Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty

The sooner more people start shouting the likes of you down, publicly and forcefully, the better off everyone will be.

I'm glad it has begun.

Hopefully tell me how has seen this post.. And whoever is running the Ben and Jerry's Twitter account!

This makes less than zero sense on any level.

Go ahead and keep your head in the sand, whatever your reasons for doing so are.

And another actively trying to ensure light isn't shone on racism. All though to be fair, you're probably not a new voice on this, just a new username (although the same could probably said about the other lad).

Head in the sand with regards to what? People with the same politics as yours and racists are opposite sides of the same coin. It's all both groups ever really want to talk about, and near all analysis of basically anything boils down to race.

Yes I'm perfectly happy to be on the opposite side of the coin as racists when the coin is the topic, or conversation about whether racism exists in society.

Where are you on that coin? You're clearly part of the conversation.

One was in illegal possession of a weapon, one wasn't. Quite simple really.

The saying also implies similarity. I'm not even on that coin, as I'm not obsessed with peoples skin colour, and view near all human interaction through the lens of race.

But the entire reason it was thrown out was because under the law he was permitted to possess the firearm.

If you want to make a comparison at all, it should be between Coffee and Grosskreutz, who are both people who've illegally possessed firearms because they're felons. Grosskreutz's charges were dropped by the prosecution a few days before he testified for them.

Certain people on this thread seem to judge Rittenhouse as some sort of a monster for carrying weapons in full public view. They came to judgement that he brought weapons to a peaceful rally and must have gone there looking for trouble.

Do those people apply the same logic to these peaceful protestors ? - https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN24R025

Believe it or not it's pretty normal to carry weapons in full public view in America and it's pretty normal for them to be seen at protests. It's crazy to us here but having lived in Arizona myself I can tell you they love their guns.

Identity politics in America is undermining the poorest, most vulnerable members of it. Ultimately It pits the have nots against the have nots and divides the working/middle classes. It distracts from the facts that a country with such wealth has such poverty too.

Those pushing the lies that race had something to do trial should take a step back and look at the facts and the video's. Rittenhouse defended himself, it's as simple as that.

The point is, a black guy on the streets with a gun after dark might not live to tell about it, the BLM crowd have a point there (although rioting is not a productive way of making that point). Some people think that somehow this means KR should be hung in public to somehow balance out the injustice.

The dividing line between protecting property and going full gravy seal is narrow. Maybe I don't watch enough westerns, but I think people with this "besieged homesteaders fighting off the Indians" mindset will only raise tensions and spark off something bigger. You can't expect untrained civilians to be exercising the same kind of discipline as a trained infantryman when it comes to the rules of engagement.