just plain terrified. Yet Oklahoma and 15 other states have considered bills protecting drivers, not protesters, as these ramming incidents have proliferated.\u201dIn the minds of the Globe, driving into a road-blocking protest makes you guilty until proven innocent. \u201cGiven the choice between defending the safety of pedestrians protesting a police murder and the drivers of the vehicles running them down, prosecutors and lawmakers here have reserved their concern for the drivers.\u201d You\u2019re \u201crunning them down\u201d if you attempt to escape.In fact, Bidgood compared the drivers to Bull Connor and the violent racists who beat John Lewis and other civil rights protesters. \u201cTo those on the short end of this cold calculus, it feels like siding, during the 1960s civil rights protests, with Bull Connor\u2019s firehoses over the Black children of Birmingham. Or with the cops with clubs over the brave, battered souls who traversed Selma\u2019s Edmund Pettus Bridge.\u201dThis article is littered with reckless smears like this. But this article is linked in Bidgood\u2019s pinned tweet. She\u2019s very proud of this.The Globe\u2019s ramming-incident numbers were accumulated in part with the help of \u201cThe Armed Conflict Location &#038; Event Data Project,\u201d which sounds objective. But this ACLED group has also delighted the liberal media with the data that \u201cthe vast majority of Black Lives Matter protests \u2014 more than 93% \u2014 have been peaceful.\u201dConsumer beware: These studies are ideologically loaded.The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org. To find out more about Tim Graham, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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