Posted on 11/12/2021 3:19:48 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
Sometimes the trees get in the way of seeing the forest. In the case of Kyle Rittenhouse, a narrow view of the law of self-defense could provide an acquittal despite the big picture — his outrageously poor judgment in bringing a semi-automatic rifle to a protest.
The key issue will be the reasonableness of Rittenhouse’s belief.
Rittenhouse has been charged with homicide and other crimes relating to his conduct during a night of civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020. Protesters had taken to the streets following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man. Rittenhouse testified Wednesday that he went to the scene only to protect property and offer first aid. It seems like those tasks could have been accomplished with nothing more than his physical presence and a medical bag. Instead, Rittenhouse openly carried an AR-style semi-automatic rifle.
Rittenhouse is charged with shooting and killing two men and wounding another. In addition, he is charged with reckless endangerment for firing his weapon at someone allegedly while a reporter stood close by and for illegal possession of a firearm because he was under the age of 18 at the time.
Rittenhouse claims he was acting in self-defense when he fired all of the shots. His guilt will turn on the reasonableness of his conduct that night. Apparently, it never occurred to him that in a country that has experienced mass shootings on a regular basis, on a night when there was chaos in the streets, someone might mistake him for an active shooter and try to stop him.
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DAM^, that is one hot hurdler!
They didn’t like Kyle putting out the fires they set. Triggered.
Says MSNBC aka Many Stupid Nerds Broadcasting Crap
SO.........what are we supposed to do? hang him?
SO.........what are we supposed to do? hang him?
The new left that crawled out from under a rock in the late 1960’s saw politics as everything.
They’ve had free reign to protest, riot, silence, and harass their political enemies. They control the government bureaucracies, media, and have large woke corporations funding their nonprofit stupidity.
I hope Rittenhouse and Proud Boy types continue to exercise their 1st & 2nd Amendment rights under the US Constitution.
From the bit posted here I can safely assert the author knows nothing of the law regarding a claim of self defense. Wisconsin’s or generally.
Yeah, we're just supposed to accept that as normal while condemning Kyle for doing likewise. Mmm, no, I don't think so. Oh, and dig that AK magazine...gotta be at least 60 rounds in there.
nbc, they would twist and lie in a story about G-d.
Shove that Prog propaganda up your fat leftist keister, Babs!
This wasn’t a protest. It was a deadly riot.
Kyle was like flypaper for lifelong criminal scumbags. He single-handedly reduced the crime rate just a bit.
” his outrageously poor judgment in bringing a semi-automatic rifle to a protest.”
Relies on ESP.
Rittenhouse had no prior knowledge that the events of the night prior would continue for another night. The primary concern early in the evening was for looting of destroyed properties, not more rioting.
Everyone chasing Rittenhouse was committing felony assault. People died during the commission of that felony. They should have been charged with felony murder.
They will not be charged because most big city prosecutors approved of the riots.
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