When you talk about the identities of these criminals in question, I also
completely disregard from Quinton Lucas and any other official in Kansas City that
it's because they're minors, because that didn't really matter so much when it came
to Kyle Rittenhouse, who was 17 years old, lawfully carrying a rifle, lawfully
defending his own life against a white kid toucher and a white woman beater.
This week, it was announced that two men had finally been charged with murder in
the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade.
There was a shooting during that parade. Of course, it made headlines.
Everyone was worried about the perpetrators never getting caught, but two
of those perpetrators have been caught, have been charged, and they unfortunately
allegedly killed a woman and injured more than 20 other people last week.
But some conservatives are pretty furious that two juveniles that were arrested
in connection to the shooting last week still have not been identified.
Now we'll come back to that outrage.
You heard some of it in the clip we showed you in the very beginning of this.
But first, let's get to an update on the new suspects.
The defendants were named by prosecutors as Dominique Miller of Kansas City
and Lindell, Mays of Raytown.
They each face charges of second degree murder, armed criminal action
and unlawful use of a weapon, according to a statement from the Jackson
County Prosecutor's Office.
It's believed that the shooting started after one of them got into some
sort of verbal argument with someone he had no prior connection to.
That is what they believe at the moment.
Mays was the first person seen taking out his handgun.
Miller is 18 years old, Mays is 23 years old.
So they're both adults.
And ballistic tests have revealed that a bullet from Miller's gun
killed the 43 year old victim here.
She was a DJ and radio host by the name of Elizabeth Galvan.
And, she was at the parade on Wednesday with her family.
And tragically, she lost her life as a result of the shooting.
Now, both Miller and Mays were, were shot and remain hospitalized.
They each are charged with second degree felony murder,
two counts of armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon.
They are each being held on a $1 million bond and, if convicted,
could be sentenced to life in prison.
Now separately, entirely separately.
Two days after the shooting, there were two minors who had been charged with
resisting arrest and gun related offenses.
Their ages and names to Dana Loesch's point in the very beginning
have not been shared publicly.
Which is standard protocol when the suspects are minors.
Now, police have not clarified yet, whether there is a connection
between the two who were charged with murder and the teenagers.
But the fact that, these two minors haven't had their names released
is what's causing a lot of backlash from conservatives.
Last week, Ann Colter, for instance, was among those who, speculated
that race was the main reason why these individuals were not identified, that
the identities were being kept private.
And during an appearance on Bill Maher show, here's what she said.
If it were a white man shooting, we'd know who did it.
That's how we know it's not a white man, I can tell you that much.
The longer they go without telling you, it's not a white man.
Now, Jesse Watters also weighed in on this, so let's hear what he had to say.
Kansas City says the suspects are minors, so they can't speak about it.
Well, except the Kansas City mayor speaking.
He's defending the suspects. Watch.
I disagree strongly with, how he would describe that situation.
I certainly do think this was criminal activity.
It was lawlessness.
And I think that, that's troubling, but thugs is a dog whistle
in the most classic sense that I have seen this dog whistle time and again.
One dead, 22 injured, and the mayor is doing PR for the shooters.
And the mayor just told us more about the suspects
than the police have their minorities.
We don't know that for a fact.
But if they were white, I don't think the black mayor would be mad
that they were called thugs.
Journalists aren't even pursuing the story.
These alleged Super Bowl parade shooters get better treatment in the media
than the Covington kid.
And then you have Kyle Rittenhouse, who weighed in on the matter as well.
Just a reminder, when he shot and killed two people during
a Black Lives Matter protest in Wisconsin, he was 17 at the time, and we did find out
what his identity was immediately, he says, 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.
Now let's get to the reality, because it turns out that there are different laws
depending on which state you're in, and it's critical to note that the media
isn't publicizing the names of the.
Teenagers because it has a lot to do with laws in Missouri, not editorial decisions.
So defendants age 17 and under in Missouri are typically adjudicated
through the juvenile system, which is far more private than the system for adults.
Names of the accused are not released, nor are police documents
such as probable cause statements.
And a press release from the local Family Court division announced
that the two minors were being detained at the juvenile detention center on gun
related and resisting arrest charges, and they also added that it is anticipated
that additional charges are expected in the future, as the investigation
by the Kansas City Police Department continues pursuant to Missouri law.
Hearings are not open to the public as this alleged offense involves juveniles.
This is the extent of the information that the office of the Juvenile Officer
can release at this time.
Now, the teens could eventually be tried as adults and then have their names
and identities revealed.
But first, a judicial process to decide how they should be treated has to be
undertaken, which can take days or weeks.
Now, in contrast, the identities of Miller and Mayes, who are both adults,
that was released immediately along with the announcement
of their criminal charges against them.
And then when it comes to Rittenhouse, this is really important to keep in mind
because I thought of Rittenhouse as well.
But it turns out that Wisconsin has different laws.
