Threat to Mob

The powers that be wanted a different outcome in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. They wanted guilty verdicts on all counts to send a clear message to everyone not to resist the riots. The cabal in charge wants the rioters to be able to act at will and no law-abiding citizen to be empowered to oppose them. That is why in areas in the thrall of the Left, they have moved toward defunding the police and tied the hands of law enforcement, so no entity is able to stand in the way of the anarchists and street thugs.