Anyone want to understand the failings of money bail? Look no further: strong evidence of a white shooter motivated by racial bias committing a double murder with an assault rifle. But wealth sets him free.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/11/20/kyle-rittenhouse-accused-kenosha-shooter-released-2-million-bail/6363593002/ …
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Replying to @chesaboudin @JasonLaCanfora
Wrong he was assaulted in every single case, multiple persons can be heard on video calling for his death, and one of his attackers even tried to execute him with a hand gun. Case one he was physically assaulted, case two he was assaulted with a skate board, case 3 execution
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The man who tried to "execute him" was legally carrying that gun. Rittenhouse had already shot 2 other people. Why is it that he isn't seen as defending himself? He never shot his gun. 1/2
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Replying to @EricaTraub @thormanbrent and
Kyle wasn't assaulted until he shot someone. He shot someone because a homeless man threw a plastic bag with underwear, deodorant, and a half empty water bottle in his general direction. Rittenhouse shouldn't be posing as security if he can't discern what a real threat is
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Replying to @EricaTraub @thormanbrent and
Important context you might have inadvertently omitted: at the moment the bag was thrown, Rittenhouse was running away from a mob that was chasing and threatening him. And before he fired any shots, someone fired a gun behind him and his first attacker tried to grab his rifle.
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Replying to @chip_bennett @thormanbrent and
I have multiple convos going on about this. The shot I know will play a role. How grabbing the gun is viewed depends. Since he is dead he can't testify but if he had been threatened to be shot he may have been, as has been reported, trying to disarm him.
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Replying to @EricaTraub @chip_bennett and
My thoughts are on this is that most people on either side are basing their view on their implicit bias rather than the understanding that this isn't a cut and dry case in either direction from a legal standpoint. Could also be acquitted on some changes and guilty on others.
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Replying to @EricaTraub @thormanbrent and
There is plenty of available evidence for this case, and all of it leads to self-defense. Even the charging document lays out the self-defense basis.
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If you say so.
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