Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty

AMKC

I for one do not believe he shot them people out of self defence and never meant to kill them. I think he intended to kill them and thought he would get away with it. The Judge as well is a joke. What a very strange trial. Only in America.

Gatling

Just seen the video of the judge going after the prosecution ,it's a sham trial nothing more he's going to walk and be lauded as a hero

listermint

The youtube comments on it are a sight to behold.

I mean a kid gets dropped across state lines with semi automatic weapons by his mother and murders people this is classified as normal and he's lauded as a hero ......

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118148903#Comment_118148903

There are no victims, according to the judge.

Gatling

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118148923#Comment_118148923

Watch the judge in action everything is geared towards protecting him from being actually challenged

Judge gave the prosecutor a right dressing down: https://nypost.com/2021/11/10/judge-rips-kyle-rittenhouse-prosecutor-over-question/

The whole trial is a sham and reflects really badly on a system that allows that particular judge to preside over it. That kid was out to kill, if he didn't see the opportunity to do so that particular night then he would probably have settled some grudges at a school or got caught up in some other kind of domestic terrorism. His decision to hang out with white supremacists after the killings doesn't exactly underline his supposed innocence.

endacl

All nations produce some odious little sh1ts. The USA is the only one that produces odious little sh1ts who’s parents buy them assault weapons and drive them to the sh1tshow...

Danzy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058217407/anyone-here-see-the-fake-acting-by-kyle-rittenhouse-on-the-news

What you suppose isn't relevant to the trial.

They attackers fired first, he ended it.

That's the only context that matters, doesn't matter what Rittenhouse did earlier that day or that he shot a peado and a kidnapper.

The moment they went in "hot", he had a legal reason to stop them.

Fandymo

Kyle Rittenhouse is going to be a very rich man.

He was attacked and defended himself. There is no case against him. He only fired when in grave danger. He could have easily killed the third man too, but stopped once he was no longer a threat, same with the fourth guy who went to attack him and thought the better of it once the gun was on him. He backed up so wasn’t shot.

Gonna be a lot of upset lads in here when he walks free.

Simi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118148903#Comment_118148903

He is absolutely going to walk and become the conservative pundits new golden child. Can you imagine how different this would all be if the roles were reversed and one of his victims shot him. They wouldn't have made it off the street, let alone to trial.

Quantum Erasure

not following it, but any actual evidence ive heard seems like it was self defence... its been set up to stoke tensions, perfect for a few riots when the not guilty verdict comes in, (unless its declared a mistrial)

Quantum Erasure

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149002#Comment_118149002

why do you say that?

Fandymo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149003#Comment_118149003

He’s been put on trial to stop the riots. A sacrificial lamb, except everything is on tape, and they can’t pin it on him.

Gatling

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149001#Comment_118149001

Bullshit

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149011#Comment_118149011

Going to be difficult to prove otherwise when most of it was on caught on one camera or another.

Fandymo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149011#Comment_118149011

First scumbag lunged to try and grab the gun off him, after chasing him and shouting he was gonna kill him. Righteous kill.

Second scumbag had already hit him once over the head, while he was on the ground and was about to do it again. Righteous kill.

Third scumbag admitted in court that Rittenhouse only opened fire once he had drawn and pointed a loaded handgun at him. Righteous obliteration of a hand/arm.

All self defence, all captured on video and all backed up by video and cop evidence.

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058217407/anyone-here-see-the-fake-acting-by-kyle-rittenhouse-on-the-news

Maybe you'd explain how he orchestrated it.

Gatling

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149019#Comment_118149019

Too much cod I think

Shao Kahn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118148923#Comment_118148923

Compared with our judges, who think there are no perpetrators, only victims!

Gatling

His defence has filed for a miss trial and seeking a ruling if mistrial is granted he can't be retried for the offences ,

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118148903#Comment_118148903

Out of curiosity. Why is it a sham and to what purpose?

Quantum Erasure

*wrong thread...

Shao Kahn

He was having a pretty genuine looking panic attack when trying to recall the details of the events.

People calling it acting, but I've seen panic attacks and also ptsd first hand. It didn't look fake to me. He's only a kid, very traumatic thing to go through.

Moghead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149019#Comment_118149019

Why was Rittenhouse there with weapons in the first place? He's not a police officer and not a local.

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149106#Comment_118149106

It's America. They do stuff like that. Right to carry arms etc.

Quantum Erasure

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.” ...

Moghead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149126#Comment_118149126

But did he travel there with the intention to kill people? Perfect situation if you wanted to play soldier with your gun and shoot people.

Moghead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149131#Comment_118149131

Keep your arms by all means, but travel a great distance to a riot so you can shoot people? Not exactly responsible gun ownership is it?

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149134#Comment_118149134

Running away from people (some who are armed) and letting them attack you on the ground seems an unlikely way to achieve that.

