As a recap, two nights ago, 17-year-0ld Kyle Rittenhouse was serving with an armed citizen’s militia group to attempt to prevent property destruction at the hands of the Democrat-endorsed and mostly peaceful arsonists and rioters in Kenosha, Wisconsin. During the course of the evening, Rittenhouse became isolated, was attacked, chased, and beaten in the street. At the end of it all, Rittenhouse was alive, two Antifa goons were dead and a third is learning to become left-hand dominant. Rittenhouse was arrested on the charge of first degree murder. Wisconsin law requires anyone older than 16 to be tried as an adult for serious felonies.
There has been a lot written here and other places about the shooting. The key element is whether the lethal encounter between Rittenhouse and a raging mob was self-defense or was it some form of unlawful killing. The best primer on that subject has been written by our own shipwreckedcrew Breaking Down The Videos Of The Two Shooting Incidents In Kenosha — Self-Defense?
About 15 minutes before the first shooting, police officers drive past Mr. Rittenhouse, and the other armed civilians who claim to be protecting the dealership, and offer water out of appreciation.
Mr. Rittenhouse walks up to a police vehicle carrying his rifle and talks with the officers.
He eventually leaves the dealership and is barred by the police from returning. Six minutes later footage shows Mr. Rittenhouse being chased by an unknown group of people into the parking lot of another dealership several blocks away.
I think this is a critical part of the story. The question in my mind has been how did Rittenhouse come to be isolated and surrounded by a feral mob? Earlier video has him with a large group. Did he go off on his own looking for trouble? The answer seems to believe that as part of a de-escalation strategy at the dealership, the police were refusing to allow people in and, as people left they were kept out. So by Rittenhouse leaving the premises, he becomes separated from other militia members and this makes him a target.
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