The prosecutor suggestioing you need to “take your beating” was insane.
The first most obvious question to me is: how the hell is one supposed to know, when deciding to take a beating rather than use deadly force to protect oneself, that the beating won’t result in serious bodily harm or death? Because, yo, people are often beaten to the point of serious bodily harm or death….so…maybe he’s the worst fricking prosecutor on the planet.
It’s an incredibly dumb argument...though given the fact that the jury is mostly women, they may not know how absurd the argument is, most having never been in the position of having a physical confrontation.
Literally EVERY time I’ve re-watched the Rittenhouse video and I see him hit the ground as people are running at him to surround and beat him with things, I tense up KNOWING that he could not be in a more vulnerable position. He’s ONLY alive today because the guy that kicked him in the head mostly missed, and Huber swung a skateboard like a pussy. Had either of those two connected he’d have been at least disoriented if not unconscious, and they’d have beaten him to death...if Gaige didn’t shoot him first.
But keep in mind, this is literally the SAME argument activists have been using towards LEOS this whole time. Since they have a gun, they do not have a ight to use it against a person without a gun, regardless of how violent they become, or if they are attempting to take the gun away. They must throw hands with a suspect to make it fair...or something. The fact that prosecutors are using it here tells you they are more activist than they are traditionally on the side of law and order.
I’ve said for a while that I carry in part because I’m too old to take a beating and too young to die.
This prosecutor should be in prison for this attempt at a political show trial.
The prosecution will take a beating in law journals for decades to come.
Ever hear of the phrase “don’t bring a knife to a gun fight”?
Well Binger would disagree. He’d say Never bring a gun to a knife fight.