Judge: Prosecutors can't show Rittenhouse link to Proud Boys

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9. The Rittenhouse lawyers are arguing that Rittenhouse shot in self-defense.

The accusation against Rittenhouse goes to the point that he provoked and threatened them first using his AR.

A jury unaware of the distinctions between those points might very easily say Rittenhouse should not have been where he was but did shoot in defense. Getting a jury to understand provocation is sometimes quite a challenge especially since most of us have seen wayyyy too much of fictional confrontations on TV and in movies where the situation is telegraphed and underlined by the narrative and the camera.

The case which needs to be brought is one of Civil Rights. Rittenhouse had no good reason to be on the street and armed. He wasn't protecting personal property or personal safety on his own ground. By his own admission in remarks made to police and civilians on the night he was there to "shoot some bad guys". A thoughtful public safety officer would have been wise to arrest him on the spot just to keep him safe along with anyone else on the street including other officers. Clearly the officers on patrol that night had other agendas.

I'm not asking for a particular kind of sentencing but this guy should not be on the street anywhere. He is a menace to the public and himself.