He’s definitely a murderer, so that’s a thing.
Mods deleted my comment on here ages ago for calling him a murderer. Doesn’t make it not true.
All of his shootings were legally self defense, and based on the evidence presented at trial the jury absolutely decided his case correctly. Grosskreutz will have a hard fight in his civil suit against Rittenhouse after admitting on the stand that he pointed his gun at Rittenhouse before Rittenhouse shot him. He might actually have an easier time against the city, county and police for not having sufficient police response to the previous shots fired.
Rittenhouse was also a complete and total idiot for being there in the first place, even more so for separating from his group, and he hasn’t demonstrated substantially better judgement any time since. Because he’s immensely, painfully stupid.
The only thing I don’t really get is why everyone seems so damned intent about spending time, attention and effort talking about him in the first place, regardless of what political side you’re on. I mean it’s weird they treated him like some kind of aspirational figure, it’s even more weird that they’re now accusing him of being trans as though that changes the value of anything he’s said before or since. But we really, really don’t need to give him any more of a spotlight than he already has.
All of his shootings were legally self defense
Not quite… The jury’s decision simply indicated that the prosecution did not meet their burden of proof, not that the defense’s position was accepted as fact. This is an important distinction.
… at trial the jury absolutely decided his case correctly.
Agreed, but keep in mind he was found to be not guilty, which is not the same thing as innocent.
Because he’s immensely, painfully stupid.
Immensely, painfully, and dangerously stupid.
But we really, really don’t need to give him any more of a spotlight than he already has.
Fair enough, but I think that this case should be taught in law school as an example of prosecutorial negligence in that if he were simply charged appropriately, 2nd degree non premeditated and/or manslaughter, he would be in prison now for a minimum of 15 years but probably closer to 25 years.
The choice to only charge 1st degree, which took on the burden of proving premeditation, was the biggest legal blunder of our time… worse than Alex Jones’s lawyer sending the full cell phone copy to the prosecutor, which was an absolute joy to watch live as it happened.
Fair enough, but I think that this case should be taught in law school as an example of prosecutorial negligence in that if he were simply charged appropriately, 2nd degree non premeditated and/or manslaughter, he would be in prison now for a minimum of 15 years but probably closer to 25 years.
The choice to only charge 1st degree, which took on the burden of proving premeditation, was the biggest legal blunder of our time… worse than Alex Jones’s lawyer sending the full cell phone copy to the prosecutor, which was an absolute joy to watch live as it happened.
You think? His defense was a pretty standard self defense argument. Or does having shown up to the general area at all remove his ability to claim self defense under those charges?
His defense was irrelevant because by only charging 1st degree, and not including the lesser charges, the prosecution took on the burden of proving premeditation, which was not possible to prove in this case.
Even if they were able to admit the evidence that KR had talked about his desire to kill protesters only weeks earlier, the prosecution would still have had trouble proving premeditation beyond a reasonable doubt given this heresy evidence alone.
He was found not guilty because the premeditation was not established beyond a reasonable doubt.
The self defense argument only would have been relevant if he had been charged with 2nd degree murder, reckless homicide, or manslaughter.
In the case of reckless homicide, his self defense argument would have failed due to the fact that a reasonable person would have known that bringing a loaded rifle into the middle of an unpredictable and potentially volatile situation would have the potential of resulting in death.
His unjustified and inappropriate presence that night instigated the conflict, and but for the fact that he was incorrectly charged, he would be in jail now.
Keep in mind that the verdict only establishes that the prosecution did not meet their burden of proof, not that the jury believed the self defense story.
Somehow this is a controversial opinion in America.
somewhere in America a far right person is gritting their teeth babbling something about ‘antifa’
Legally speaking, it’s a factually incorrect opinion. So if course it’s going to be controversial. I’m not sure why you’re surprised.
That’s because so many governors have made hunting liberal protesters legal. It’ll be federally legalized if not mandated if Trump gets back in.
He was literally acquitted by a jury of his peers of murder. Regardless of how you feel about it, it’s shocking that one would be surprised some people think he isn’t guilty.
He wasn’t charged correctly.
Had he been charged with 2nd degree murder he would have been convicted.
The jury was given instructions that they could also convict him of second degree murder.(Edit) I take this back, I searched my source and I confused the prosecution requesting it, but it was denied by the judge.
Since when do Juries get to take the prosecutor’s job?
It’s pretty standard for juries to be instructed that they can find someone guilty of a lesser charge. Not sure when this became common practice.
I watched every moment of the trial including the jury instructions. You are spreading false information. Please check your sources.
You’re right, I searched my source and found that they requested it, but the judge denied it. I’ll edit my post.
Good job, we need more people like you, people who value the truth.
He was never prosecuted for the most blatant murder.
Which one? What charges should have been brought and what evidence do you have?
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Why are you so angry? Like every other comment you write -to the most benign questions too- is just vitriolic anger.
Why?
Leftism can also be cult like, as evidenced by this comment. Someone who doesn’t know the narrative on Rittenhouse is not part of the in-group, therefore even people politely requesting info are Outsiders to be shunned.
It’s such a perfect example of a purity test. Say the right thing, or be cast out.
Under different circumstances, you would be MAGA. I’m glad you’re using your awful mindset in the benefit of good things, but it still grosses me out that people like you exist.
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Lol hilarious.
