Get ready for two things with that fuck Rittenhouse.

[roamer65]

1. Very large lawsuit in civil court.
2. Civil rights case from the DOJ.

They aren’t done with that fucker yet, IMO.

With wrongful death gun cases, you have two cases to win…the criminal and the civil.

[Socal31]

1. OJ had assets.

Spending six-figures to win a civil judgement against someone with no money or property , who can just BK out of it anyway, is a losing strategy.

But I understand the instinct.

[roamer65]

2. True, but it still will attach stigma.

I think they will do it just to make him wear it for the rest of his life.

[FoxNewsSucks]

4. Not sure how it works, but if there is a

substantial judgement far beyond the ability of the murderer & family to pay, can that be considered a debt that they will have to pay on into the future?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

20. I worked with a guy who wasn't allowed to get...

... a driver's license until he paid all of the damages from an automobile accident when he didn't have insurance.

He was barely paid above minimum wage, so he gave up on the idea of ever driving again.

With his income, minus the cost of necessities like food, it would probably take about 100 years for him to pay what the judge assessed against him.

Edit: I think what Rittenhouse did was worse than my former co-worker, who didn't even kill anyone with his car. Not to mention it was an accident (when he wasn't impaired), whereas someone carrying a high-powered rifle to a protest makes killing someone with it not so much an accident!

[lapfog_1]

9. City of Kenosha has assets

and I suspect there will be a civil judgement against the police for not, at the very least, telling Kyle to leave the area.

[Yarnie]

3. Not likely to be a civil rights case

and you can't get blood out of turnip, so the victim/survivors can sue all they want, but won't get much of anything. Except maybe his AR.

[inthewind21]

6. He was a minor

He was a minor at the time of the murders. His parents are responsible for him. One could take everything his parents own or ever hope to own.

[Yarnie]

7. And "everything" from his parents

might be their $50 bank account, and a junker car. They are in poverty, and most likely will always remain that way. There isn't anything to be gotten from suing them.

[localroger]

11. Still serves as a deterrent to future whack jobs

Rodney Peairs, who shot Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori, was acquitted of murder because of Louisiana's "stand your ground" laws but the family of his victim sued him in civil court and won a judgement that deprived him of his house. He also lost his job. The significance to Hattori's family wasn't getting the money, but punishing him for the murder.

[former9thward]

19. Not in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin has a parent liability law which limits their liability to $5,000.

[former9thward]

18. Wisconsin law prevents that.

Wisconsin has a parent liability law which limits their liability to $5,000.

[NickB79]

33. Wasn't he from Illinois though?

Does the law apply where he lives, or where the crime occurred?

[former9thward]

35. Where the wrongful act occurred.

[localroger]

8. The kid may not be a turnip for a little while

As a hero to the reich wingers they will undoubtably stuff his GoFundMe coffers. A suit would be a nice counter to that. You are right about the DOJ though, his victims were not members of a specifically protected class so the civil rights laws don't apply. And the same "retreating" angle that saved him here will probably make a hate crime prosecution unattractive too.

[sop]

12. He'll auction off his AR15 now. The NRA will probably exhibit it in their national firearms museum.

[634-5789]

5. Look for immediate copycat killings. What's stopping them in WI? NOTHING!

[Busterscruggs]

17. This idea

Is worrisome. I hope no more innocent victims are hurt by the Reich wing militia

[634-5789]

22. I can assure you that it's coming.

The verdict opened a jar of evil. I'll never go to WI again.

[Busterscruggs]

23. Even if I dont

Reside in WI, I will still worry about all of those black lives that will be finished by these extremists

[BlackSkimmer]

26. He killed white men. nt

[Busterscruggs]

31. He killed white men

That were trying to support and show solidarity with black men. The repukes desperately want to get us all

[bullwinkle428]

10. 3. A guest star interview with Tucker Carlson?

[Greybnk48]

34. Kyle Rittenhouse "Dancing With the Stars"

next season. I would not be surprised.

[Wounded Bear]

13. I figure there will be a book/movie deal within a year...

[BlackSkimmer]

28. What? "My Life as a Loser." ?

What is there to write about? Bullied kid who tried to act tough. He’s barely 18.

Got away with it.

There’s nothing there to write about.

[Wounded Bear]

29. All the better to spin it up into a Gun-toting hero saga...

(I never said I would watch such bullshit. )

[Retrograde]

14. I can think of a few things I'd rather have the DoJ do

focus on the January 6th insurgents, for one, and start going after some bigger fish there. And then start looking at the various Hatch Act violations and self-serving actions of people associated with the previous administration - and yes, I'm looking at you too, Ivanka and Jared.

[mikeysnot]

15. TH said he raised

Half a million from dumbass supporters.. he does have skin in the game if his lawyer doesn’t take it all.

[Crepuscular]

21. ...

I suspect that money went into a trust and probably couldn't be touched by a civil judgement.

[Carlitos Brigante]

16. I thought you were going to say pundit or House of Representatives..... nt

[former9thward]

24. There are no civil rights aspects to the case.

The DOJ will not file a case.

Civil suits will go nowhere with a not guilty verdict. For those who bring up the OJ example there are two glaring differences. OJ had a ton of money. Also most people believed OJ was guilty. That is not the case here. The same peer of people that found R not guilty would make up a jury in a civil case.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

27. Bingo

I expect neither. I do expect civil suits against the city though. Except for Grosskreutz. His civil suit is over after his testimony.

[Polybius]

25. A civil rights case from the DOJ would be a bad idea

I don't think it'll happen.

[Tommy Carcetti]

30. Former more likely than latter.

I think civil rights would be a nebulous terrain for DOJ in this particular case.

But I do forsee a wrongful death suit against Rittenhouse. He might not have assets now, but they'll be fundraising heavily on him going forward.

[0rganism]

32. more like 1. hailed in media as RW folk hero, 2. offered symbolic job as staffer for RWNJ rep

and let's not forget
3. case used as precedent for excusing fascist vigilantism for the foreseeable future