Election 2020 The Horse Race (Not Misspelled)

At first honestly, I was ALL IN on just blaming this kid for being dumb, militant and shooting a couple people over an argument. Then, I started digging last night and didn't just take what was being presented to me by the TV press at face value.

1) All 3 who he shot were either pursuing or attacking the shooter with the apparent intent to do harm.

Now, the first one he shot based on video/first hand witness accounts seemed to be a mix of him violently pursuing the boy along with the fact SOMEONE (the journalist who was right behind Rosembaum"The Pursuer" stated) fired a gunshot. He could not tell if it was just shot into the air or at Rittenhouse "The Shooter," but he stated it was at that exact moment Rittenhouse stopped fleeing Rosembaum, turned to face Rosembaum, Rosembaum lunged at (apparently attempted to grab) Rittenhouse's weapon, so the boy dodged the attempt, then fired 4 shots, one hitting Rosembaum in the head. The journalist stopped to help Rosembaum and he said Rittenhouse circled around a car, then came back, pulled a phone from his pocket and called 911, then fled due to more attackers pursuing him.

2) From multiple videos, some clearer and more up close than others, it appears Huber "Man with the Skateboard" after Rittenhouse was struck in the head by a protester and fell, Huber came up from behind Rittenhouse with his skateboard in both hands. It appeared at least he was trying to swoop in to knock the weapon away from Rittenhouse or grab it, but at the last second, a black male swung by from the opposite direction and kicked Rittenhouse in the neck/shoulder area, then basically tripped up Huber as he ran away. Huber then seemed to actually stumble over the back of Rittenhouse, then Rittenhouse shot him as he stumbled over him. I assume he'd thought Huber had been the one who struck him in the head and watching the video, it would be quite understandable why he'd think that.

3) Then finally, Gaige Grosskreutz. the man Rittenhouse shot in the right bicep, the close up video clearly shows Grosskreutz pulling out a pistol and starting to aim it at Rittenhouses head as he sat on the street after being kicked in the head. Rittenhouse then raises his weapon and shoots Grosskreutz in the arm. Grosskreutz is later heard stating to his friend at the hospital, "The only regret I have is I wasn't able to pull the trigger and kill him." So, the boy had every right to defend himself in that case.

Rittenhouse was not in WI because he was "shipped in from Illinois" as some of the media is claiming. He was there as a volunteer local pool lifeguard that day while being part of a volunteer group who had come to help clean up grafitti that was created by the protests. Also, he did not bring the gun with him across state lines, a gentleman who owned a gas station a couple auto "shops" had put out a call (how it was not clear) that he needed help to stop protesters from vandalizing what was left of his property, so Rittenhouse and his friend attained weapons and went to help the business owner protect his shops, while offering first aid to anyone who needed it. Where he got the guns from, it did not say.

Now, I don't know what the laws on guns are in WI and honestly, I'm still pretty meh on the idea of some random 17 year old heading towards a potentially dangerous situation with heightened emotions, while carrying a loaded automatic weapon, but the facts I found clearly would get him off from, "first degree murder with intent" charges, which is what the DA filed on two of the counts.

Yes the DA is over-prosecuting in the hopes of making the riots go away,

And that will never appease them.

Even if the guy was convicted on both counts of murder 1, the mob will still riot, because the goal of the rioters is not change, but destruction.

Destruction of society, destruction of norms, destruction of civility.

I missed this armchair detective work when you guys acquit murderers based on feels. I really liked the "make the riots go away" claim, no one in Kenosha has been rioting since this kid murdered those people. The Democrat governor called the National Guard in on Day 2 and that was pretty much it for the riots. Now if the DA comes out and clears the cop that shot Blake 7 times in the back at point blank range, I'm sure the riots will intensify. But no one was out there protesting because of Rittenhouse in the first place.

I really liked the "make the riots go away" claim, no one in Kenosha has been rioting since this kid murdered those people.

So you want me to link the sources to you can just discredit them or ignore them anyhow? You're not worth it, do your own research.

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Viciouss said: »
I missed this armchair detective work when you guys acquit murderers based on feels.

I missed this armchair detective work when you guys acquit murderers based on feels.

Not everything is a binary argument between two extremes.

Except to a hyper-partisan like Vic.

Lol, is this your new buzzword? Let me guess, you are pretending you aren't a "hyper partisan?" That's pretty funny.

the kid wouldn't be there if there weren't riots in the first place