Thread by @WillMcAvoyACN

There seems to be a real disconnect here about the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict. I’ve seen a number of legal experts come in and explain why it shouldn’t have been a surprise that Rittenhouse was acquitted.

There seems to, lately, be this trend that something must be shocking or unexpected to be upsetting, but the reality is for many people that status quo is just as upsetting. Please stop responding to people who are upset with “why are you surprised”?

You help absolutely no one.

Indeed, Rittenhouse was always going to have a good chance at acquittal. Under Wisconsin’s self defense law, he has a right to defend himself from a threat against his life. And the video from that evening makes it clear that such a threat existed. No one debates this.

What people are upset about is that a kid can transport a rifle explicitly designed to kill human being as quickly and efficiently as possible under the current U.S. Law to another state, instigate a fight, and then kill people in self defense.

(There will likely be civil suits against a plethora of people involved with the case, just as there have been in similar situations in the past. There is a chance Rittenhouse could be found liable for the deaths even if he was not guilty of murder.)

People are also upset that it seems absofuckinglutely impossible that a Black man would be able to take the same exact measures as Rittenhouse and be treated the same way by the law and police.

If anyone wants to claim otherwise, cite a single case where it has happened first.

The judge in this case being absolutely in favor of the defender (something I usually applaud) did not favors to the legal system or to Rittenhouse.

In short, people aren’t surprised or shocked by the verdict today, at least not for the most part.

They’re just frustrated that we have yet another example of the two tier Justice system that exists in America, and that Rittenhouse is just the latest example.