On Thursday, November 25, 2021 at 9:20:02 AM UTC-5, Rick wrote:
"S K" wrote in message
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can it be argued that he violated the civil rights of the protesters? Anything can be argued, but that doesn't make it a valid argument. He was found Not Guilty by a jury of his peers. Let it go.
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"I think the reality is that, once again, a young White male was given every positive inference and advantage in such a case. Rittenhouse’s claims of self-defense held even though he himself helped to create the danger and the chaos that ultimately led
to the shootings.
I do not think the DOJ can go after him. What I think the DOJ can do is discuss public safety, and work with Congress on updating our laws or passing updated federal laws to include such offenses. The goal at this point has to be to prevent this from
happening in the future. Which I fear it will. More young vigilantes, with more guns, killing unarmed citizens protesting.
The families of the deceased will most likely sue in civil court. It is a preponderance of the evidence which is a far lesser standard. And they most likely can prevail. That remains to be seen, but for now, Kyle Rittenhouse is a free man, headed to
Congress as an intern perhaps, or to book and movie deals as who he is heralded as an American hero by the far right."
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I think the "gun-pointing" versus "gun-carrying" (which can turn to pointing in an instant) hyperfine distinction is a tip of the hat to right wing white males intent on intimidation and violence.
The heavily armed (whose firepower exceeded that of the police that night) white male militias milling about among unarmed and lightly armed protesters who were only intent on property-damage were actually violating the rights of the protesters. they
could have been arrested by proper police and whisked off to prison and that would have been fine.
Just like Giuliani figured out an ingenious way to use RICO to prosecute financial crimes - there must be a way to sue all the right wing militias that were there that night.
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