This happened in the last few days, so I hadn't seen it. Neither had Rep. Pressley when she made her tweet many months ago.
Doesn't alter the case in the least. Still clear self-defense. Post-hoc assignment of affiliation doesn't stick. An earlier court search of Kyle's social media revealed no far-right affiliation [0]. As things are now, the media made him a pariah, so only pariahs like the Proud Boys will accept him. Same thing happened with George Zimmerman; the sad yet predictable outcome of forcing someone out of polite society. And that’s not to mention all the death threats [1], which would probably make the offer of Proud Boy protection appealing.
The meaning of that hand sign's in the eye of the beholder, as anyone familiar with its history will know.
Doesn't alter the case in the least. Still clear self-defense. Post-hoc assignment of affiliation doesn't stick. An earlier court search of Kyle's social media revealed no far-right affiliation [0]. As things are now, the media made him a pariah, so only pariahs like the Proud Boys will accept him. Same thing happened with George Zimmerman; the sad yet predictable outcome of forcing someone out of polite society. And that’s not to mention all the death threats [1], which would probably make the offer of Proud Boy protection appealing.
The meaning of that hand sign's in the eye of the beholder, as anyone familiar with its history will know.
[0] https://www.wpr.org/sites/default/files/rittenhouse_response...
[1] https://patch.com/illinois/grayslake/rittenhouses-mom-chasti...