Trial In America

Earlier this week the above photograph was trending on twitter and other social media platforms of Kyle Rittenhouse selecting which jurors would be removed from the jury pool of his homicide trial. It’s a fascinating photograph that I am sure will soon be utilized in school textbooks across the country over the next several decades, when studying America during this period. In seeing the photograph then reading the context of the photograph I couldn’t help but think of two specific criminal cases in recent history. First, the Curtis Flowers murder trial(s) and second, the Kalief Browder robbery arrest. I hope you’ll notice…