Posted on 08/29/2020 1:58:50 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Attorneys for Kenosha gunman Kyle Rittenhouse argued Friday he acted in self-defense and predicted the Illinois teen will be acquitted of the murder charges he faces in Wisconsin.
Lawyers representing Mr. Rittenhouse in this week’s double homicide said in a lengthy statement their client “had no choice but to fire” when Tuesday’s deadly shooting took place.
“He will become a symbol of the heroic individual American who at certain times in history must say: ‘Don’t Tread On Me’,” defense lawyer John M. Pierce added later on Twitter.
Mr. Rittenhouse, 17, has been charged as an adult by Wisconsin prosecutors with five felony charges and a misdemeanor related to the shooting, which killed two people and injured another.
Video recorded by witnesses captured Mr. Rittenhouse being chased by a group of people before gunshots erupted. He then fled while being pursued, tripped and more shots erupted.
Prosecutors have charged Mr. Rittenhouse with killing Anthony Huber, 26, and Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, with an AR-15 style rifle. Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, was also shot and survived.
Mr. Rittenhouse was arrested Wednesday in his home state and charged in a complaint unsealed the next day with counts including first degree intentional and reckless homicide, among others.
“He did nothing wrong,” Mr. Pierce said in a statement. “He defended himself, which is a fundamental right of all Americans given by God and protected by law.”
The incident occurred amid unrest sparked by Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, being shot from behind and paralyzed by a member of the Kenosha Police Department on Sunday.
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Breaking: Charges have been reduced to failure to show a valid Hunting license and exceeding the daily bag limit.
We now have number of Grown Men attack a “child” younger than Trayvon Martin” and the “child” gets arrested.
LOL
All of them records of violence
Breaking: Charges have been reduced to failure to show a valid Hunting license and exceeding the daily bag limit.
O-H-o-o! Reminds me of the old flyer going around construction sites forty five years ago about the game and fish commission declaring an open season on “Porch Monkeys”.
And that is all I will say about it except you could not use pork chops or cheap wine as bait.
5.56 at close range as in under 50 meters will have an impact velocity of nearly 3000fps. At those speeds even FMJ rounds fragment after a few inches of flesh penetration. I have seen many a haj bleed out internally with only a icepick looking entry wound and a growing tick like bubble of blood in the.abdomen. takes only a few minutes to bleed out.internally that way. I personally load in my 7.5” AR 55gr TAP bullets they are polymer tipped designed to fragment at the reduced velocity of a shorter barrel. Fragmention after 5 inchs or so of penetration is ideal for short range self defense. The risks of pass through and a secondary blue on blue casualty is eliminated and wounds from fragmentation round are nearly always unsurvivable even with immediate medical attention. Most are DRT or in a few minutes DOS.
Regarding weapons possession by minors in Wisconsin, you should all READ the law closely instead of going by media reports and politically-motivated indictments. Wisconsin statutes state: 948.60(2)(a) “Any person under 18 years of age who possesses or goes armed with a dangerous weapon is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.” HOWEVER, a bit further: 948.60(3)(c) “This section applies only to a person under 18 years of age who possesses or is armed with a rifle or a shotgun if the person is in violation of s. 941.28 or is not in compliance with ss. 29.304 and 29.593.” 941.28 bans SHORT BARREL rifles (<16 in.) and shotguns (<18 in.) and the other two statutes pertain to hunting regulations. If the barrel of Rittenhouse’s rifle is at least 16 inches, he walks on the dangerous weapon charge due to the rifle/shotgun exception. https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/948
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