Thread by @KiltsAndKlingon

I know everyone is feeling either super pissed or super happy about the Rittenhouse verdict today. But no matter what the verdict had been, it shouldn't have come with a sense of triumph.
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If KR was truly acting in self-defense, then this is the best case scenario; the justice system worked. But it still comes with the fact that two people were killed in the street by a 17 y/o kid.
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Even if they were themselves criminals, even if they were as guilty as they come, the moment we decide that the 6th Amendment isn't as important as the 2nd is when we can kiss it all goodbye.
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That's where we're at: the best case scenario means that some criminals were killed without trial by a child who was a criminal himself (illegally carrying the weapon), who had no choice but to defend himself. Not a reason to rejoice. Yet some people are.
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But given everything seen in the trial, it's not likely that this was truly the best case scenario. Whether or not he lawfully defended himself, he still put himself in harm's way unnecessarily, carried the weapon illegally...
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for an unlawful purpose (defending property does not warrant deadly force in Wisconsin), and we can theorize all day as to whether or not he would have been in danger at all if he wasn't carrying a weapon.
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So if the best case wasn't true to some degree or another, then the system did not work, and still no one should be rejoicing.
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If I could wish one thing for KR, who (justice or not) has been acquitted by a jury, it would be to fall into relative obscurity. There are people who are now trying to deify this kid, and even if they are 100% intending to just show support, they are doing him a disservice.
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He will grow up thinking his actions were the correct ones, and avoiding responsibility for putting himself in a dangerous situation in the first place. Not a comfortable position for a kid who isn't old enough to piss straight.
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I wasn't there, and I wasn't on the jury, so I can't speak for certainty on what the "right" answer is. All I really know is that I'm getting really tired of people using the 2nd Amendment to justify ignoring the 6th Amendment.
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