Amber Athey

The inconvenience of the Waukesha attack

The more we learn, the less it fits the media’s preferred narrative

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At least five people were killed and more than 40 injured on Sunday night when a driver drove his SUV into attendees of the annual Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The driver has been identified in news reports as Darrell Edward Brooks Jr.

The horrific attack immediately made national news in America because of the death toll and brutal nature of the crime. Videos surfaced online showing the driver veering towards members of the parade and narrowly missing many others. Sunday’s incident appeared eerily similar to the 2016 Berlin terror attack, where an Isis member killed 12 people by ramming his truck through a Christmas market.

However, it seems probable that Waukesha will be memory-holed by the agenda-driven media because Brooks was a black man and, according to his social media, a supporter of Black Lives Matter. This doesn’t comport with the leftist media’s demonisation of white men, whose alleged privilege and toxicity are the biggest threat to America.

It seems probable that Waukesha will be memory-holed by the agenda-driven media

I don’t claim to know if Brooks was motivated by anti-white hatred, but I do find it suspicious that the media was so eager to rule out terrorism.

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