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A gunman killed and injured protesters at a BLM march. Why did police blame the victims?
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2024
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Lumping together violent, opportunistic criminals like Rosenbaum with BLM is something I would expect of the right. Not everyone who shows up to a protest shares the cause. Some are there just to pick up new home furnishings. Some are there to watch the world burn.
The prosecutor's case failed because it is nothing but a compelling narrative, contradicted by hours of video evidence. You didn't watch much, if any of that video evidence. I did, and the jury did. Neither of us found the prosecutor's case particularly compelling.
LOL if I ever do that (vs portraying the view Rittenhouse would have been fed prior to his arrival) I hope someone calls me out on it.
The jury saw the video that was allowed to be shown. Don't believe this one was.
https://nypost.com/2021/08/20/kyle-rittenhouse-dreamed-about-shooting-people-days-before-kenosha-video/
I've seen it. From your link:
The presence of the weapon means this was not shoplifting. This was armed robbery. He witnessed an armed robbery in progress.
An armed robbery in progress is 1. Reasonably considered to be a 2. credible, 3. criminal, 4. imminent, 5. threat of death or grievous bodily harm to every person within range of the criminal's weapon. No lesser amount of force could reliably stop that threat, so lethal force was also 6. necessary for that threat to be stopped before the criminal wanted it to stop.
Are you aware of the criteria for "defense of others"? These armed robbers provided all 6 of the criteria necessary for anyone to fire on them until the threat they posed had ended.
That's not vigilantism. That video demonstrates he had a solid understanding of the laws governing use of lethal force in defense of self and others.
Welp, as I said you aren't going to change my mind, and I'm not interested in changing yours. I've already taken this discussion further than I would have liked, so good day to you, Sir or Madam.
It's clear that one of us doesn't understand self defense.
I think that everyone should be taught the laws governing the use of force, in high school, before anyone is old enough to legally acquire a firearm.
Everyone. Not just gun owners. I think everyone needs a consistent understanding, because there are obviously some major misconceptions in the public's current knowledge if half the general public thinks he's a murderer and half think he's completely exonerated.
Some show up with guns hoping for an opportunity to get away with murder, but those are just human lives, why care about them more than the precious home furnishings?
Wow you actually wasted time typing up a response