"Rittenhouse Syndrome and The Story of White Vigilantes" by Synnika A. Lofton

Show up to the fight,

the protest,

the riot,

with an illegally obtained

gun (straw man),

but who cares?

17?

With an AR-15-TYPE-rifle?

White supremacy

has entanglements with US

government, protecting

an insecure culture.

He knows

the judge will come to

his rescue, to protect his Chaos tour

through Kenosha's

streets,

hoping to pull

a trigger,

maybe two,

or three, or whatever.

They will build him

a statue because celebrating

a shooter who travels

across state lines

to defend other

people’s property

is a Christ-like

value or a familiar

syndrome.