
Kyle Rittenhouse walked in there with an AR 15-style rifle because he wanted people to feel threatened and intimidated. He wanted people to fear for their lives. Anything that happened from there was self-defense by the people he was deliberately threatening. |
Crowds who try to mete out justice: those are mobs. This mob was made up of felons and recently released from mental institution convicted pedos, etc. |
It really has no materiality to the case. It would not affect Rittenhouse's mens rea, given that Rosenbaum was a complete stranger. This trial is really about Rittenhouse's mens rea - his intention when committing the criminal acts. Now that I'm hearing the testimony, I think there's a very good chance Rittenhouse will be acquitted of the Rosenbaum killing but be convicted of harming the other two men. Why? Because the rest of the crowd believed him to be an unhinged shooter. There is also the fact that Rittenhouse pointed the weapon and he was illegally open-carrying as a minor. Unfortunately for Rittenhouse he started the chain of events of by being the first to commit a crime. |
And yet the crowd didn't shoot and kill anyone. Only the shooter did that, the one the skateboard guy tried to stop. |
Why didn’t the police arrest Kyle when he was walking around with his weapon? |
They tried to like Kyle, and he defended himself. Note: don’t try to chase an armed person after threatening to kill them in front of witnesses. Don’t have your buddy testify that you said f you and tried to grab an armed man’s gun. When someone is yelling “friendly” at you as you chase them after you threatened to kill them, you might have issues. If you are a convicted felon with a concealed gun, nobody will want to “surrender“ to you. The people posting here are ignoring that the crowd was a mob of violent felons who were burning and looting that night. Give me a break with “the crowd was the good guy” bs. They weren’t, and you are deliberately ignoring that fact. |
This country needs more Kyles |
Yes. Somehow a mob setting fires, rioting, etc, are the good guys in this scenario according to dcum. Kyle ran away from Rosenbaum after Rosenbaum threatened to kill him and lunged for his gun; a 17 year old chased into a dark area by a convicted sex offender who sodomized boys; Kyle was yelling “friendly” and Rosenbaum was yelling the n word…but Rosenbaum is the good guy. Then after Kyle defended himself the crowd (mob) attacked him. You don’t need disarming after you use your weapon in self defense. Cops were right there, they could have dealt with Kyle. The guy that got his arm shot by Kyle had a gun and tried to use it on Kyle. Another convicted felon too. All these convicted felons out fighting for justice, right? ![]() |
He went to kill people. |
It can be mentioned if it’s relevant to the case being tried. In this case, it’s not relevant. |
The mob setting fires and looting all knew that killing someone is a worse crime. The bomb didn't kill anyone. We make distinctions between unarmed and armed burglary, because no matter how many fires you set, no matter how many convenience stores you rob, killing a person is worse. The worst crime. |
Not if they tried to kill you first, then it’s self-defense. |
It seems like he was there for all of those reasons: helping business owners and being a vigilante badass. He bit off more than he could chew and is incredibly lucky he survived that night. Did he have his parents’ permission to pack an assault rifle and seek out rioters? Seems like an absolutely horrible idea that, predictably, lead to a bad outcome. Minors should not be allowed to prowl the streets at night with assault weapons. That’s madness. Several of the adults involved were criminals who were breaking the law themselves, but a single armed 17 year old with no formal security training is not the appropriate person to take them on. |
Rosenbaum was a convicted pedo who sodomized boys. Killing him honestly was not the worst crime. |
Had Rittenhouse known about Rosenbaum’s pedophilia, he could incorporate it into his defense, but Rittenhouse didn’t know about it, so his charges are the same whether Rosenbaum was a decorated war hero of unimpeachable character or a lowlife scumbag pedophile. |