[Flag_This]

I was watching a discussion on YouTube* between two lawyers, one of whom (Robert Barnes, of Barnes Law) was licensed and had practiced in Wisconsin. He stated that under Wisconsin law, once the assailants put their hands on the weapon they are no longer considered to be "unarmed." He also said that Wisconsin has very expansive self-defense laws. He didn't think the prosecutor had a chance of getting a conviction.

* It's a two hour video and they don't start talking about the Rittenhouse case until an hour into the video, but it's very informative about the specifics of Wisconsin law.

[Enterprise]

The writer touched on something else very important to this incident. At no time did Rittenhouse initiate violent contact with anyone involved. Baldy initiated the first violent contact and got shot. This was on him, not Rittenhouse.

Rittenhouse then ran, toward the police, but he was then confronted by THREE males who clearly intended to harm him. THEY were the ones who initiated violence against him, and all three could have done something to cause death or great bodily harm to him.

The rush to charge Rittenhouse in the face of obvious self defense should lead to complaints to the Wisconsin bar association and the DA should at the minimum be disbarred.

[lepton]

He didn’t think the prosecutor had a chance of getting a conviction.

---

The charges are so outrageous that it would be suitable for IL to turn down the extradition request and for the AG in Wisconsin to be federally charged. It’s well outside of plausible discretion.