Under the provisions of 1995 Wisconsin Act, 2717 year olds alleged
to have violated criminal law are subject to prosecution, as adults,
and juveniles under the age of 17 can be tried as adults when they are alleged
to have committed certain serious crimes.
In other words, basically anyone over 17 years old
is charged as an adult in Wisconsin, and therefore their identity isn't
protected the same way it is in Missouri.
And every state, again, has different laws on the books
about the privacy of juvenile suspects.
But more generally speaking, it is true that media tends, is it
true that the media tends to basically identify the race of white criminals
more rapidly than minority criminals?
Maybe we're going to get into that in just a moment, but I'm going
to pause for a comment from Jake.
Yeah, this is the world's dumbest conspiracy.
So they're trying to keep the fact that the.
It, the defendants here and the shooters etc.
Were blocked there trying to keep that away from you.
But the two adults, we know who they are and they're black.
So I guess that's a very, very poor conspiracy execution.
But isn't it weird that in all those segments they never mentioned
that the we know who the adult males are and they're black.
So if they're trying to cover up the black people did it, why did they
release the names of the adults?
None of this makes any sense. I can tell you why they do it in one site.
To Rittenhouse for a second, he says, I'm trying to comprehend
why the government did this.
Well, you should have tried a little harder.
You could have figured out, hey, you live in a different state then that state,
and there is no the government.
This is not a federal issue. There are different state governments.
But of course, you didn't bother looking that up because you're a knucklehead.
And I'm being very generous in that description.
Okay.
Now, why is Fox News and all these right wingers doing such a dumb talking point
in the first place?
Because it serves a lot of their purposes.
One is, hey, it's not us, because now nine out of ten times the mass shooters
are them, the right wingers, right?
Not them in particular, but, right wing lunatics.
So they're like, it's black people. It's not us, not us.
Number two, they demagogue, against black people, all criminals.
Criminals. My whole life they've been doing this.
And number three, their main point and their audience loves this one
is black people get special privileges.
Us poor whites are the victims in everything.
But it's those black people who get to murder people and then get away with it.
I mean, they're not even. Well, no one got away with it.
They all got arrested. But they're not revealing their identity.
Except they did reveal the identity of the adults.
Now, I just hate, hate, hate, hate. And that's what this is about.
So I think that look, in this particular case, the evidence shows that there are
just different laws in different states.
And that's the reason why, in one case with Rittenhouse,
we knew who he was immediately, versus these two juveniles in Missouri.
But I do think that there is a bit of truth in regard to, you know, I mean,
I've noticed it with local news reporting where they want to be extra cautious.
And so, let's say a crime is committed, they go out of their way not
to describe the race of the perpetrator who might still be at large.
And so they'll give all these other descriptive, you know, points
that you can look at and try to figure out who the suspect might be,
but they purposely try to avoid race, especially when it is a black perpetrator.
And I think it's because and I understand why this is they don't want
to feed into in their minds, like stereotypes and things like that.
And so they try to find other ways to describe the perpetrator
without mentioning race.
I've seen that happen in local news reporting here in LA.
I'm guessing that is what they're looking at and that's why they have this feeling.
But overall, especially when it comes to these high profile crimes, I think
that it mostly has to do with the age of the perpetrator, the age of the suspect.
And I, I don't really know how to get around reporting on crime
without feeding into stereotypes.
But I do think that if there is a perpetrator that police are looking for,
especially if it comes to a violent crime, like a shooting where someone has lost
their lives, any descriptive elements that the news can provide, the police can
provide is critical, because you want to rely on the community to help you find
that perpetrator to to report that person if you happen to see them out and about.
Yeah.
Look, sometimes the media gets comical in their attempt not to be offensive.
So have I seen some descriptions that are absurd?
Tall, dark complexion, very, very curly hair.
Okay, we got it, dude. Okay.
And sometimes it's somebody used an offensive word
and they'll say, describe it in a way you can't even figure out what it is.
The word that is used about women in the context of blah, blah, blah,
you know, like I you lost me, man.
Just if it's that offensive, they got fired over it.
Tell us what it is so we can tell.
Hey, should they have been fired or should they have not been fired anyways?
So but there's a very, very, very good reason why they're doing it.
That's because in the past the media has been terrible on this,
especially local news.
And when I was growing up, you'd see 24 seven black individual
committing crime black, black, black and they'd put up the face, etc.
Then I found out later, it turns out that when they put up white criminals, which
there were more of, maybe not per capita because of socioeconomic situations,
but overall in raw numbers.
But when they put up white defendants, it didn't do as well in the ratings.
But if you had a black defendant and a white victim that scared the bejesus
out of their audience and got them better ratings for 20, 30, 40 years in this
country, media, especially local news, has been demagoguing against black people
because it helped their ratings.
So. So now, if they're a little over, careful
and tell us about how curly their hair is.
It's not the end of the world.