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They're not applicable to anyone unless Rittenhouse actually had knowledge of any of them engaging in it. Rosenbaum he likely had knowledge of, however, you're muddying the waters on the other two which could lead to jury confusion. Poor decision by the judge"Let the evidence show what the evidence shows, and if the evidence shows that any or more than one of these people were engaged in arson, rioting, or looting — then I'm not going to tell the defense they can't call them that."
I don't really see how arsonist, looters or rioters will really be applicable to bicep guy or skater guy. I don't know how much evidence is out there of them doing those things. I think it will be a fair description of to call pedo guy an arsonist and a rioter given what is shown on film.
Kyle being attacked by them (question for the jury) =/= them being rioters/looters/aronsists (outside of Rosenbaum and the dumpster). See above, this is just going to muddy the waters for the jury.The looters arsonists and rioters bit is only applied if it can be proven that they were engaged in such activity and Kyle knew about it before the shootings. That will apply to the first shooting because he was lighting fires around kyle. The other two I don’t think will earn that status.
The prosecutors tried to argue that the term victim applied as kyle did not know if any criminal behavior before shooting them. I would clearly disagree as he was attacked by all of them prior to shooting them. Especially pedo and skateboard
First off... The night before, the rioters severely injured an old man attempting to protecting his property by attacking him from behind. Precedence set....
Bicep guy, Gaige Grosskreutz, was allegedly saying he should have emptied the entire clip at Kyle... Motive for Self Defense
Another protestor fired first while Kyle was running away and before he was knocked down and attacked
Not sure how this can go anyway but Not Guilty.
Nice to see judge not being bullied by the Twitter Mob.
There is never precedence for defending property with deadly force. Kyle was asked to come watch over property. Kyle brought a gun. All guns = deadly force.
While I can certainly appreciate not wanting businesses torched and shit, you can't defend property with deadly force that is well established law. The jury is going to be asked what a reasonable person would have done in similar circumstances regarding use of force (to simplify it without getting further into WI self-defense law).