(November 19, 2021 at 4:19 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote:(November 19, 2021 at 4:08 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Maybe this verdict will give some people pause to reflect on what the lying media said happened versus why the prosecution was not able to prove the charges against Rittenhouse.
I think the verdict was correct, given the evidence at trial and the law of the land.
Unfortunately, the law of the land is fucked up. It is designed to protect white vigilantes. Kyle should get years in jail just for being there with the AR15, but in the land of "guns have rights", any white person can open-carry anywhere without consequence, and confront anyone they don't like.
Once a confrontations starts, the gun-owner just has to say "they were going to kill me, so I had to shoot them".
In Kyle's case, one of the person may have wanted to do just that, and its very hard to prove they didn't (when they are dead).
In a sane country, the presence of the weapon should've been enough to get a conviction on something.
Interesting point. America's loopy gun culture is hard for an outsider to grasp.
Won't comment on the verdict. I try to avoid second guessing court verdicts. This one is interesting, but I wasn't there and do not have access to the evidence the jury had.