I don’t like the guy, he is an idiot who shouldn’t have been there and he’s proven since then that he’s just a piece of shit.
The difference between you and me is that I am able, at least in this case, to put my opinion of someone and my political beliefs aside and objectively look at the facts.
“Don’t be so open minded your brain falls out of your head.”
Yes, he managed to engineer a situation in which everyone involved could kill the other person and claim self defense. While it gave him a legal defense for shooting someone, that doesn’t change the fact that he went there in the first place to shoot someone.
I can acknowledge the court case, not disagree with the decision, and still call Rytenhouse a murderer because his reason for being there is pretty fucking obvious even if impossible to “prove” in court.
and still call Rytenhouse a murderer because his reason for being there is pretty fucking obvious even if impossible to “prove” in court.
Of course you are free to your opinion. But I was responding to someone who is surprised that anyone could consider him not a murderer. You are admitting that it might even be impossible to prove in a court of law, and he was acquitted, so I would think you might also agree how someone might believe he is not a murderer.
And I was responding to someone who seemed to believe they were above other people in their ability to “put their political beliefs aside,” and seems to believe it’s impossible for someone to look at the facts presented and condemn Rittenhouse without it being political.
He obviously went there looking for trouble. What Rittenhouse did in response to other people’s unlawful actions was deemed lawful by a court. There’s not much more to it besides the cases hyper politicisation. For some reason (riots) it became left vs right. If you remove the politics, it’s just some idiot who knowingly went into a dangerous situation - then some other idiots attacked him, one even had a gun pointed at him, this is worse than Rittenhouse simply carrying a gun. It seemed like a dumb case for the left to get behind - nearly nothing about Rittenhouse’s attackers were discussed in the media. It was solely focused on Rittenhouse and his stupidity. Not what whether or not his attackers also did something wrong. Which they did according to a court.
If you remove the politics, it’s just some idiot who knowingly went into a dangerous situation
Yes. I’m not calling him a murderer because Republicans have rallied around him, or because of what the protest was about.
Remove the politics and I’m still calling him a murderer because he knowingly put himself in a dangerous situation with the intent of shooting people in order to protect property that wasn’t even his, because it is appropriate to take lives to protect property. It is not appropriate to damage property to protect lives.
So it just means “bad” now
Always has been. If you’re not “default man”, you’re bad and deserve to be treated like shit (according to traditionalist ‘thinking’).
Default man:
- man (cis)
- hetero
- light-skinned, preferably blonde and with blue eyes
- the right kind of Christian
- carnivore or at least very into eating beef
- has great job where he gets paid a lot for doing very little (deservedly so, unlike the others) or is a company owner
- has a Christian harem with 1 wife, several girlfriends, and shares a few prostitutes (age not disclosed) with other default men
- drives a truck shaped limousine, walks less than 700 steps every day
- would wear cowboy hat if it was easy to wear it indoors / in car
Sound like you’re making up stories
I don’t have the writing talent to compete with the dystopian reality.
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Damn, I’m no default man. 4/9 is a fail.
They just use that word for anything they don’t like.
“Man that call the ref made at the end of the basketball game was really freaking transgender”
It’s like calling something gay in 2006
To them, it always has.
Let’s lean into it with AI images of his Mona Lisa smiling ass hella drag-ed out!
Calling somebody a member of any “other” group is an insult in that world. And sometimes just empathizing with that out-group is enough to get you lumped in with them.
Calling somebody a member of any “other” group is an insult in that world
Which is why they’re losing their goddamned minds when people point out how weird they are
He should go cry harder.
When you shit your pants and then you get a whiff
very normal people
🤣🤣
Dear Lord!
Republicans: “I don’t like what you’re saying therefore you’re a transgender”
LOL they thought being a transgender is some kind of insults? 🤣
Surprised? These are people who will call you gay or a woman as an insult. Anything feminine that is not actively producing babies is an affront to their snowflake sensibilities.
Nobody cares about this dude tbh 😂
Something something leopards and faces?
Fracture baby, fracture.
Keep on iminfighting.
Fine, as long as their fracture doesn’t break the rest of us.
Nah, I’ve been waiting for this for a while. The Republican party is a house divided against itself, with wealthy donors on one side and the culture warriors they depend on for electoral relevance on the other.
When they collapse, Democrats will face challengers from the left while they triangulate towards former Republican voters.
A Republican schism is just what the Green and Libertarian parties need.
If only they infought half as much as the left, the world would be a much better place.
Elroy Jetson looking mother fucker
That is truly hilarious.
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Ngl, taking a couple of casual transphobia pills along with your schadenfreude isn’t a good look.
Lookin at some of you, commenters.
Lemmy is fucking disgusting and toxic, full of truly awful people who happen to also usually be on the morally correct side of the issues. Never forget that.
Dude does look a little like a lady … sorta.
But seriously “transgendered psy-op and Sandy Hook crisis actor”?!? You can’t make this shit up. It’s like every day I’m reading /r/nottheonion.
These people would murder and eat their own children if they thought they weren’t MAGA enough. Totally not a cult /s
Well they already have the intelligence of fish, so why not behave like them too? Fanatics of all stripes have a proven track record of eating their own for the slightest infraction of the hive mind’s will. They’re a cult; if their insane Messiah told them to kill and eat their own children, I absolutely would not be surprised if some literally did exactly that.
The cracks are getting bigger.
I can’t wait. It’s getting good.
So weird
