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ForgedCrank

(3,124 posts)
19. I get irritated a little when I see all the side arguments
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 10:32 PM
Nov 2021

regarding the behavioral history of anyone involved. I won't get into what I think of the guy who was convicted of molesting an underage child right here because it is irrelevant in the trial of Rittenhouse. The trial is about the defendant and his actions at that given time and place, not what unrelated acts a victim did the day or year before it happened. It would only be relevant if for example, Kyle Rittenhouse minor sister or cousin or something like that was the victim of the deceased. And regardless, none of those hypothetical conditions would warrant allowing someone to kill another human.
What Rittenhouse said about shooting shoplifters seems about as irrelevant as the victims criminal history. If he really was there to "shoot shoplifters", or looters, or anything like that, it was a rich target environment all night and he never did anything of that nature.
I know this is an unpopular opinion here, but I'm looking at it with all the honesty I can muster. It needs to be said that I'm most certainly not a Kyle Rittenhouse fan. In fact, he sounds like a real punk piece of shit based on some of the stuff I've seen about his character. I imagine the jury most likely saw things the same way, but were bound to the law and how it applies. I try to stay within the same realm of reason, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

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Oh man that is bad. applegrove Nov 2021 #1
Yea.... FarPoint Nov 2021 #2
Watch the judge get infuriated at the prosecutor... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #3
It was known that Rittenhouse made these remarks Hav Nov 2021 #5
I simply disagree with his ruling about propensity... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #14
The article is from three months ago. Sympthsical Nov 2021 #4
Thank you for taking the time to correct the record, again. n/t Devil Child Nov 2021 #6
The judge was slanted towards the pos. rockfordfile Nov 2021 #7
The criminal histories of the victims didn't come in either Sympthsical Nov 2021 #8
What shithole legal system lets a convicted child molester free to roam the streets? tenderfoot Nov 2021 #9
He served his sentence Sympthsical Nov 2021 #11
So he wasn't rehabilitated, continued hurting children and got what he deserved. tenderfoot Nov 2021 #15
I don't believe there are any pro-Rittenhouse among us. femmedem Nov 2021 #17
Many people have commented on Rosenbaum's criminal history - many of those posts were hidden tenderfoot Nov 2021 #18
I would beg to differ at least in a few cases MustLoveBeagles Nov 2021 #20
Generally evidence of other crimes or bad acts is kept out as more Tomconroy Nov 2021 #10
Ahh, thank you for the clarification Sympthsical Nov 2021 #12
Do you know people are writing about you? Tomconroy Nov 2021 #13
I get irritated a little when I see all the side arguments ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #19
Well said. n/t femmedem Nov 2021 #21
I thought it was relevant to demonstrate intent. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #24
I suppose that is ForgedCrank Nov 2021 #25
It's quite possible that the jury still would've acquitted... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2021 #27
out of those four people Skittles Nov 2021 #28
So did he say it or not? Kingofalldems Nov 2021 #22
Someone should ask the jurors NQAS Nov 2021 #16
Excellent post. Kingofalldems Nov 2021 #23
It's going to be Weepy Kyle Unchained for a few months. sop Nov 2021 #26
The boy ain't right! Mopar151 Nov 2021 #29
That's the CVS in Lindenhurst IL 7 minutes from where he lived in Antioch IL Bluethroughu Nov 2021 #30
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