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Bowen asserts, “I was in Kenosha last night to observe the protests, and I saw firsthand these armed agitators provoking the crowd, damaging cars, and generally intensifying the situation, all while police officers stood by and let it happen.” Rather than protect the protesters within the park, Clancy feels police failed to protect the protesters after “the explicit threats that were made on their lives from other people there.”
Comparing the reactions by law enforcement to media and protesters to the welcoming response to militia members, Clancy says there should be federal investigations into any ties that may exist between Kenosha law enforcement and some of these groups. Footage also surfaced on Twitter depicting officers in an armored vehicle offering water to armed White milita members and offering thanks, one of whom appears to be Rittenhouse.
“There is no reason that the disparity in treatment between peaceful protesters, and militia members who were literally there to kill them, should be that stark.” Looking ahead to the nights to come, Clancy worries that the presence of federal troops “is going to make this worse.” The office of Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian and the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department didn’t respond to Wisconsin Examiner’s requests for comment.
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