This was not the american judicial system in a sorry state. This was the judicial system showing that it works, flaws and all. It is et up to give the accused a fair trial in front of a jury of his peers. Rittenhouse got a fair trial in front of a jry of his peers. This is not a scandal. It is just the far left bully mob trying to make up it's own laws and throw its weight around to implement them to get the verdict they wanted. Based on the evidence and testimony presented at this trial, the verdict was just. It sent a message to the far left bully mob that mob rule is not the law of the land.
Also, how can it be a racist verdict when it is a white on white incident? That is a complete lie.
The part of this I'm struggling to wrap my head around isn't the actual events in Kenosha...I mean if the jury thinks it's self defense and the trial was conducted in a way where there won't be an appeal by the prosecution then fine. It sounds based on what I've ready it was a shaky case in that regard from the start.
HOWEVER...you have a kid who expressed a desire to shoot people who then went out of his way to illegally obtain a gun (per federal law) and then put himself in a place where he then got to shoot people. He then fled the scene and delayed before turning himself in.
There are at least a handful of crimes in there - reckless endangerment, fleeing a scene of a crime, illegally obtaining a weapon.
Since there are multiple states involved it could be those are federal charges which is why the state didn't press charges. And I'm concerned due to how political this has gotten the federal charges won't come to avoid the perception of politicization of the law.
But one thing is clear -- even if Rittenhouse is not guilty by the letter of the law the dude's conduct was shady as hell and he's got some serious judgment, if not mental issues. And for the right wing to lift him up as some sort of star and offer him jobs in government because he killed people and got away with it says way more about the current state of the right wing.
At the end of the day there are a lot of right wingers who just want to hurt the left -- up to and including kill them apparently.
His defense lawyer aka the judge made it so that the case was only limited to the events of that night anything relating to his state of mind before and after was not allowed. Therefore the video of him saying he wants to shoot people or him going out partying with white supremacists while wearing a free as fuck T-shirt weren't part of the trial. I don't think any of them would do anything but laugh at his fake crying after watching video of him partying it up with the proud boys.
The whole world also listened to repeated lies on the case. That's great for influencing political propaganda, but in a court room, the defense has the ability to present facts. Unless you want to institute fascism, your never going to get 12 random jurors to unanimously agree 1+1=3. There will always be one juror that refuses.
Do I need to list to you the number of times juries screwed up? everything plays a part in shaping the trial scope, quality of lawyers and judge. If you are poor and get a public defender who just had 10 seconds looking at your file good luck getting a not guilty verdict.
Mark Levin weighs in...
This is BEFORE the verdict, just to be clear.
Yeah -- it's definitely a grey area. If someone intentionally puts themselves in harms way with intentions of doing violence does self-defense still apply? Apparently the answer is yes. Which certainly creates some problematic outcomes for people itching to do violence but want cover to do so.
And I didn't even include his partying with white supremacists afterwards in my list of poor judgment.
And yet this is the kid the right wing wants to raise as a role model. What is happening?
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But we're talking about a gun, not a pack of cigarettes. The person supplying the cash should face consequences as well -- if nothing else being barred from owning firearms in the future.
“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”― Malcolm X
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IT took 24 hours because the far left bully mob tried to intimidate the jury by promising violence if there was an acquittal, The facts were clear. IT was cut and dry. THe extra time took were due to outside circumstances and taking time to ensure they didn't reach a hasty decision.
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