I watched (listened) to some of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial this past week. What should be a straightforward question, whether Rittenhouse was justified in using lethal force against people attacking him, has turned into a smorgasbord of stupidity.
With the amount of video evidence made available in one of the three shootings, I find it very hard to understand why this case was even taken to trial. From the video I saw that was presented in court, it was crystal clear to me Rittenhouse did not instigate any of the interactions with of the three people he shot. Far from it. He was running away from the people who wanted to do him harm, and they were chasing after him.
I have a hard time relating to Rittenhouse. Not because he shot and killed two people and wounded a third, who were chasing and attacking him. That I get. If someone is attempting to kill me and I have a rifle in my hands, I’m going to shoot them.
Why would anyone choose to go to a riot?
What I can’t relate to is Rittenhouse being in Kenosha that night at all. I don’t understand why anyone would choose to be somewhere where I know riots are taking place. That I don’t get: I will never understand the motivation of someone who decides to be at ground zero of an active riot.
That is just beyond stupid.
I don’t find fault with 17-year-old Rittenhouse possessing a rifle. Under Wisconsin law, you must be 18 to have a rifle. I think that became a moot point when he was charged as an adult. Either he’s an adult or he’s not. I think it’s pathetic to charge someone as an adult and then also charge them with a crime based solely on the fact that they technically were not an adult.
Rittenhouse is just a dumb person, but he’s not the only one. There were at least three people dumber than him: the three men he shot. What kind of idiot chases someone armed with an AR-15 with a 30-round magazine? I’m not a gambling man, but that’s like going all in at the poker table against someone showing you they have four aces. Holding four aces is good. Right?
I honestly have no idea how this court case will end. I don’t think there’s a threat of riots if the case doesn’t end the way the angry mob wants. That hasn’t been the case in other recent court cases. There was a recent court case in which I felt that if the jury didn’t return a guilty verdict, every juror would have their home burned to the ground. Luckily, the jury returned the verdict the mob wanted.
If Rittenhouse does go free, the first thing he needs to do is find different role models. Every adult in his life has failed him in astronomical proportions.
Update
Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges yesterday, November 19. The jury verdict affirms that Americans have a right to defend themselves against lethal threats, OR America is a white supremacist country basking in unfiltered white supremacy. The fact that Rittenhouse’s victims were white doesn’t change the fact that America is the most racist country in the world, except, of course, every other country.
