While a jury properly found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all criminal charges Friday, ESPN decided to cement its legacy as an irresponsible network during a pre-game show that evening. Needless to say, the left-wing analysts got their facts wrong, as is all too typical of sports media.

During the conversation, bigoted provocateur Jalen Rose claimed the police killed an innocent Jacob Blake, which was the impetus for the violent riots last summer in southeast Wisconsin where Rittenhouse shot three men.

Of course, as any literate news consumer knows, police did not kill Jacob Blake. He is quite alive. Moreover, the police did not commit a crime when they shot Blake 15 months ago. They arrived on a chaotic scene after a woman Blake sexually assaulted called them. Blake had a knife in his possession, refused to drop it, and police shot him.