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In reply to the discussion: The Rittenhouse verdict should not have been a surprise [View all]Tommy Carcetti
(43,238 posts)78. Two of the guys he shot came after him after he had shot somebody else.
And the first guy threw a plastic bag. Or maybe reached for Rittenhouse's gun, we're told.
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And why Grosskreutz aimed his gun, but didn't fire, at a man who also had a gun, I will never know.
Steelrolled
Nov 2021
#124
Was he charged with a curfew violation? In any event, a curfew violation does not legally
kelly1mm
Nov 2021
#9
Charge was dismissed because the prosecution couldn't be bothered to prove it
DetroitLegalBeagle
Nov 2021
#27
The judge decided a number of very important things in favor of the prosecution.
Calista241
Nov 2021
#179
Rittenhouse is like Harry Mudd navigating the bar fight in The Trouble with Tribbles
localroger
Nov 2021
#53
I'm sorry, but you've got one giant crater-sized logical hole in your analysis.
Tommy Carcetti
Nov 2021
#43
You claim he retreated, and next then you say "After shooting Rosenbaum..."
Tommy Carcetti
Nov 2021
#62
And head to head, someone with an AR-15 (or any gun for that matter) versus...
Tommy Carcetti
Nov 2021
#130
My argument is that if hands & feet kill more people then they are more dangerous statistically
EX500rider
Nov 2021
#131
If your chances of being killed by a object are higher then it is more dangerous to you...
EX500rider
Nov 2021
#165
Thank you for taking the time to spell out, yet again, some basics re this case
Devil Child
Nov 2021
#48
Huber was trying to stop a fleeing active shooter. Doing what the police failed to do.
Progressive Jones
Nov 2021
#148
Um... No, citizens aren't "Supposed" to chase down a fleeing suspect, no.
Decoy of Fenris
Nov 2021
#159
Yep, I agree. The jury got it right based on the facts and evidence presented in the trial.
Jedi Guy
Nov 2021
#69
So the jurors are Nazis because they didn't return the verdict you wanted? Really? N/T
Jedi Guy
Nov 2021
#133
So, in your mind, the jurors were nazi's for following the law as written in WI.
MarineCombatEngineer
Nov 2021
#186
I'm never surprised when a tRumv lovin fascist judge helps a fascist shooter go free.
yaesu
Nov 2021
#96
I'm actually more surprised people genuinely thought he'd be convicted.
Decoy of Fenris
Nov 2021
#119
You're "ok" that the tRumpy judge tried his best to get an acquittal for a fellow fascist?
yaesu
Nov 2021
#139
Has anyone figured out why they stated chasing Rittenhouse in the first place?
ripcord
Nov 2021
#145
Rittenhouse extinguished a fire set by Rosenbaum in a dumpster being pushed down the street
Devil Child
Nov 2021
#149
I find it hard to believe this whole thing started because Rittenhouse stopped an arson
ripcord
Nov 2021
#156