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I watched the videos available, and in no way could I see that the first shooting was done in any way as self defense. He shot a dude in the head after a plastic bag was thrown at him. Then he killed one more after people tried to stop him. Did I see that wrong?
RockRaven
(14,966 posts)But RWNJs and gun-humpers are saying things like "he defended himself from a lynching at the hands of violent looters" and the like.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)That looks like someone looking to kill somebody.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Johonny
(20,851 posts)allowed to have to a protest with the intention of stopping the protestors.
He will claim self defense and rely on his white privilege and age to escape jail time. Also he will likely become a cult hero to the sick diseased MAGA crowd.
How all that works out for him, I don't know. I know how it worked out for the two people dead. People that didn't have to die had the shooter followed the law and basic common sense. He is a murderer every bit as a man that shouts fire in a crowd.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)it wouldn't have happened if people had followed the curfew.
All right wing excuses and distraction.
enough
(13,259 posts)in self defense. If you happen to kill a black person, thats extra credit. I dont mean this as sarcasm.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)A guy can be menacing you with a gun. If you dont make a clear effort to retreat, he can shoot you dead and claim self defense under the Stand Your Ground law. The law in fucking insane. Fortunately, out of our 21 million people, close to 20,990 people are sane enough to not murder someone simply for not running away from them when they pull a gun.
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,344 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)He crossed state lines with a gun and was wearing gloves. He was out to kill.
Bettie
(16,108 posts)so, no, it wasn't self defense.
But you can bet the cops are helping him concoct some kind of story to make him the victim and the poor little boy who will have to be tried as a juvenile and his record gone when he hits 18.
JHB
(37,160 posts)ornotna
(10,801 posts)boguspotus
(286 posts)Compilation of videos of it all (so far).
Warning: Graphic.
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Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)Mister Ed
(5,932 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,767 posts)Turbineguy
(37,329 posts)he even traveled from Illinois in self-defense.
jorgevlorgan
(8,292 posts)Happy Hoosier
(7,308 posts)And he did.
Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)Chainfire
(17,538 posts)It will get worse before it gets better. His actions will embolden other wanna be "heroes."
BGBD
(3,282 posts)real badasses when they have ARs and everybody else has water bottles and skateboards.
I suggest if you plan on going out to protest, carry a gun of your own.
Seems if you have a gun the cops give you water instead of tear gas.
jorgevlorgan
(8,292 posts)Sounds good to me
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)... about what lead up to the first shooting.
Earlier videos, prior to the shootings, showed him with other armed white guys. What happened to them? Why weren't they shooting people? Why wasn't some protestor pursuing them?
The right-wingers defending him are often claiming the white protestor seen chasing him threw a Molotov cocktail at the young idiot. It didn't look that way to me! Don't know exactly what it was.
And Rittenhouse fired his gun 8 freakin' times during that encounter, by my count!
Iggo
(47,552 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Rittenhouse, crossed the Wisconsin Illinois border, in illegal possession of a long gun, to kill two people in self defense ?
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213980432