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149143#Comment_118149143

Kinda missing the point (and legality) of the right to bear arms. We might not agree with it, but it exists.

The video evidence doesn't support intent to shoot people. Rather the opposite.

Flinty997

It will be interesting if they can find anything to charge him with. It's seems there should be on the face of it. It's only when you look at the details, you see it's not straightforward.

Shao Kahn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149168#Comment_118149168

"There should be on the face of it"

"It's only when you look at the details"

These two statements contradict each other wildly. I mean whatever you do, don't let the details of the case stop you from making an assessment here. Or putting a kid away for life.

It's bonkers how some people can only ever see things from their very blinkered political / tribal vantage point. You can tell many people don't give a toss about the details of the case, or whether this guy is innocent or guilty. They only care about not letting the "other side" win.

It's a bit depressing how tribal and partisan society is becoming. We're supposed to be evolving and moving away from this mindset. Red tribe Vs Blue tribe. It's regressive nonsense.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149158#Comment_118149158

You don't believe his conduct showed intent?

leaving his house with an assault weapon, going to a place where there had been known trouble in the days before?

What intent does that show, do you think? He wasn't looking to join a peaceful protest anyway!

the people most at fault are those adults who encouraged him and facilitated his going to this rally. He's only a teenager after all. Playing at being the big man.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149168#Comment_118149168

He is on trial.

listermint

Amusing to see Irish people on an Irish message board spout absolute shite like 'righteous kill'. It even sounds stupid the more you say it .

Facebook has a hell of alot to answer for the quicker it's demise the Better.

Ash.J.Williams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149106#Comment_118149106

That’s it exactly, as they say “only in America”

he went into a hostile area that was none of his business armed. When in confrontation and self defence is required the only outcome is death or maiming.

he felt he was defending America , but in reality he was representing what would be perceived as a racist movement, racial tensions were high. He went uninvited into a racial hot zone looking like a racist, armed, it could only end in death or injury.

he was a feckin eegit and needs a sentence to soften his cough.

the medi kit is a joke, what would you imagine is most prominent in the dark a medi kit or an assault rifle? Approaching people saying “friendly “ with a gun in a riot with no uniform or mandate ? Chap is a prick

SupplyandDemandZone

Hopefully he walks. Didn't look like acting to me poor chap awful thing to go through

JRant

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149473#Comment_118149473

Any responsibility on the adults that attacked him that night?

It seems alien to us here in Ireland but in that part of the world people are allowed open carry legal weapons, including AR-15's. I think it's a but mental myself but I haven't grown up in that environment.

People have a right to defend property (not with lethal force) and ifbsomeone attacks you for doing that then they have the right to defend themselves (up to and including deadly force).

The video evidence and testimony makes it's very clear that this is a self defense case. There are also serious questions to be answered by the prosecutor ls office for their behavior before and during this trial.

TomSweeney

Thank god some on this thread aren't on the jury, my god , they'd have him on death row ...

marieholmfan

Would the red line Luas be far safer if all the law abiding citizens were armed?

If having a gun is a crime only criminals will have guns.

The only negative to a heavily armed society is a much higher rate of gun violence.

TomSweeney

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149134#Comment_118149134

Nope he was protecting business from violent mobs that wanted to burn everything down.

That whole "he wanted to kill people" is purely in your head.

Thankfully they should find him innocent - as would be fair

Flinty997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149479#Comment_118149479

I should have said convict.

TomSweeney

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149019#Comment_118149019

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Shao Kahn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149488#Comment_118149488

The importing of american terminology and mindsets is nauseating.

But if it's the wild west, and everyone is waving guns around, then you better be prepared to use that weapon if you're pointing it at someone's head. Or be prepared that someone else is going to defend themselves from your act of aggression.

I think the problem here, is that some of these rioters were waving guns around like fake hard men. Trying to look cool and bad ass. But this kid wasn't going to wait around with a gun pointed at his head, to see if they were bluffing or not. There's plenty of people pushing up daisies, as we speak, who made that error in judgement.

SEPT 23 1989

If he actually just set out to just kill people he could have killed hundreds with that weapon in a very short space of time

Fandymo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149106#Comment_118149106

He was there protecting innocent peoples businesses, vehicles, providing EMT help to both innocents and scumbags. There weren't enough cops and the national guard/state police hadn't been called in. He lived fairly local, only 30 mins away.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149542#Comment_118149542

If course, but just because they were wrong doesn't negate his wrong actions.

intent on his part was clear. There were more than one person wrong in this incident, including those adults not even present who facilitated him

Fandymo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149143#Comment_118149143

30 minutes is a "great distance" now?? Jesus, I should charge work for the VAST distance I've to travel.

Ash.J.Williams

Businesses are insured , it wasn’t his job to be there

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118149553#Comment_118149553

Wasn't his job nor was he asked to do so, nor was there any onus on him to become security for those businesses.

two wrongs don't make a right.