The double standard and the liberal media’s hypocrisy take center stage in the latest narrative on last week’s Kansas City parade shooting.
While suspects are reportedly in custody after the shooting in Kansas City, Missouri as the Chiefs celebrated a Super Bowl victory, the names of the “juveniles” have not been released following the tragic incident that claimed the life of one young mother and injured nearly two dozen others – many of them children.
According to reports, the names of the suspects are not being reported because they are under 18 and the media evidently has suddenly developed a conscience.
I am trying to comprehend why the government was quick to reveal my name after I defended myself, but they still haven’t released the names of the Kansas City shooters.
— Kyle Rittenhouse (@ThisIsKyleR) February 20, 2024
“A news release from the Jackson County Family Court said the juveniles are being detained in the county’s Juvenile Detention Center on gun-related and resisting arrest charges. Additional charges are expected as the investigation continues,” the Associated Press reported.
“No further information was released. Defendants age 17 and under in Missouri are typically adjudicated through the juvenile system, which is far more private than the system for adults,” the outlet continued.
“Names of the accused are not released, nor are police documents such as probable cause statements,” the AP noted.
They are supppsedly minors.
On a related KC Chief note, this minor was labeled ‘racist’ and plastered all over the news. pic.twitter.com/qC4DMWtCui— Tall Southern Gal (@CrowdCween) February 20, 2024
But the contradictory standard was not lost on many who took to social media to call out the bias of a media that was quick to name and shame then-under-18 Nicholas Sandmann, Kyle Rittenhouse and, most recently, Kansas City Chiefs fan Holden Armenta.
“We can’t reveal the names of the Kansas City parade shooters because they are under 18”
Oh really? Good to know. pic.twitter.com/DjGkfK4loQ
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 20, 2024
The glaring yet unspoken bias was called out recently by Ann Coulter who spoke about how different things would be if the alleged shooters were white.
Ann Coulter tells Bill Maher that if the suspects in the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade mass shooting were white, we would already know who they are
‘We have some idea…If it were a white male shooting, we’d know’ pic.twitter.com/REUoby3hhy
— शून्य (@Shunyaa00) February 20, 2024
The anger of social media users on X was palpable:
If the KC parade shooters were white they’d be charged as adults, you’d know their full names, school grades, address and internet search history by this point. You know I’m right.
Murderous thugs are better protected than our borders.
— The Dank Knight (@capeandcowell) February 17, 2024
Thugs shoot indiscriminately in a crowd hitting over 20 people including children at a Super Bowl parade. “These are minors we can’t release their names.”
Yet everyone in America knew Kyle’s Rittenhouse’s, name in a matter of hours after his shooting. He also was a minor. Hmm
— Eric Pistey (@shawnpisteySC) February 20, 2024
If they were trans, we’d know even less than we do now…
— Jason Thompson Fan Club (@JTKingsFanClub) February 17, 2024
Take a moment and relive how the SAME media covered Nicholas Sandman and Kyle Rittenhouse who both were also under age.
— Extraa Cover (@ExtraaaCover) February 20, 2024
If you are white and under 18, we can show your face to the world and make you into a villian.
If you are not white and under 18, in any shooting or criminal case it’s secret.
Our media sucks.
— floridanow1 (@floridanow1) February 20, 2024
It is not because of their age…
— Old School Eddie (@Old_SchoolEddie) February 20, 2024
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