Rittenhouse Trial: Calling Res Ipsa

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

There seem to be a lot of hot takes here without an understanding of the basic facts of the trial...

Half this thread is just bad faith posturing, and the other half are posters posting without having read and/or watched much of anything with regard to the trial. Basically it’s Twitter.

- Doc

[doubtingthomas]

You presented the scenario of it happening in school all the time.

And statistically who is more likely to seriously hurt a 17 year old? You need to give us a good reason to assume the three men were planning to seriously hurt Rittenhouse.

[Binger]

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[Kukulkan]

You presented the scenario of it happening in school all the time.

And statistically who is more likely to seriously hurt a 17 year old? You need to give us a good reason to assume the three men were planning to seriously hurt Rittenhouse.

Would attempting to kick someone in the head, hit them in the head with a skateboard, or point a gun at them count?

[doubtingthomas]

Hell no, doubtingthomas. One guy was offering Mr. Rittenhouse a plastic bag so he would not have to get another when he went shopping after the riots, one guy was lending him a skateboard so he could get to the police on time

A plastic bag and a skateboard? You have to be crapping me.

[Kukulkan]

There seem to be a lot of hot takes here without an understanding of the basic facts of the trial...

Half this thread is just bad faith posturing, and the other half are posters posting without having read and/or watched much of anything with regard to the trial. Basically it’s Twitter.

- Doc

I thought this place was my escape from Twitter.

[Binger]

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[Gadianton]

I want to be clear that this line of argument is poor. Once the events turned into a conflict, the reality of the law is Rittenhouse was justified in his actions as affirmed by a jury of his peers.

I think Canpake's point stands. While the trial itself was over K's actions, we can still think about the actions of others in the scenario. That K was justified in defending himself doesn't mean that others weren't justified in stopping what they perceived to be a threat to other people. Had G-G returned fire after getting shot and connected, would he have been prosecuted for defending himself from death?

Had a third party pulled and shot as K was shooting others, would the third party have certainly been convicted of murder? It would come down to how reasonable it was for others to claim they perceived K as a threat to the lives of themselves or others.

[Binger]

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[Tinfoilhat]

You presented the scenario of it happening in school all the time.

And statistically who is more likely to seriously hurt a 17 year old? You need to give us a good reason to assume the three men were planning to seriously hurt Rittenhouse.

Rosenbaum specifically targeted single mothers so he could anally rape their children. He was a vile man that hurt children. He was at the progressive riot looking for trouble and apparently he found the kind of trouble that shoots back.. Kyle was 100% correct to defend himself against the men that attacked him. Leave it to the progressives to defend child molesters and felons that burn down private businesses and “F” with other people's livelihoods. I swear you can't make this crap up!