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Ocelot II

(115,858 posts)
1. So what happened? I don't want to waste time watching an overhyped RHQ video.
Mon Nov 15, 2021, 04:10 PM
Nov 2021

It's almost certainly nothing like the usual tendentious headline.

femmedem

(8,207 posts)
4. The legal analyst believes that eliminating the weapons charge makes conviction more likely.
Mon Nov 15, 2021, 04:24 PM
Nov 2021

She says that because there's no option for the jury to convict on a relatively minor charge, they're more likely to convict him on something more serious than to let him walk completely.

I admit I'm not as optimistic as she is.

Hav

(5,969 posts)
5. The argument of that video is that the dropped gun charge
Mon Nov 15, 2021, 04:24 PM
Nov 2021

makes it for some bizarre reason more likely that he'll be found guilty of the more severe charges (because there aren't any small charges left) and he'll have less arguments in an appeal...That is what this "legal analyst" claimed. I'm an atheist but damn, may God have mercy with us.

erronis

(15,335 posts)
3. Fortunately the RHQ videos are still easy to spot without wasting my time and bandwidth.
Mon Nov 15, 2021, 04:14 PM
Nov 2021

They may have some good segments but I've seen too many that are just rehashes with their own pfluffery.

Moostache

(9,897 posts)
7. Prepare yourselves in advance...then it won't be a shock.
Mon Nov 15, 2021, 04:54 PM
Nov 2021

That filthy little perverted mongrel is going to walk on all charges.
This country's gun laws and protections against being shot to death by any gun owner are laughably poor when it comes to enforcement.

Just like Zimmerman before him, this hideous punk piece of shit Rittenhouse is going to get off scot-free.

Stuart G

(38,448 posts)
9. NO, He Will Not Walk...Guilty of Murder.. Why? The Jury Will Decide This...
Mon Nov 15, 2021, 05:49 PM
Nov 2021

.....Rittenhouse will got get off ....."scot-free"...Rest of his life in prison......Because the evidence is very clear..

Rittenhouse went somewhere he should not have gone, with a loaded gun, and killed 2 people..Is that correct?
He was observed by many, and his defense is weak. The facts are so obvious to all..Going somewhere with a
loaded gun and killing people is what this is about. Why did Rittenhouse go? That is all there is to say..

The jury will see through all the BS.. And there will be a conviction..

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
10. From your keyboard
Mon Nov 15, 2021, 05:58 PM
Nov 2021

to the ears of the universe. Please let it be so. I'm afraid to hope at this point.

Moostache

(9,897 posts)
11. Two words haunt my mind here...
Mon Nov 15, 2021, 06:57 PM
Nov 2021

George
Zimmerman

One other phrase makes me sick to my stomach: "Sandy Hook Elementary School - 20 dead babies, 0 gun laws or new requirements passed. Zero."

I truly hope Rittenhouse goes inside for the hardest time possible. He needs to be made an example of to prevent the guns free-for-all nonsense in this nation. But the gun nuts and right wing have become symbiotic in ways that would make a Lamprey blush.

I fear that the judge will create a mistrial and that Rittenhouse will escape justice. I hope I'm waaaaay off though.

OldkySoul

(38 posts)
14. The jury may
Mon Nov 15, 2021, 10:04 PM
Nov 2021

find him guilty but this ole judge will be doing the sentencing....and from what a lot of us have seen & heard....he's off his nut.

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