I am writing this on the morning of Wednesday, November 10. The defense phase of the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse has just begun.\u00a0\u00a0So far, the prosecution\u2019s performance has been an embarrassment to prosecutors everywhere. It turns out that the State is alleging that the first man to be shot was too far away from Rittenhouse to have been a danger to him when the boy opened fire, yet they never ordered a gunshot residue test to determine distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are hanging a lot of their case on the assumption that the kid being there at all shreds the mantle of innocence necessary to a successful self-defense claim. Indeed, on the gun-related internet, I\u2019m seeing a lot of people who should know better claiming that they\u2019re unsympathetic to Rittenhouse because he \u201cwent there looking for trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I respectfully submit that this attitude just ain\u2019t right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Look, I <\/em>strongly advise people to stay the hell away from protests and demonstrations such as these, let along the full-blown riot that Kenosha had become by the time Kyle Rittenhouse arrived there. My long form explanation can be found here, courtesy of the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n