What if a black man defended himself like Kyle Rittenhouse did?

Monday night, a future Fox News superstar asked the question that other networks have asked. Lawrence Jones asked "What would happen if a black man did what Kyle Rittenhouse did?" Then Lawrence answered his own question.

Lawrence said "If the liberal media were actual journalists, they wouldn't have to ask 'what if this happened to a black man?' We know. Look no further than the story of Andrew Coffee IV." Then he proverbially rubbed salt into the media's wounds, saying "So instead, let me do their job and tell America what happened. In March of 2017 Andrew Coffee was asleep in his home when a SWAT team arrived with a search warrant for his father. When police detonated a flash bang device before entering, Coffee woke up thinking he was being robbed. Being a gun owner, Coffee opened fire, looking to defend his home. When police returned fire, Andrew's girlfriend, Alteria Woods, was tragically caught in the crossfire and killed by police. Now, each side claimed the other shot first, but it was Coffee who was eventually charged with second degree murder and three counts of attempted murder of law enforcement."

While the nation tuned into Fox for the Rittenhouse verdict, Coffee's case received virtually no attention. I admit that I hadn't heard of it before last night. Here's what happened, as described by Jones:

After more than four years of legal proceedings, Coffee's name was cleared on Friday when he was found not guilty of murder in attempted murder charges. Coffee was still found guilty of a weapon possession charge and will face sentencing for that.
Here's Jones' segment on Coffee in video form:

That pretty much answers the media's 'what if' question. The View's Joy Behar asked Sunny Hostin "Sunny, if he were Black, would he be free now?" Hostin replied "No. He wouldn’t be alive right now."

This is the second time in roughly a month that the View got handed their lunch by a black person. This is the other time that a black person handed Sunny Hostin her lunch:

To be fair, Condi Rice is an impressive intellect. Still, Sunny isn't exactly Ms. Warmth so it evens itself out.

What would happen if a black man defended himself? In this instance, Andrew Coffee was acquitted because he was defending himself.

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