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You act like he had no choice in the matter. He borrowed a gun and drove across state lines in search of confrontation. He sought this out. He wasn’t some hapless kid who found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. There were a bunch of reckless people there who made bad choices, and Rittenhouse was one of them. |
The people who were shot are indirectly on trial. The whole trial is about one simple question: “was Rittenhouse in reasonable fear of serious bodily harm from a situation he didn’t directly cause” And no, simply being there with a rifle was not causing the situation. You may not like him. You may hate his ideology and politics. You may think he’s a trouble maker. But none of that matters because in this country the law is supposed to apply with equal force to all. And the law especially applies to the people society hates most. A lot of lawyers saw much of the video footage and thought it was a text book self defense claim. A lot thought it was worthy of trying him for murder. But I’d encourage everyone to be more open minded about this because there is a really decent chance that Rittenhouse is going to walk out if they court room a free man who exercised his self defense rights. |
And even with all they said he still had a right to self defense. |
Not for a minor. |
Do you if you just shot someone and people are trying to stop you from shooting again? |
| The wounded survivor’s testimony will be key. I bet he will say that they thought Rittenhouse was a mass shooter, given his age and actions. |
Yes, the right of self defense would still be available. |
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That guy is also a convicted felon. A felon who was out in the street that night: armed with an illegal gun. He knew he was a felon; he knew it was illegal to even touch a gun; to even possess a single bullet! Yet he raised his illegal gun at Rittenhouse (who defended himself). You think the jury will believe anything that guy says?? |
| Reminds me of the Trayvon Martin case. When two mental midgets have a confrontation, bad things happen. |
Exactly. He was going to shoot Kyle. Kyle defended himself. |
Can you stop lying? FBI aerial surveillance video shows never-before-seen actions before Kyle Rittenhouse shot unarmed man https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/11/03/us/kyle-rittenhouse-trial/index.html CNN) New FBI infrared aerial surveillance video played in Kyle Rittenouse's homicide trial Wednesday provides a unique angle into the final moments before the teenager fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum during the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last August. The infrared video, grainy and shot from 8,500 feet overhead, shows Rittenhouse hustling along a sidewalk and passing Rosenbaum, who is positioned next to a cluster of parked cars. The video shows the two stop and interact, and Rosenbaum, who was unarmed, then begins to run toward Rittenhouse, who is armed with a rifle. Rittenhouse, then 17, runs away from Rosenbaum before the teenager ultimately turns and shoots him four times, the video shows. In the video, Rittenhouse is moving rapidly along a sidewalk by himself. The sidewalk leads to a parking lot, where Rosenbaum is positioned next to a cluster of parked cars. Rittenhouse slows down in the video, and there appears to be some kind of exchange, but there is no audio of the moment. Other videos from witnesses on the ground show that Rittenhouse could be heard yelling "friendly, friendly, friendly" at this point. "And it does not dissuade Mr. Rosenbaum, correct?" Richards said. "Correct," Howard responded. Rittenhouse continued to move in the same direction he was moving previously, and Rosenbaum starts to chase Rittenhouse. Videos taken of the scene from other witnesses show Rosenbaum threw a plastic bag at Rittenhouse but he was otherwise unarmed. These other videos also show that a different person fired a gunshot in the air seconds before Rittenhouse fatally shot Rosenbaum. |