Because it was a clear case of self-defense most likely. The defence has cucked things up quite a bit too, but the video and testimony largely make their case for them
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Unfortunately there is likely bias in the jury. It will most likely be appealed no matter what the verdict
He was actually in a group to begin with. Trying to stop a local business from being looted and burned down. Because the fucks calling these peaceful protests were also calling for the defunding of the police, and the police were doing fuck all to help these businesses.
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But I'm sure you'd just stand there twiddling your thumbs if someone came near your property shrieking that they have the right to burn it down because a black guy you never met got killed somewhere.
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And he was "running around" putting out fires and offering medical aid. When he came near this group he said "friendly friendly" and iirc his hands were not on his rifle
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One of these men threatened him and a member of his group with death if he ever caught them alone.
And then, later in the evening, he did come at Kyle when Kyle was alone.
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And between chasing Kyle down, waiting to ambush him, attempting to take his gun, attempting to kick his head in again the concrete, attempting to shoot at or near him, attempting to Smash his head in with a skateboard, preventing his retreat to the police... three adult men were injured.
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Oh, and one of the felons had an illegal gun, too. But unlike Kyle he didn't have it out in the open to begin with.
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Why does Kyle having a gun excuse this behavior in your eyes? Why do you feel so justified blaming him?
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The mere crime of possessing a gun excuses some insane things in your dystopian reality
I love your all riled up replies. What did his parents say? Hell yeah go show them bastards.
You still haven't explained the difference between running in the streets with a semi automatic rifle and running around a school with a riffle.
No I didn't explain that because it's a comparison so obscenely stupid that I'm genuinely surprised the prosecution didn't think to use it, and I half think you should suggest it to them to use in closing arguements
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But I'll save my full reply until you give cake your answer to his question. Assuming you actually will.
You take a stance and then refuse to defend it, but are perfectly content condemning a 17 year old over that stance.
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Remind me to submit this comment chain to websters so they can update the definition of pathetic.
Nice try.
Why try to defend my and million's of other different opinions, the 3 of you won't back down on your opinions so why try?
Pathetic ? Maybe, that's your opinion too.
You and everyone else all know it was his choice to be out that night.
If he wasn't out there - he would not be close to going to prison.
Alone, with others, defending property or just looking for a thrill.
It was his decision to go out that night and his decision alone.
Yet Rosenbaum's decision to attack him is immaterial? You're the least consistent person I've ever met. Try contemplating why you're villifying someone who defended their own life and maybe contemplate why it's okay for you to defend yourself but Kyle Rittenhouse can't.
Of course he has every right to defend him self. It was his decision to put himself in that position. Im not vilifying him. I'm saying it was a poor decision to be out there that night, regardless of how the night ended up.
I'm also not defending myself against any of you, I've lost count on how many Trumpers are in here. I'm giving my opinion just the same as all of you.
Like it or not you will hear my opinion again. Maybe one day I'll have a star next to my name.
This conversation literally has nothing to do with Trump? And, I can't speak for the others, but I literally don't support nor like Trump, you weirdo.
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And if you were truly here to "give an opinion," you stated a fact.
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"Kyle was running around alone in a large group of people." Factually incorrect. He did not start alone. He was later separated, in part by the shenanigans of the people who had threatened to kill him. Not everyone is content to leave kitty geneviese to blood to death on the sidewalk
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I pointed this out.
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Your next comment was also not "an opinion" it was a challenge. You said flat out that I still have not explained a comparison YOU personally seem to have felt is relevant [the difference between carrying a gun on a street and bringing a weapon into a school with the intent to kill].
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Cake then asked you if you believed these two issues were the same
YOU then refused to answer his question and then attempted to gaslight as if it was EVERYONE else being unreasonable - and for no other reason than you believe we support trump. What?
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What goblin road bigoted logic lead you to that conclusion?
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I'm very set in my opinion on this because 1) I've clearly been following the case better than you, and 2) I don't hold your belief (one you refuse to defend) that possession of a weapon automatically means anyone in the vicinity has the right to attack you.
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You have offered absolutely nothing remotely supporting your claim that it should.
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And you also refuse to do so.
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Perhaps the issue isn't the imagined political affiliation of your opponents, or our resolution in our stance. Perhaps it is the weakness of your own position that you find so abhorrent.
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Unfortunately there is likely bias in the jury. It will most likely be appealed no matter what the verdict
.
But I'm sure you'd just stand there twiddling your thumbs if someone came near your property shrieking that they have the right to burn it down because a black guy you never met got killed somewhere.
.
And he was "running around" putting out fires and offering medical aid. When he came near this group he said "friendly friendly" and iirc his hands were not on his rifle
.
One of these men threatened him and a member of his group with death if he ever caught them alone.
.
And between chasing Kyle down, waiting to ambush him, attempting to take his gun, attempting to kick his head in again the concrete, attempting to shoot at or near him, attempting to Smash his head in with a skateboard, preventing his retreat to the police... three adult men were injured.
.
Oh, and one of the felons had an illegal gun, too. But unlike Kyle he didn't have it out in the open to begin with.
.
Why does Kyle having a gun excuse this behavior in your eyes? Why do you feel so justified blaming him?
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The mere crime of possessing a gun excuses some insane things in your dystopian reality
You still haven't explained the difference between running in the streets with a semi automatic rifle and running around a school with a riffle.
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But I'll save my full reply until you give cake your answer to his question. Assuming you actually will.
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Remind me to submit this comment chain to websters so they can update the definition of pathetic.
Why try to defend my and million's of other different opinions, the 3 of you won't back down on your opinions so why try?
Pathetic ? Maybe, that's your opinion too.
You and everyone else all know it was his choice to be out that night.
If he wasn't out there - he would not be close to going to prison.
Alone, with others, defending property or just looking for a thrill.
It was his decision to go out that night and his decision alone.
I'm also not defending myself against any of you, I've lost count on how many Trumpers are in here. I'm giving my opinion just the same as all of you.
Like it or not you will hear my opinion again. Maybe one day I'll have a star next to my name.
.
And if you were truly here to "give an opinion," you stated a fact.
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"Kyle was running around alone in a large group of people." Factually incorrect. He did not start alone. He was later separated, in part by the shenanigans of the people who had threatened to kill him. Not everyone is content to leave kitty geneviese to blood to death on the sidewalk
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I pointed this out.
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Your next comment was also not "an opinion" it was a challenge. You said flat out that I still have not explained a comparison YOU personally seem to have felt is relevant [the difference between carrying a gun on a street and bringing a weapon into a school with the intent to kill].
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Cake then asked you if you believed these two issues were the same
.
What goblin road bigoted logic lead you to that conclusion?
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I'm very set in my opinion on this because 1) I've clearly been following the case better than you, and 2) I don't hold your belief (one you refuse to defend) that possession of a weapon automatically means anyone in the vicinity has the right to attack you.
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You have offered absolutely nothing remotely supporting your claim that it should.
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And you also refuse to do so.
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Perhaps the issue isn't the imagined political affiliation of your opponents, or our resolution in our stance. Perhaps it is the weakness of your own position that you find so abhorrent.