Over the past few days, rioters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, have burnt down multiple businesses, including a car dealership, and set fire to apartment buildings and cars.
Rioting Prompted By Police Shooting
The riots in Kenosha were prompted by the shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man, by a police officer. Blake had been charged with third degree sexual assault, trespassing, and disorderly conduct on July 6th, and had an arrest warrant out for him. After deciding to ignore officers and stop on Sunday afternoon, Blake reached into his SUV and was subsequently shot by the officers on the scene.
No matter the facts of this specific case, the rioters and looters have found another excuse to get out on the street and tear down their city.
Car Dealerships And Stores Targeted By Rioters
A video posted to Twitter by Shelby Talcott, a reporter for the Daily Caller, shows two car dealerships being targeted during the second night of riots in Kenosha with one already being a casualty from the first night of protests on Monday. Subsequent footage shows the dealership and other businesses being looted by the rioters.
Cars are also on fire in Kenosha (the one from last night and another across the street) pic.twitter.com/Y0jK7CZWAM
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) August 25, 2020
BREAKING: #BLM rioters are destroying another car dealership in Kinosha pic.twitter.com/f5Z0ov6r1H
— ELIJAH RIOT (@ElijahSchaffer) August 25, 2020
Car Source, the dealership that was struck twice, had 140 cars for sale before they were targeted by the rioters. Most of the cars then lay burnt out in their lot, according to images posted on Twitter.
Some more damage in #Kenosha – this small car dealership has been hit twice during the #JacobBlake protests. pic.twitter.com/DD0XM39fux
— Leah Linscheid (@news3leah) August 25, 2020
Other targets included a furniture store that was also set ablaze.
Here’s that furniture store right now: pic.twitter.com/8bZx1KYSN2
— Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) August 25, 2020
Apartment Buildings Burnt Down With Families Inside
It wasn’t just businesses that were targeted however. Apartment buildings were also set ablaze by the rioters, with disturbing footage posted online claiming that families were stuck inside as the fires were started.
“There’s families still trapped inside those apartments y’all,” one woman said in a video. “They can’t get out.”
Families are trapped in burning buildings in Kenosha https://t.co/SUbW5iz9om
— special agent viti (@selfdeclaredref) August 25, 2020
Biden supporters have now set fire to an apartment building in Kenosha with families inside.
Businesses also set on fire. pic.twitter.com/NR97JOfWJR
— Lauren ?? (@MAGA_GRL_4Life) August 25, 2020
I think that last tweet sums it up pretty well. If these people do vote, they certainly won’t be voting for President Trump. This will be the state of the country permanently if Joe Biden wins.
What Will The Voters Think?
But we also have to be fair. This is the state of the country RIGHT NOW with Donald Trump as president. Kenosha County went red by 255 votes in 2016 for the first time since 1972, and a strong Republican vote there again could help Trump win the state again. People in Kenosha currently are watching their city get torn apart by violent, leftist rioters, and they’re not being stopped.
This is the true face of the Black Lives Matter movement, and we know Biden and the Democrats support that. So what will be going through the minds of voters? Will they realize that the Democrats are backing the people burning down their neighborhoods, or will they put the blame on President Trump and the Republicans for not stopping them?