Kyle Rittenhouse goes to trial

[Galloism]

I mean... yes, one can assert that we shouldn't attend BLM rallies, even when we support BLM, because they tend to devolve into riots at higher rates than other political demonstrations, but I don't think you actually want to make that argument.

That can be said of any rally or political demonstration. You will always have people who only want to break, burn and steal.

Point made is nobody expected the kid to grab his gun and sing “Here I am to save the day!”

Yeah, well, he didn't do that.

And pursuant to his interview today, where he said he supports black lives matter and suggested that the prosecutor might have even been more unethical and sleazy if he were black, people are now saying that a black lives matter supporter shouldn't have attended a black lives matter protest if he didn't want to get attacked.

[Fahran]

Yeah, well, he didn't do that.

And pursuant to his interview today, where he said he supports black lives matter and suggested that the prosecutor might have even been more unethical and sleazy if he were black, people are now saying that a black lives matter supporter shouldn't have attended a black lives matter protest if he didn't want to get attacked.

Tfw you make the argument the police want to make by accident. :^)

[The Black Forrest]

That can be said of any rally or political demonstration. You will always have people who only want to break, burn and steal.

Point made is nobody expected the kid to grab his gun and sing “Here I am to save the day!”

Yeah, well, he didn't do that.

And pursuant to his interview today, where he said he supports black lives matter and suggested that the prosecutor might have even been more unethical and sleazy if he were black, people are now saying that a black lives matter supporter shouldn't have attended a black lives matter protest if he didn't want to get attacked.

Of course he does. I am sure his coaches have taught him well.

[Galloism]

Yeah, well, he didn't do that.

And pursuant to his interview today, where he said he supports black lives matter and suggested that the prosecutor might have even been more unethical and sleazy if he were black, people are now saying that a black lives matter supporter shouldn't have attended a black lives matter protest if he didn't want to get attacked.

Of course he does. I am sure his coaches have taught him well.

To be fair, someone who keeps bandaging up protestors and treating their minor wounds (as testified to by the prosecution witnesses) is probably not hostile to the ideas behind the protest.

[Menassa]

Of course he does. I am sure his coaches have taught him well.

To be fair, someone who keeps bandaging up protestors and treating their minor wounds (as testified to by the prosecution witnesses) is probably not hostile to the ideas behind the protest.

But what about that shirt your honor? Can I not talk about the shirt he wore?

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

To be fair, someone who keeps bandaging up protestors and treating their minor wounds (as testified to by the prosecution witnesses) is probably not hostile to the ideas behind the protest.

And even if we accept the idea that this is a charade for the cameras - which I don’t, see my earlier remarks - “I disagree with what you say but will protect your ability to say it” is in itself a pretty admirable sentiment considering what political discourse looks like in the United States these days.

[Galloism]

To be fair, someone who keeps bandaging up protestors and treating their minor wounds (as testified to by the prosecution witnesses) is probably not hostile to the ideas behind the protest.

But what about that shirt your honor? Can I not talk about the shirt he wore?

His hideous fashion sense is a crime, but does not legally qualify as provocation under Wisconsin law.

[Fahran]

But what about that shirt your honor? Can I not talk about the shirt he wore?

His hideous fashion sense is a crime, but does not legally qualify as provocation under Wisconsin law.

I'd have agreed with the death penalty if this had been the crime in question.

This is a joke. I should not have to clarify that, but, apparently, y'all advocate death too much.

[Neutraligon]

His hideous fashion sense is a crime, but does not legally qualify as provocation under Wisconsin law.

I'd have agreed with the death penalty if this had been the crime in question.

This is a joke. I should not have to clarify that, but, apparently, y'all advocate death too much.

I would long since have been put to death if it were a crime.... Hopefully with Thanksgiving near the riots in Portland do not get worse.

[Fahran]

I would long since have been put to death if it were a crime.... Hopefully with Thanksgiving near the riots in Portland do not get worse.

I hope not. I pray you and yours stay safe, Neut. And everyone else besides.

[GuessTheAltAccount]

His hideous fashion sense is a crime, but does not legally qualify as provocation under Wisconsin law.

I'd have agreed with the death penalty if this had been the crime in question.

This is a joke. I should not have to clarify that, but, apparently, y'all advocate death too much.

