This never should have gone to trial...it was clearly self defense. Having said that, none of those people should have been there armed that day including Rittenhouse (and those he shot). Hopefully, we've learned something during the summer of BLM...with Billions in damages and 20+ lives lost....more if you count those increased homicides due to defund efforts. Peaceful protests...should be peaceful.
The whole thing was a moron-a-thon.
The kid had no business being there, even less with a high powered rifle.
The rioters, sorry folks, were junk nationwide. Until someone explains to me why a career felon murdered by shit police in Minneapolis equals burning down Auto Zones nationwide (you ever notice how often they get hit in riots? It's strange.), the rioters are dangerous idiots. Yes, I know they were rioting because of a paralyzed...sexual assault suspect with priors who ignored police orders...? Wow.
Let's throw in an armed fake EMT with priors...yeah, it's not looking good.
The kid panicked, the mob acted like a mob does, and only idiots will fail to understand that the person they attack will defend themselves with the ALREADY WIELDED WEAPON.
The trial was painful redundancy theater, the whole event was a disaster before it started, and lest we forget...the whole country was in deep freak-out over lockdowns, death viruses, losses of jobs, remaining workers being worked into the ground, and inability to visit loved ones.
It was, and remains, a flashpoint age.
Quote: @badgervike said:
This never should have gone to trial...it was clearly self defense. Having said that, none of those people should have been there armed that day including Rittenhouse (and those he shot). Hopefully, we've learned something during the summer of BLM...with Billions in damages and 20+ lives lost....more if you count those increased homicides due to defund efforts. Peaceful protests...should be peaceful.
lol, yeah. Just a 17 year old and his gun, willing to travel. Let me guess, a 'patriot'. Right?
"When you were standing three to five feet from him with your arms up in the air, he never fired, right?" Chirafisi asked.
"Correct," Grosskreutz responded.
"It
wasn't until you pointed your gun at him, advanced on him, with your
gun, now your hands down pointed at him, that he fired, right?"
Chirafisi continued.
"Correct," Grosskreutz said.
Quote: @StickyBun said:
@ badgervike said:
This never should have gone to trial...it was clearly self defense. Having said that, none of those people should have been there armed that day including Rittenhouse (and those he shot). Hopefully, we've learned something during the summer of BLM...with Billions in damages and 20+ lives lost....more if you count those increased homicides due to defund efforts. Peaceful protests...should be peaceful.
lol, yeah. Just a 17 year old and his gun, willing to travel. Let me guess, a 'patriot'. Right?
more of a patriot than any of those assholes that were out there burning and looting
If Kyle Rittenhouse had been black, we'd all be fighting over why the cops who killed him aren't on trial.
Quote: @MaroonBells said:
If Kyle Rittenhouse had been black, we'd all be fighting over why the cops who killed him aren't on trial.
Yup @MB, that's my deeply held belief as well...If Rittenhouse was black? There'd be a freshly dug grave for him by now.
This wont be a popular view, but this thing didnt go to "full over-flow boil" because the people he shot were white.
Not surprised by this verdict or the varying viewpoints on the outcome.
Quote: @MaroonBells said:
If Kyle Rittenhouse had been black, we'd all be fighting over why the cops who killed him aren't on trial.
With the same video evidence, trial testimony, and defense attorney team, IMO, a black Rittenhouse would have received the same not guilty verdicts based on justifiable self defense. It was a fair trial and a fair jury that evaluated the evidence.
Quote: @IDVikingfan said:
@ MaroonBells said:
If Kyle Rittenhouse had been black, we'd all be fighting over why the cops who killed him aren't on trial.
With the same video evidence, trial testimony, and defense attorney team, IMO, a black Rittenhouse would have received the same not guilty verdicts based on justifiable self defense. It was a fair trial and a fair jury that evaluated the evidence.
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Exactly right, IDV. (good to see you back posting more, btw)
Black rural Florida man acquitted on the charge of shooting SWAT officers executing a valid warrant. Acquitted on the day of the Rittenhouse verdict.
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/crime/...651720002/
Black man in M/SP shoots at cops in self-defense: acquitted.
https://kstp.com/news/saint-paul-man-who...y/6224974/
MB & PF are willfully ignorant to the greatness of this country. Sad.
MB and PF, you apparently agreed with the tweet by John Fugelsang. Do any of you have data to show that police officers in Kenosha routinely kill people that are surrendering? That they are more likely to kill a POC when surrendering? Do either of you have data documenting that the legal system in Kenosha is routinely racist and discriminatory against POC during an arrest? Any evidence that the people of Kenosha are discriminatory and cannot be trusted to serve on a jury that will faithfully and honestly evaluate evidence? You're strongly condemning a community, a police force, and the legal system. Where is your data?
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