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A gunman killed and injured protesters at a BLM march. Why did police blame the victims?
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Interesting. How, exactly, did Rittenhouse "goad" Rosenbaum, or anyone?
I recall the prosecutor... "Vigorously" making his case, (to the point that any conviction would have more likely been ruled a mistrial for prosecutorial misconduct), and I don't seem to recall even that over-the-line prosecutor arguing that any of the people killed or injured by Rittenhouse were "goaded" into action.
Hey man how many times have we both had this argument with someone? Probably more than once. Some version (I say that because I've seen slightly different nuance in other summaries but can't be bothered at the moment) of the summary from the prosecution's closing argument is more or less what I think happened: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/15/us/kyle-rittenhouse-verdict-wisconsin-national-guard/index.html
I believe Rittenhouse went there looking for exactly what he made sure he found. A reason to use his shiny new gun on those antifa/blm/liberal "rioters" that Fox News et al insisted were burning cities to the ground all across the US. He succeeded in doing so, in circumstances that would later be ruled as legal.
You clearly disagree, and that's A-OK. But I'm not interested in changing your mind, and you aren't going to change mine, so unless someone else feels like having this argument with you, I suggest you don't waste the time typing one up.
Lumping together violent, opportunistic criminals like Rosenbaum with BLM is something I would expect of the right. Not everyone who shows up to a protest shares the cause. Some are there just to pick up new home furnishings. Some are there to watch the world burn.
The prosecutor's case failed because it is nothing but a compelling narrative, contradicted by hours of video evidence. You didn't watch much, if any of that video evidence. I did, and the jury did. Neither of us found the prosecutor's case particularly compelling.
Wow you actually wasted time typing up a response