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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (37422)	9/8/2020 1:52:20 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74603

Exactly. I"m seeing more people turn against blacks now than every before in my life. We had reached the best race relations in the history of the US until BLM came on the scene and has systematically tried to destroy race relations. They are doing a great job at that. Incidentally, Facebook's censorship of the freedom of speech is now impacting due process and presumption of innocence. They have censored everyone's ability to search for and find anything related to Kyle Rittenhouse and/or his defense. Which means all comments in support of or links to sites to fund Kyle's defense have been censored. This means that Facebook has become judge, jury, and executioner, not allowing Kyle a defense in the time honored tradition of innocent until proven guilty. Where is the lawsuit against Facebook? Where is the Attorney General Barr coming out to condemn Facebook for destroying due process and presumption of innocence? This is an abomination. Barr needs to bring these social media giants to heel. They are destroying our freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution one by one and doing so with impunity. I want that not only to stop, but for them to face massive fine and prosecutions of individual executives in the company when they violate Constitutional rights of citizens. Why aren't corporations held accountable? This is unacceptable. ----------- Facebook’s Rittenhouse Mistake - WSJ Sept. 4, 2020 6:55 pm ET wsj.com Will Facebook let users share this editorial? We’ll see. The social-media giant seems to have declared Kyle Rittenhouse’s fatal shooting of two people amid riots in Kenosha, Wis., a mass murder. Mr. Rittenhouse’s lawyer says his client was attacked and acted in self-defense, but Facebook has banned any “praise and support” for him on the site, including links to contribute to his legal representation. Searches for his name on the platform also come up empty. This is an alarming resort to censorship on an issue of public concern by a company that has advertised its support for First Amendment values. Even more than most political controls on content, this blackout is troubling because it seems targeted at users’ expectation of freedom of speech and Mr. Rittenhouse’s right to due process. By taking down links to pay Mr. Rittenhouse’s legal fees, the company is interfering with his ability to raise money for his defense in a way other criminal defendants might. The fact that the platform may only be used to declare Mr. Rittenhouse’s guilt, but not his innocence—though lawyers say the self-defense argument is plausible—could prejudice a jury pool in the high-profile case. One of America’s most powerful companies is effectively giving its official imprimatur to Wisconsin prosecutors’ case against a specific defendant. Defending Mr. Rittenhouse’s right to a fair hearing, and the public’s right to see information about the shooting, is not a defense of the teen’s actions. The untrained minor exercised terrible judgment in leaving his hometown to act as an amateur police officer amid the looting and arson in Kenosha, and he has been charged with illegal possession of a dangerous weapon. Yet Facebook is lumping Mr. Rittenhouse with terrorist extremists like the 2016 Orlando or 2019 El Paso mass shooters. Video evidence shows this was a tangled situation. Mr. Rittenhouse is seen fleeing an angry crowd on foot, and someone fired a gunshot in the air before Mr. Rittenhouse turned and opened fire at his closest pursuer. Later on someone appears to try to hit him with a skateboard while he is on the ground, and another man approaches him carrying a pistol. We are still learning details, but these aren’t the usual circumstances for first-degree murder convictions.