[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Lindsyburnsy

Two victims were unarmed and the one who survived always carried a pistol when he went to work as an actual paramedic. What mother drives her under age kid across state lines carrying an AR15 which he was too young to own, to a violent protest? This kid beat up a girl not long ago but the judge wouldn’t let the jury hear it. This won’t be the end of Rittenhouse’s criminal problems.

False. To call them victims is preposterous. They were two violent thugs. Thank God they are dead!

[ejp52]

He needs more range time!!!

[Two Bills]

Never take a skateboard to a gun fight!

[MDLNB]

Let's be realistic about this. If Rittenhouse was a young black man that was out there removing graffiti from businesses, putting out fires and offering first aid he would be lauded as a hero, receive a ticker tap parade and a statue of him erected. And I would have no problem with that. That is just the way this country is acting today. But, statues are being torn down and new ones of fallen criminals are raised.
The only thing Rittenhouse did wrong was try to do the good Samaritan thing by himself, without a backup. I have no problem with his taking upon himself to do what the authorities refused/couldn't do themselves....clean up after the scumbags that destroy property and injure others.
Rittenhouse should be acquitted on ALL charges. But, will it happen? Only if there are honorable folks still available for jury duty.

[Love2Swim]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

No doubt he made some questionable decisions, but nothing nearly as stupid as the ones made by the people who wound up getting shot.

One of the victims viewed Rittenhouse as a danger with the rifle, and one was told Rittenhouse was an active shooter. One tried forcibly to wrestle the assault rifle from Rittenhouse, and it cost him his life.The other, Gaige, pointed his gun at Rittenhouse, trying to get him to put the rifle down after being told Rittenhouse was an active shooter, and he too was shot by Rittenhouse. The lesson here: never ever mess with a stupid teenager who thinks he's a vigilante, and carries an assault rifle he isn't even legally entitled to have in his possession.

Fact - Rittenhouse was seen at a bar with members of a white nationalist group in January, and traveled to Miami days later to meet the group's national president.

Fact - Rittenhouse is heard in a video watching some men exit a CVS pharmacy and commenting that he wished he had his rifle so he could shoot them because he thought they were shoplifters.

Fact - the FBI has infrared video footage of Rittenhouse chasing Rosenbaum, the first person Rittenhouse gunned down.

Put it all together - its not hard to connect the dots.

[MDLNB]

Originally Posted by Love2Swim

One of the victims viewed Rittenhouse as a danger with the rifle, and one was told Rittenhouse was an active shooter. One tried forcibly to wrestle the assault rifle from Rittenhouse, and it cost him his life.The other, Gaige, pointed his gun at Rittenhouse, trying to get him to put the rifle down after being told Rittenhouse was an active shooter, and he too was shot by Rittenhouse. The lesson here: never ever mess with a stupid teenager who thinks he's a vigilante, and carries an assault rifle he isn't even legally entitled to have in his possession.

Fact - Rittenhouse was seen at a bar with members of a white nationalist group in January, and traveled to Miami days later to meet the group's national president.

Fact - Rittenhouse is seen in a video 15 days before the shootings saying he would like to shoot the men he sees shoplifting from a pharmacy.

Fact - the FBI has infrared video footage of Rittenhouse chasing Rosenbaum, the first person Rittenhouse gunned down.

Put it all together - its not hard to connect the dots.

Yes, the dead were real HONORABLE, good citizens. Probably have statues erected for them....
And the manure just gets deeper...........

[Mikey1588]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

Let's get people on the record before the verdict comes in.
This is your prediction of what the jury will do - not what you want the jury to do.

The choices are

Guilty on all counts
Guilty on some counts
Not guilty
Hung jury

Not guilty

[Love2Swim]

Originally Posted by MDLNB

Yes, the dead were real HONORABLE, good citizens. Probably have statues erected for them....
And the manure just gets deeper...........

Whether or not the victims were honorable or not is irrelevant. That would be like saying its okay to murder a prostitute because she is not honorable.

Murder is against the law, period. And if he is chasing someone down the street and guns them down, pretty hard to define that as "self defense".

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by collie1228

Guilty on some counts (one - possession of a firearm by a minor).

How old do you have to be to be able to possess a firearm?
I can remember when I was 14, had my own shotgun and went hunting by myself.

[Love2Swim]

The judge said on Friday he would instruct the jury they can consider the prosecution's argument that the teenager provoked an encounter with one of two men he fatally shot during protests in Wisconsin last year. This again shows Rittenhouse being an aggressor, not the poor innocent bystander image he is trying to project, with his big crocodile tears. Puh-leeze. No one bought that corny routine.

[crash]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Unlike the OJ trial, those "victims" actually attacked Rittenhouse. Their chance of success in a civil suit is zero...

Yes after he killed someone they tried to stop him. You live in a world where a girl can get raped on the subway and people see it happening and do nothing. I prefer to live in a world where they see it happen and do something to stop it.

[Arl]

I don’t think he is a punk kid I think he truly thought he would help people.
However he shouldn’t have had the gun He was attacked by criminals they all had
records and should have been in jail. So I don’t think he should go to jail for protecting himself,
but should be charged for carrying a weapon at his age.

[MDLNB]

Originally Posted by Love2Swim

Whether or not the victims were honorable or not is irrelevant. That would be like saying its okay to murder a prostitute because she is not honorable.

Murder is against the law, period. And if he is chasing someone down the street and guns them down, pretty hard to define that as "self defense".

You are absolutely correct, IF/IF he was "chasing someone down the street and guns them down." BUT, that is NOT what happened, and anyone that has watched the video and/or observed the trial would know that. He/HE was being chased down the street and assaulted upon several times, even knocking him to the ground. He was justified in ridding society of a couple of vermin. The third guy that survived, may have mistaken him for a criminal shooter, and was still shot in self-defense. But, the third guy to be shot, was carrying a pistol illegally and should not have been chasing the young man down the street.

NOT GUILTY
CASE CLOSED

[MDLNB]

Originally Posted by Arl

I don’t think he is a punk kid I think he truly thought he would help people.
However he shouldn’t have had the gun He was attacked by criminals they all had
records and should have been in jail. So I don’t think he should go to jail for protecting himself,
but should be charged for carrying a weapon at his age.

And yet, if he was in the military, he would be able to carry a firearm into combat, even at that age. And I did know a couple of 17yo, that were killed in combat while serving their country.

[MDLNB]

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