Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

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(10-27-2021, 11:27 AM)HarleyDog Wrote: IIRC, him and others were trying to protect businesses from being looted. I'm not 100% sure and since I'm at work I really don't want to go article searching. The police were pretty busy and needed all the help they could get. Nothing conspiracy here and nothing wrong at all. If you were a policeman you probably would have thanked them too. And what's wrong with giving a guy water? 

Without checking I think he WENT there to "protect businesses", I don't know that he was doing that at the time.

That's why I said he got in over his head in a situation he never should have been in in the first place, IMHO.

The idea with the water video was that it was showing he had a frame of mind that it was okay to shoot "rioters" because the police needed his help.  That's why the judge rejected it.

My personal opinion is that the police should have sent anyone with a gun home to avoid any kind of altercation no matter if they were on "their side" or not.  Guys like Rittenhouse did nothing to calm or police the situation.  

Now if we WANT to hire private citizens or form citizen posses that can be discussed, but just showing up armed and ready to "defend" something seems to me would cause more confusion than help.  

And again, that doesn't make it illegal...just not "right" as far as I'm concerned.