10-27-2021, 10:07 PM
(10-27-2021, 09:00 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: A minor roaming the streets at night during a riot in a totally different state than the one he lives. Relevant.
Not to the question of self defense, which is the crux of this case.
Quote:Irrelevant who started it. He made the decision to join.
Dude, seriously? He didn't "join in" on the riot. You're sounding a bit silly right now.
Quote:Has what been established? That a minor walking around the streets at night during a riot with a loaded gun is bad? IMO the answer is an easy yes.
What do you mean by "bad"? A poor decision? Sure. A criminal act? Absolutely not. A reason to attack him? Double plus absolutely not.
Quote:Absolutely he defended himself in the ones I saw. But I'm not a pro.
Well, forgive me, but I absolutely am and, based on what we have available, he absolutely was defending himself.
Quote:I don't think vigilantes are allowed to go around killing people. Comic books say the law went after the good guys like Batman for that type of thing.
Oh, I agree. In this case Rittenhouse was not acting as a vigilante, he was defending himself from attack. This is an enormous legal distinction.
Quote:This was a race riot. Race was an issue from the get go.
Sure, let's say it was. It's still totally irrelevant to the topic at hand, which is was Rittenhouse legally defending himself.
Quote:That was a joke.
Hard to tell within the content of your post.
Quote:No idea. I didn't read it. I'm sure it was a facebookian like algorithm headline to get me mad. Doesn't change a lifetime of observation that tells me a black guy in a giant crowd of white guys getting the book thrown at him is SOP. But yea, it was lazy social analysis.
Indeed, it was. I will tell you, wealth is a far better determinant for a more lenient outcome than race. Of course, certain ethnicities have more wealth so it definitely dovetails into race. I can say that I have not, personally, witnessed anyone getting railroaded because of their ethnicity, but I will acknowledge that I live in Southern California which is likely not indicative of the entire country.
(10-27-2021, 09:54 PM)BigPapaKain Wrote: I'm talking about the 1/6 rioter who got the longest sentence so far...
My bad, I didn't catch that.
