Rittenhouse Trial: Calling Res Ipsa

[canpakes]

He was seen on multiple videos trotting around with his AR in hand, not in his BP sling.

Link us to one, please.

Kukulkan’s link from earlier shows several snips.

[ajax18]

Does anyone else find it odd that the people protesting the Rittenhouse verdict are carrying rifles?

[Dr. Shades]

That's only because none of them were pursued by Rosenbaum. Did you truly not catch that little detail?

What difference would it have made if he hadn’t?

The difference is that Rosenbaum wouldn't have gotten himself shot.

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[canpakes]

What difference would it have made if he hadn’t?

The difference is that Rosenbaum wouldn't have gotten himself shot.

Sure. And if Rittenhouse had kept his rifle in the sling, or stayed around the folks that he was near, or with anyone else he came with, or not run off to try to dodge Rosenbaum between parked cars, or had decided instead to land his AR butt against Rosenbaum’s head, or fired a warning shot, etc., he may or may not have needed to shoot Rosenbaum.

Likewise, if he had peeled off his shirt, let out a war cry, and pointed his AR at folks and/or Rosenbaum, he may or may not have needed to shoot Rosenbaum.

For the life of me, I can’t figure out why he did what he did when Rosenbaum threw the plastic bag at him.

So many choices. Some of them were better than others.

[canpakes]

Blargh! Pussy! Nephites!

[K Graham]

JFC, 115 pages and all we've learned is that the "alpha" turned out to be a pussy.

[Dr. Shades]

By the LACK OF people trying to grab your gun from you, kicking you in the face, bashing your head with a skateboard, and trying to shoot you.

Aside from someone who had knocked his cap off, no one had done any of those things to Rittenhouse at the point of time where Rittenhouse ended up tripping, righted himself and aimed at folks around him.

Correct. He didn't shoot at them until AFTER they attacked him. Thus making it necessary for him to defend himself.

No, I wouldn't. Neither did Kyle Rittenhouse. He ran away from a riot. It wasn't his fault the rioters caught up to him.

let me guess, you think he just re-spawned there with an assault rifle, and then thought to himself, "oh jeez I better run away?"

Come on shades. You're not that stupid.

I'm just going by the camera footage. Did you see something other than him running away from one or more rioters?

[K Graham]

Aside from someone who had knocked his cap off, no one had done any of those things to Rittenhouse at the point of time where Rittenhouse ended up tripping, righted himself and aimed at folks around him.

Correct. He didn't shoot at them until AFTER they attacked him. Thus making it necessary for him to defend himself.

Well for me... if someone points a rifle at me or any of my family members, I will retaliate physically as soon as I had an opening. I wouldn't kill him, probably just break his trigger finger.