eau de sauvage wrote on 11/18/21 at 15:56:36:justin_o_guy2 wrote on 11/16/21 at 14:12:12:But the defence team got the low level firearm charge thrown out on a technicality,
You mean because the claim he was illegally in possession of a weapon WASN'T actually illegal
THAT technicality?
No, that was a perfectly legal decision, I was just making the point that it doesn't help Rittenhouse to have that charge dropped because as I said in my post, he's obviously due a slap of some kind and it removes the least serious option. Better to leave that on the table in case the jury is not comfortable with a complete exoneration.
On the other hand, from an analytical point of view, if that’s removed from the equation, it removes any question about Rittenhouse’s presence. If you compare this to Ashley Babbitt for example, no she didn’t have a gun, but she was illegally trespassing. Had there been a trial, which of course there wasn’t, but have there been one and that charge got dropped and the reason for her presence wasn’t debatable, strictly from an analytical point of view, that shooting looks different.
But none of that changes my point of view. If you go to a BLM/antifa riots, you give up any legal recourse for MOST of your actions. what happens, happens. You put yourself in that position. Which is why, had that guy who killed Ashley Babbitt been tried, I’m not sure he should’ve been convicted of anything.
As I said before about this case, I would’ve buried those two dead dudes, sent Rittenhouse and the one armed guy home and that would’ve been the end of it.
The real crime is whoever was in charge of the National Guard or police didn’t respond with overwhelming numbers quickly enough. You think we would’ve learned this by now. When BLM/antifa start gathering together and we know it’s going to turn into one of these riots, overwhelm the area with National Guard, police and bust heads. Literally bust heads open. We got to stop this crap. Last summer was a joke and we’re gonna pay for that for a long time if we don’t do something different.