why wouldn't that follow for RW judges too? You'd think their JUDGES would have some smarts, but, nah.

Just because you got a degree don't mean you're gonna do the right thing.

Gross generalization over.

Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)

4. Matt Gaetz tweets not guilty just cuz kyle.cries

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 05:34 PM

Nov 2021

Twitterverse sets him straight

Link to tweet

Initech

(109,267 posts)

5. He had guns and he was looking for an excuse to use them.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 05:35 PM

Nov 2021

What's so hard about this to understand?

sop

(19,316 posts)

7. That's it.

Reply to Initech (Reply #5)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 05:47 PM

Nov 2021

He and his gun-loving friends showed up, paraded around with AR15s and provoked the crowd by pointing their weapons at them. All this stuff about self defense is nonsense.

JustAnotherGen

(38,109 posts)

14. The fix is in

Reply to Initech (Reply #5)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 06:42 PM

Nov 2021

He had guns, is a white male who associates with the Proud Boys - and that makes all of this okay.

Initech

(109,267 posts)

15. And has a MAGA judge on his side.

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #14)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 06:45 PM

Nov 2021

This is going to open up a can of worms that should remain closed, sealed, and hurled into the sun.

JustAnotherGen

(38,109 posts)

6. I'm not surprised by any of this

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 05:37 PM

Nov 2021

Very disheartening.

If I showed up with a gun at a Unite the Right rally - I would be thrown in jail. Wouldn't get the chance to shoot.

What's so 'special' about this man? He's not a kid. Tamir Rice was a KID. This is an evil malcontent.

Delphinus

(12,557 posts)

9. Great description.

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #6)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 05:49 PM

Nov 2021

Evil malcontent.

jimfields33

(19,382 posts)

10. He was a kid when the event occurred.

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #6)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 06:04 PM

Nov 2021

JustAnotherGen

(38,109 posts)

13. He was 17

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #10)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 06:39 PM

Nov 2021

Trayvon was 17 - and described by people of Rittenhouse's ilk as a Man. A threatening man.

I want the same treatment - black or white.

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

8. Rittenhouse is no different than most gun-toters. He's racist, hopes to be a Hero, worships gunz,

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 05:48 PM

Nov 2021

straps his gun on looking for an excuse to shoot someone, etc.

The public officials that allow people to carry gunz at a protest, should be on trial to. Assume that's Wisconsin law.

MagickMuffin

(18,362 posts)

11. WTF ever: judge "We need to pick up the pace!" This is a trial not a TV show

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Nov 10, 2021, 06:05 PM

Nov 2021

Although the judge seems to think it is and this is his audition.

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