I mean, it's a little hard to take death penalty opponents seriously when they buy products from the land of travelling execution vans that is China. It shouldn't be society's only way to prove they consider the defendant's actions heinous; it should be reserved for crimes that, on a crime-by-crime basis, can be proven to be something that can be deterred more than by life in prison; but thinking of the Beer Hall Putsch it definitely sounds like something that has a legitimate use.

I do agree that sometimes in people's most enraged moments they advocate executions that they quickly regret advocating, but that's what we have society and civilization for, not blanket bans on entire categories of punishment.

[Big Jim P]

Made it better for Rittenhouse.

Not really, seeing as he ended up alone, shooting, and then in court.
First rule of riots: move as a group. Isolation is how bad things happen. That's a little more useful a tip than a gun.

He lived. His attackers were neutralized. Better than the alternatives.

[Big Jim P]

He defended himself from attack. Better than letting the scumbags beat or kill him.

Well? The first guy sounds like he had bad mental problems.

The other two?

Question: If you heard gun fire and saw the aftermath and don’t know what led to it; would you run or engage?

Neither. I would move to cover and observe, defending myself as need be.

[Big Jim P]

He defended himself from attack. Better than letting the scumbags beat or kill him.

He'd probably have been fine.

He insured that he was fine.

[Holy Yeshua]

I’m seeing some right-wing wingers dropping their support for Rittenhouse after he expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

[Antipatros]

I’m seeing some right-wing wingers dropping their support for Rittenhouse after he expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

You know the stereotypical "blue hair feminist SJW" that everyone liked to make fun of in like 2015? These guys are the right wing equivalent of that.

404 on your link, by the way.

[Kubra]

Not really, seeing as he ended up alone, shooting, and then in court.
First rule of riots: move as a group. Isolation is how bad things happen. That's a little more useful a tip than a gun.

He lived. His attackers were neutralized. Better than the alternatives.

frankly, he lived because grosskreutz was slow on the trigger, and you can imagine how our conversation would change if that ended up the case.

[The Alma Mater]

I’m seeing some right-wing wingers dropping their support for Rittenhouse after he expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

They did not drop it when they learned Rosenbaum was not a BLM supporter ?

[Polomon Islands]

I’m seeing some right-wing wingers dropping their support for Rittenhouse after he expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

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[Ifreann]

I'm not ascribing blame at all, just speculating that Rittenhouse probably would have been fine without a gun.


But Rosenbaum wasn't a cop, so it's not particularly likely that any of the other people present would have just stood by and let him beat some little dweeb kid to death. Or at all. If a violent confrontation had broken out then most likely a load of people would have intervened to protect Rittenhouse and subdue Rosenbaum. Probably no one gets shot, everyone goes home alive.

Yet nobody came to Rittenhouse’s aid when he was originally attacked by Rosenbaum

No one rushed to help the guy with the gun? Huh.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I'd have agreed with the death penalty if this had been the crime in question.

This is a joke. I should not have to clarify that, but, apparently, y'all advocate death too much.

I would long since have been put to death if it were a crime.... Hopefully with Thanksgiving near the riots in Portland do not get worse.

What’s happening in Portland, my gods? They’ve been in an almost constant state of rioting for a year.

[Neutraligon]

I would long since have been put to death if it were a crime.... Hopefully with Thanksgiving near the riots in Portland do not get worse.

What’s happening in Portland, my gods? They’ve been in an almost constant state of rioting for a year.

There was a riot the day the verdict was announced. Honestly it has been pretty quiet for a while until that happened.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

What’s happening in Portland, my gods? They’ve been in an almost constant state of rioting for a year.

There was a riot the day the verdict was announced. Honestly it has been pretty quiet for a while until that happened.

I hope it calms down again. Protesting I get, rioting not so much.

[Sahin K]

Y E S

Kid yeet'd 3 criminals and walked. Bliss.

Cope, seethe and riot BLM commies.

[Fahran]

No one rushed to help the guy with the gun? Huh.

We're pondering a lot of ifs when the situation turned out as safely for Rittenhouse as it probably could have given he was assaulted by a man who had threatened to kill multiple people that night. PTSD is better than taking a serious beating from a larger ex-felon and a riled up mob - which likely would still lead to PTSD.