Live updates: Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty in Kenosha shooting
What does this portend for America's future?
What does this portend for America's future?
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Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all charges
- Thread starter It Aint Necessarily So
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Justice has been made.
A 17 year old boy who was in good faith.
Who tried to help.
Being chased by a former delinquent, first.
Being chased by a mob of three people, one of them armed.
I will take off my robe of jurist for one second and I will say to these three men:
It is vile to pursue a 17 year old boy in a three against one chase.
A 17 year old boy who was in good faith.
Who tried to help.
Being chased by a former delinquent, first.
Being chased by a mob of three people, one of them armed.
I will take off my robe of jurist for one second and I will say to these three men:
It is vile to pursue a 17 year old boy in a three against one chase.
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And remember.
The right of self defense is applied regardless of political affiliation.
The right of self defense is applied regardless of political affiliation.
esmith
Veteran Member
That the American justic system works.
For over 30 hours the jury looked at the evidence and found him to be not guilty.
I would say that they did their job to the best of their ability.
I don't think it really says anything about America's future. The country is still a dumpster fire inside of a train wreck which is itself falling into the Earth to me, but a right judgment was made as far as I know.
Gnashing of teeth.
But if we're lucky, perhaps useful legislation.
PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
It's more a lesson on what not to do, I think. Like that prosecutors really need their i's dotted and their t's crossed.
Suave
Simulated character
Better gun control legislation!
It depends on whether this verdict can be accepted without any further violence or rioting.
Suave
Simulated character
Please rest assured, most anybody agrees a 17 year old adolescent should not be armed in public with an AR-15, I'm confident Kyle Rittenhouse's case will prompt state legislators to enact well written laws prohibited minors from possessing semi-auto rifles.
Here is an earlier article for those of us who don't know who Kyle Rittenhouse is:
Kenosha Rittenhouse trial victims: These are the 3 men he shot - CNN
Rittenhouse is at some kind of protest carrying a great big automatic weapon, and some suicidal (literally not sarcastically) person throws something at him on camera, then starts chasing him. After being chased, Rittenhouse shoots the pursuer. 2 shots in front, one glancing along the side of his head and one in back.
The prosecution argued that Rittenhouse provoked the action by pointing the gun and could therefore not use the self defense argument. This is what the jury did not accept. They still applied self defense.
Also the pursuer was not some squeaky clean citizen but had a criminal history, and that may have helped uphold the self defense claim.
The shooting alarmed other protestors, two of whom then got shot as follows:
One person tried to grab the gun away from Rittenhouse while holding a skateboard in his other hand.
The third person shot either accidentally or purposely pointed a handgun at Rittenhouse and also got shot.
That's the basic story.
Kenosha Rittenhouse trial victims: These are the 3 men he shot - CNN
Rittenhouse is at some kind of protest carrying a great big automatic weapon, and some suicidal (literally not sarcastically) person throws something at him on camera, then starts chasing him. After being chased, Rittenhouse shoots the pursuer. 2 shots in front, one glancing along the side of his head and one in back.
The prosecution argued that Rittenhouse provoked the action by pointing the gun and could therefore not use the self defense argument. This is what the jury did not accept. They still applied self defense.
Also the pursuer was not some squeaky clean citizen but had a criminal history, and that may have helped uphold the self defense claim.
The shooting alarmed other protestors, two of whom then got shot as follows:
One person tried to grab the gun away from Rittenhouse while holding a skateboard in his other hand.
The third person shot either accidentally or purposely pointed a handgun at Rittenhouse and also got shot.
That's the basic story.
PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
I have less confidence.
Does this case differ substantially from the Arbery case? Once again, white vigilantes grabbed their guns to play cop, and ended up feeling threatened, then killed. If Rittenhouse is not guilty, are these people guilty? Will it make sense to convict them? If so, does it make sense to exonerate Rittenhouse?
I am an impartial jurist.
I would have defended Rittenhouse even if he had been one of the protesters.
To me only the evidence (videos and audios) matters.
I hope politicians leave this boy alone.
Suave
Simulated character
Most anybody could agree semi-auto rifle magazine clips should be limited to six rounds, this in order to reduce mass shootings. Please let us urge our Congress to place a hefty tax and national registry on private owners of high capacity semi-auto rifle magazines holding more than six rounds of ammo.
There was some thinking that Kyle would at least be found guilty of this until the judge dropped the charge.
It's unfortunate it became political. Politics doesn't generally care about justice unless it is something they think can get them elected.
Suave
Simulated character
Arbery's was threatened and held at gunpoint by his assailants, I'm confident Arbery's murderer and Arbery's murderer's accomplices will be brought to justice.
In many states he could have been charged with 'Brandishing'. Its one thing to have a gun. Its another thing to scare people with it.