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In reply to the discussion: The Rittenhouse verdict should not have been a surprise [View all]pinkstarburst
(1,329 posts)This is the problem I have with this argument. I think Rittenhouse is a gun loving nut who was bat-sh*t crazy for being at a riot after midnight with a bunch of other loons who were crazy and looking for trouble.
The problem is, it is unfair to expect the jury to decree that Kyle Rittenhouse's reasons for being there are bad, but the thousands of other crazies out there that night had a good reason for rioting in the streets of Kenosha with guns. No one, not one single person should have been there. Especially not with a gun.
A protest is something you do during the daylight hours, standing in front of your local courthouse, carrying posterboard that talks about your issues.
When it's past midnight, and you're looting and breaking into buildings and running around in the streets carrying guns... that's a riot. And not one single person there had a valid reason to be there. Not one of the people who was killed. Not Kyle Rittenhouse. Not a single one.