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You have a better memory than me... Hopefully this thread will stay on track. The question of if what you say online and your online history is a valid topic of discussion if one should ever end up in a self defense trail.
I would substitute "discovery" in place of "discussion" but to that question I would say yes. Rittenhouse came up before, and as I recall his PIP's (prior incident posts, a new phrase I just invented) indicated he wanted to go there to help protect and defend, would your (not you in particular) opinion of what happened if his PIP's had been about how much he wanted to go there to shoot someone and had discussions with other people on how to provoke someone to attack him and how to select who to shoot?You have a better memory than me... Hopefully this thread will stay on track. The question of if what you say online and your online history is a valid topic of discussion if one should ever end up in a self defense trail.
And they are also wrong, which was my point. If you put yourself in harms way so that you can live out your vigilante desires nothing that happens after that is self defiance. That was the argument that the gov tried to use against him and they were unable to prove that was his intent primarily as I understand things because they didn't have any PIP's to back up that argument. Had the gov found he (or anyone) had posted statements prior to the shooting indicating he couldn't wait to shoot people, as some recent mass murders have done, those PIP's are fair game for the prosecution to useBecause of this, anyone thinking that they can use self-defense to cover "vigilante" intent is foolish.
Thats after he was convicted. Can not use that info to convict himI'm not sure that's true. I recall from my youth a streetmate that got extra time because of his past digressions.
That was in Oakland in the early '90's, so maybe things have changed?
Yeah, as @Camelfilter said, it's used for sentencing, not conviction, which makes sense.Thats after he was convicted. Can not use that info to convict him
Not eveyone owns a backhoe.I figured they went to trial because the body wasn't properly disposed of. Otherwise, it's just a missing person.
The Saddam Hussein method of corpse disposal...
What if Kyle had text his buddy before hand and said he was going to fall down on purpose so he would be attacked and then he was going to blast the SOBs who came at him?In a fair and just world, Kyle Rittenhouse NEVER would have been arrested, let alone charged and tried. His situation was textbook self defense and we all know how that turned out.![]()