I know this is armchair quarterbacking but, it seems to me that two factors that cut against

[Atticus]

Rittenhouse have not been addressed in his trial.

First, he shot one Defendant four times in .76 seconds.

People TRAIN to fire in such bursts for combat or other situations where the shooter's life is at stake. Better to stop a threat with just one of 3 or 4 shots than miss with a single shot. There is no need to assess the necessity of each shot because the life-threatening circumstances justify "whatever it takes" to survive.

Second, once a person decides to fire in bursts, he has to PRACTICE in order to pull that trigger 4 times in .76 seconds.

IMHO, Rittenhouse was a 17 year old Rambo-wannabe who did just what he had fantasized about and trained for.

[Bettie]

1. I'm betting the judge disallowed any discussion of such a thing

on the basis that it might upset poor little Kyle.

[world wide wally]

2. The long and short of it:

Rittenhouse shot an unarmed man 4 times and killed him.

[BlackSkimmer]

4. Two men.

And wounded a third.

[BlackSkimmer]

3. Are you not watching?

The prosecutor just spent a bit of time discussion that very thing.

[Atticus]

5. If that is so, I apologize. I saw part, but not all of the prosecutor's closing. nt