LessOutragePlz wrote: » Wrong he was there to provide medical assistance to people that needed it since he is a trained medic as can be seen from this video in which helped a wounded protester.https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/1300970053307740160?s=09 He was there to help people and the reason he had his rifle was because he would be running into harms way in doing so.https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/1298776265197985799?s=09
clubberlang12 wrote: » None of your post can determine his intentions? Who was the agitator in this sequence of events? Rittenhouse? The persons chasing him in both instances of shooting? And don't say he was because he carried a fire-arm? Did every person carrying a fire-arm shoot someone that night, or any other night? If not, then what was their intentions for carrying a fire-arm with them? Do you consider the people carrying fire-arms who conversed with rioters saying they were only there to protect private property and owners but agreed with them about some of the civil rights issue, to be just as incendiary as the rioters who damaged and looted?
randd1 wrote: » Conjecture or not, guns are designed for the purpose of killing.
randd1 wrote: » Having a gun on your person for use therefore denotes the very possibility of using it to kill. Knowing you have an instrument designed to kill on you person would denote the willingness to use it.
randd1 wrote: » As for conjecture, unless you've spoken directly to the chap himself, you have no clue as to his motive for being there either.
randd1 wrote: » As for not anticipating someone chasing him, why did he bring the gun then? If he was there to "protect property", then he would have anticipated confrontation, meaning he went there with the intent to shoot.
randd1 wrote: » And as much as "there's no evidence he went there because he wanted to kill people", equally there's no evidence to suggest that he wasn't intending on killing people either, American youngsters of course being in no way infamous for random, deadly shootings.
randd1 wrote: » And as you're going down the "there's no evidence route", there's no evidence the person attempting to take his gun may have being someone genuinely attempting to prevent the murder of an innocent person. It wouldn't be the first time someone wielding a gun in public was tackled by a fellow citizen to prevent them killing someone.
Quin_Dub wrote: » He himself says he was "there to defend property" which under the law he was not doing. Like I have said - He can put his "self defence" argument to the jury and see how he gets on , but so can the others. It's your refusal to see the other sides potential legal defence/arguments as invalid is what is frustrating here. I don't think ANY of them should have been on the street that night.
1800_Ladladlad wrote: » So he was a US Senator for 35 years and Vice President for 8, that's 40 years in politics and he has done sweet f*ck all about these issues. These problems are because of his own parties' monumental and deliberate destroying of black communities.https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1300939997059493888
Sean.3516 wrote: » But not necessarily murdering.
Sean.3516 wrote: » Intending to kill from the outset (ie. murder) and being willing to kill in order to protect the life or property of himself or others are two different things. One is a crime and the other isn't.
Sean.3516 wrote: » We have footage of him explaining why he was there and offering first aid to injured protesters.
Sean.3516 wrote: » I said he may not have anticipated it but I don't think it matters. "he anticipated confrontation..." Again, you're begging the question. By "confrontation" do you mean a confrontation in which he is an aggressor or a defender? That distinction is what this entire case hinges on. If we can assume he anticipated he may have to use his weapon while defending either someone else's property or his own life, that's not the same as premeditating murder
Sean.3516 wrote: » I'm guessing you've never heard of the presumption of innocence?
Sean.3516 wrote: » That paragraph is just hilarious. If that's your standard then, that there's no evidence that anything we don't know happened didn't happen, therefore we're obligated to consider the possibility....
Sean.3516 wrote: » Look, we can only make conclusions from the evidence that's available. Trying to make conclusions based on the absence of evidence is logically absurd. Logic 101, it's impossible to prove a negative.
Sean.3516 wrote: » Kyle was running away from Rosenbaum (the first guy to get shot). There's footage of Rosenbaum earlier being confrontational with the guys who were part of Kyle's group. He was saying "shoot me nigga!"
The main argument against Kyle Rittenhouse seems to be he was "looking for trouble". We have no proof of that. We do have proof that the first guy he shot was behaving confrontationally with the people defending private property and later chased on of them and tried to take his gun.
In order to invalidate Rittenhouse's self defence case, you have to prove he was the initial aggressor. We have evidence to the contrary.
weisses wrote: » Ignoring and shouting lefty is part of the playbook ... It doesn't require critical thinking
LessOutragePlz wrote: » https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2020/sep/02/electoral-college-explained-biden-uphill-battle-us-election Good article in the guardian on how Biden faces an uphill battle in the election due to the electoral college system.
randd1 wrote: » True. But willingly turning up in public with a loaded firearm with an intent to use the gun would suggest premeditation. Which if it ends up in a death, is murder.
randd1 wrote: » True. But was he on the property when he fired the gun? Or protecting someone else in imminent danger?
randd1 wrote: » Was he using his gun to provide first aid? And I thought the reason he was there was to defend property? And of course, it's impossible he may have been untruthful in his explanation.
randd1 wrote: » When you bring a gun into an area where there's a protest/riot, you are anticipating using the gun. Which shows intent. If there's intent to kill before an occurrence, it's murder.
randd1 wrote: » As regard self defence. The people he shot may have been genuinely trying to tackle what they saw as an armed threat to themselves or other, which is self defence. What's good for the goose....
randd1 wrote: » Was that afforded to the people he shot? Is it not the role of the police and the justice system to determine innocence, and not an armed vigilante?
randd1 wrote: » I was just using your own logic in reverse.
randd1 wrote: » And the only cold hard evidence available is that an armed 17 year old shot dead two unarmed people in public, and injured another in armed confrontation.
randd1 wrote: » Neither you nor I know the full story at the moment, apart from that verifiable fact. And logic 101 would suggest gunning people down in public is murder.
