RedState’s Jennifer Van Laar noted how ABC’s Miami affiliate covered the story. “WPLG then named the victim and reported that he’d been arrested in 2017 during a protest in Hollywood, Florida regarding renaming Confederate statues and monuments, accused of ‘jabbing a flag, containing a Confederate design, at people,’” she wrote.
The report pointed out that during the protest, the victim wore a t-shirt that said “League of the South,” a neo-Confederate organization.
But it wasn’t enough to hone in on the victim’s past affiliation. They also revealed his identity to the public even after acknowledging that he “has spoken publicly about his past support of white nationalism, but said he changed his ways.”
It is worth noting that there is no evidence that the attacker was aware of the victim’s past ties to the League of the South, which means it has absolutely no relevance to the issue at hand. But we already know what this is, don’t we?
Progressives often criticize conservatives for bringing up the criminal past of a black victim of police violence – especially when it has nothing to do with the incident. They posit that this is only being done to distract from the actions of the police officer and to lessen sympathy for the victim.
I don't get the left saying this guy was a white supremacist believing the attacker knew that. When did people start wearing a list of their history.
