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Originally Posted by Horza
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I am not some fan of Rittenhouse. To my knowledge from hearing a little about his case, he had a couple people gearing up to beat the shit out of him or something. Apparently you would rather he lie down like a bitch crying and let it happen. I don’t fault him for defending himself. I personally wouldn’t tote an AK or whatever he had to do that, my glock would do just fine, but that I also don’t carry anywhere, ever really. Never even shot the damn thing. So Rittenhouse and I are not that alike, other than the fact I will also go down fighting
I’m assuming the issue people have with the situation is that he was engaging in vigilantism. Same sort of situation as Zimmerman, I suppose. There was also a case I heard about, although I don’t recall the name, of a man who would take walks late at night with his dog, armed, through the worst parts of town. He saw some young adults tagging a wall with spray paint, called them out and told them to stop. They tried to jump him, so he shot one. Was acquitted in self defense. So he kept taking his walks. Ended up shooting I think 2 other delinquents who attacked him, got off on self defense again. But now the judge could tell, this was someone engaging in vigilantism, acting like a cop when he was not a cop. He was tried for it and convicted if I recall. So it is a real crime. Maybe that will happen to Rittenhouse too