Free Kyle Rittenhouse?
What we know so far.
17 year old Kyle was there with other armed individuals protecting property.
He was seen giving aid to protesters who had been sprayed with teargas.
He was seen handing our water to the police.
The first man killed was seen taunting the armed men. A short time later he was seen chasing Kyle and throwing a bag full of something at him as they go behind cars and shot/s are heard. Rather than leaving Kyle comes back to check on the man and is seen calling someone. Who? We don’t know at this time.
Kyle is then seen being chased by a group of men. He falls or is tripped. While on the ground the second man to be shot hits Kyle in the head with a skateboard. As he is rolling over he shoots this man in the chest.
Another man with a pistol pointing in Kyle’s direction at close range gets shot in the upper arm.
Kyle gets to his feet and is then seen approaching the police with his hands in the air. They let him pass. The next day he is arrested at his home.
He has been charged with 1st degree murder. The evidence doesn’t support that in any way. This was self defense in all three instances.
It can be argued that he shouldn’t have been there in the first place but I don’t see how that plays into the charges.
Some have made an issue that he was from out of state. I don’t see that as an issue because his home Antioch Township Illinois and Kenosha WI are boarder towns about 20 miles or 35 minutes apart according to Google Maps. That is driving all the way through Kenosha to the courthouse near the lake. This is just speculation but the close proximity to Kenosha means Kyle could consider that area part of his home town. Living in a rural area Kenosha is probably where everyone does their shopping and goes for entertainment. Not to different from my area. It’s about 25 minutes to the Movie Theater, about 35 to the mall, etc,… He could easily have friends there, and know property owners there. Or, he and others may have figured if something isn’t done the fires and destruction could spread to his home.
It’s quite easy to say that I will die protecting my own. The problem is that mentality places you alone against the mob. We have to be willing to protect each other or we will be run over. When firefighters are fighting wildfires they don’t camp out around structures and wait for the fire to come to them. They go to the fire and try to stop it from spreading.
So after looking at what we know now, YES! FREE Kyle Rittenhouse!