you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]FediNetizen 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It doesn't make the shooting more justifiable. I brought that up to explain why, since I don't have direct footage of what started the pursuit and can only speculate, I was leaning towards Rittenhouse not having done anything that would have reasonably provoked them to go after him like that. I was pointing out that these were all guys with criminal histories that probably don't have the same kind of restraint that average people have.

[–]Shesstealthy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Walking round with a gun is fairly provoking.

[–]OrneryStruggle 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

no it's not. it's legal and he was doing it to protect himself while he rendered medical aid to protesters.