Sean.3516 wrote: » Again, you're begging the question... Use the gun for what? Using a gun to intentionally kill someone is murder. If his intent is simply to defend himself, that's not murder. You keep missing the point. Being willing to use a gun is essential but not sufficient to sustain a murder charge. You need to prove it was his intention from the outset to kill someone. Re-read my post. "in order to protect the life or property of himself or others.." Ergo, if he's defending his own life, no matter where he is, the same principle applies. While he was standing guard, an injured protester walks by and he can be seen going towards them saying "I'm an EMT" (Emergency Medical Technician). You just love begging the question. Intent to what? Intending to use a gun to defend life or property is not the same as intending to use it specifically to kill people. The intent is what distinguishes murder from self defence or forms of negligent homicide. And do you have any evidence of that? Just asking because we have evidence that Rosenbaum chased Rittenhouse and tried to grab his gun. We have no evidence that Rittenhouse did anything threatening to Rosenbaum leading up to this. If you're gonna try and grab someone's AR-15, you better not fail or you could die. You're right to life is contingent on you not unlawfully threatening someone else's life. Really? How? Correction: One was armed with a gun, another was armed with a potentially lethal blunt instrument. The other was trying to grab a weapon from someone. These people weren't innocent bystanders. They were playing a stupid game and they won a stupid prize. **Intentionally killing someone with a gun is murder.
Igotadose wrote: » He then killed Rosenbaum, ran off was chased down by the group that included Anthony Huber, who tried to disarm him, and Rittenhouse murdered him as well.
Igotadose wrote: » BTW, what's your opinion of Huber's actions regarding Rittenhouse? I don't recall if KidC ever answered my direct question, but here it is to you: Is Anthony Huber a hero? He probably saved lives that otherwise would have been taken by Rittenhouse
Igotadose wrote: » After he murdered someone. The 'main argument' against Kyle Rittenhouse is, he is accused of shooting 2 people to death. We have no EVIDENCE of anything, there's yet to be a trial
Igotadose wrote: » Farcical. He shot the gun. And, no trial, no evidence. This comes up all the time in these discussions. We all have opinions on the information we've each gathered.
Igotadose wrote: » Let me dumb this down for you. I walk up next to you and murder someone with a handgun. For whatever reason. You then, trying to be a good sport, don't turn tail and run, but take a run at me to get me to drop my weapon. I kill you - can I plead self-defense? How different is that than the old joke of the fellow that murdered his parents pleading for mercy now that he was an orphan?
Sean.3516 wrote: » Again, you're begging the question... Use the gun for what? Using a gun to intentionally kill someone is murder. If his intent is simply to defend himself, that's not murder.
froog wrote: » the issue is that trump is like a WWE wrestler to a lot of his fanbase
Kidchameleon wrote: » No, he is literally a WWE wrestler
joeguevara wrote: » Sean, self defence can only be used when you feel that you are in imminent threat of danger.
joeguevara wrote: » It’s a full defence to murder or manslaughter but without an imminent threat, it cannot be argued. The fact that he wasn’t in imminent threat is key.
joeguevara wrote: » His lawyer has made public that the reason he brought the gun because if he didn’t he would die, is trying to construct a self defence argument, but if he stayed where he was he would be fine.
joeguevara wrote: » Preemptive self defence is not justifiable in the US.
Deleted User wrote: » There's a video of him boasting that he'd use lethal force, that's not open for interpretation..
Sean.3516 wrote: » You have it almost right. It has to be reasonable for you to believe you are under threat. And "threat" doesn't have to mean "threat of dying". If someone tried to hit me with a baseball bat and I shoot them. That's a legitimate self defence. You had it almost right above when you said "feel that you are in imminent threat" above. Now you have it completely wrong. Whether or not the threat is real is immaterial. It has to be reasonable for you to believe that the threat is real at the time. Because people can only act given the information available to them in the moment. If Kyle Rittenhouse had allowed Rosenbaum to take his weapon, it stands to reason that he could have been in imminent danger from him. That's why that shooting was self defence. "If he stayed where he was he'd been fine" is not an argument against him having the right to defend himself. You're conflating causality with responsibility. Whether or not he had stayed home it wouldn't absolve the responsibility of others not to attack him. Whether or not it's preemptive depends on that standard of reasonableness I've just laid out.
Cody montana wrote: » Chris Wallace, Steve Scully And Kristen Welker will moderate the 3 Presidential Debate between Trump and Biden.
Sean.3516 wrote: » Well first of all, I don't believe the Rosenbaum killing was a murder to begin with. Huber tried to club Rittenhouse with a potentially lethal blunt object and got shot for his trouble.
I don't think he achieved anything other than getting himself killed.
As regards him saving lives, neither he nor the other guy who had the gun, "mangled arm guy" would have been shot had they not been trying to rush Rittenhouse with their weapons.
So no. Not a hero.
Overheal wrote: » Steve "Patience" Scully! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wrji0XLoFU
weisses wrote: » What rock where you hiding under the last 6 months ?