So this is American justice. Just as in the Trevon Martin case, a vigilante can kill without consequences. Rittenhouse is found not guilty on all three charges. I can understand to a certain degree about the three homicide charges. But the two regarding endangering safety? You take a machine gun, crosses state lines, confront protesters who are unarmed, you kill two people and wounded a third, and you are not guilty of endangering safety? If Rittenhouse had killed in hand to hand combat, maybe he was innocent. But people like him would not go into a possible dangerous situation without weapons to kill, would they?
Although the victims in this case were white, race, I believe play a part in this verdict. If a Black guy shows up at a KKK rally with an AK47, argues with the people at the rally and then shoots a few of them, would a jury believe this all self defense. Certainly a Black man among racists can claim he is fearful for his safety. But would a white jury clear him in that case? I don’t think so. Vigilante privilege is only for certain people in this country.
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