After two straight nights of violent unrest, former alderman Kevin Mathewson posted a call to arms on the Facebook page of his fledgling militia group Kenosha Guard.
Formed in the days after George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis, the page boasted only 87 likes. But Mathewson got a wide response with his Tuesday post asking for “patriots willing to take up arms and defend (Kenosha) from the evil thugs.”