Rittenhouse pleads 'Not Guilty'

[ditcherman]

A lot here seem to take offense to my comment, "the kid should have stayed home". Well, let me ask you this. Would you have let your 17 year old kid, walk out the door with your AR, to go where he went? My kids are well into their adult years, but you can bet your ass I would not have let my son walk out the door like that.

Maybe with your kids, your mileage may vary.

Why wouldn’t you be walking out with him?

 

[dusty88]

Its not that far fetched. What are the odds of a mass shooter hitting all black people at a BLM rally, a MLK memorial march, etc? When you are in the middle of a violent riot, you are more likely to have criminals there. Because doing illegal stuff is what criminals do. So odds are, this isnt their first rodeo. Of fifth, or 25th...

they may also be the people that are more impulsive and jumped in to fight

 

[d.kaufman]

Well, let me ask you this. Would you have let your 17 year old kid, walk out the door with your AR, to go where he went?

I'm guessing you follow CNN since what you stated didn't happen

 

[Jaybird1980]

Why wouldn’t you be walking out with him?

You do know that he has said many times that he was there to give first aid to Rioters and Looters right?

So no I wouldn't be walking with him, and would break his knee caps to keep him from doing it.

I will teach them that that rioters can put theirs own bandaids on after burning themselves in the process of destroying a city

 

[OakRiver]

There aren't enough parents in jail because of their child's truancy?

 

[Mangledman]

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Nice one.

 

[ditcherman]

You do know that he has said many times that he was there to give first aid to Rioters and Looters right?

So no I wouldn't be walking with him, and would break his knee caps to keep him from doing it.

I will teach them that that rioters can put theirs own bandaids on after burning themselves in the process of destroying a city

I thought that the medical care was for anyone;

“Rittenhouse testified that he went to Kenosha with his sister and friends to provide first aid after seeing online pleas for people to come to the city to help protect it.”

and he was generally there to protect the city.
Do you have a link to him saying he was there to help rioters/looters?
If that was strictly the case, I can understand your stance, ok, a little short of breaking my sons kneecaps.

 

[Jaybird1980]

I thought that the medical care was for anyone;

“Rittenhouse testified that he went to Kenosha with his sister and friends to provide first aid after seeing online pleas for people to come to the city to help protect it.”

and he was generally there to protect the city.
Do you have a link to him saying he was there to help rioters/looters?
If that was strictly the case, I can understand your stance, ok, a little short of breaking my sons kneecaps.

If he was there to provide first aid to people protecting the stores he wouldn't have been wondering around yelling "friendly" and asking rioters if they needed first aid.
I think his actions were of a confused teenager who had the desire to do something, but wasn't fully against what was happening.

I would probably have more respect if he would have said I was there to deter rioters and put out any fires, because the city has decided not to. (And if his actions backed that statement up)

 

[indyblue]

If he was there to provide first aid to people protecting the stores he wouldn't have been wondering around yelling "friendly" and asking rioters if they needed first aid.
I think his actions were of a confused teenager who had the desire to do something, but wasn't fully against what was happening.

I would probably have more respect if he would have said I was there to deter rioters and put out any fires, because the city has decided not to. (And if his actions backed that statement up)

I disaggree.

He was there acting as a first responder. First responders don’t care who the needy are, where they come from, or what they may or may not have done. They are there to render care to those who need it. Anyone!

To me, that makes his maturity beyond his years.

 

[Jaybird1980]

I disaggree.

He was there acting as a first responder. First responders don’t care who the needy are, where they come from, or what they may or may not have done. They are there to render care to those who need it. Anyone!

To me, that makes his maturity beyond his years.

I disagree.

 

[Ingomike]

A lot here seem to take offense to my comment, "the kid should have stayed home". Well, let me ask you this. Would you have let your 17 year old kid, walk out the door with your AR, to go where he went? My kids are well into their adult years, but you can bet your ass I would not have let my son walk out the door like that.

Maybe with your kids, your mileage may vary.

Did you literally read the post above yours?

 

[actaeon277]

Wasn't that long ago that 17 year olds had a rifle or two in the back window of their truck.
Or, walked down Broadway with a .22 to get to their hunting place.

 

[indyblue]

I disagree.

What do you disagree with?
That he shouldn’t have treated rioters?

He might not of been officially an EMT but he was acting as one. EMTs take an oath to render aid to all,

• To conserve life, alleviate suffering, promote health, do no harm, and encourage the quality and equal availability of emergency medical care.
• To provide services based on human need, with compassion and respect for human dignity, unrestricted by consideration of nationality, race, creed, color, or status; to not judge the merits of the patient’s request for service, nor allow the patient’s socioeconomic status to influence our demeanor or the care that we provide.

 

[ditcherman]

If he was there to provide first aid to people protecting the stores he wouldn't have been wondering around yelling "friendly" and asking rioters if they needed first aid.
I think his actions were of a confused teenager who had the desire to do something, but wasn't fully against what was happening.

I would probably have more respect if he would have said I was there to deter rioters and put out any fires, because the city has decided not to. (And if his actions backed that statement up)

As others have said, emt sees no sides.
As far as walking around yelling friendly, that sounds like a pretty good life preservation technique for anyone, but especially an emt.

We see things how we want to see them. We bend things to fit what we want to be.

 

[Jaybird1980]

What do you disagree with?
That he shouldn’t have treated rioters?

He might not of been officially an EMT but he was acting as one. EMTs take an oath to render aid to all,

There is a difference between being and EMT called to a scene, and acting as an EMT roaming amongst rioters.

 

[M.Cain]

Just what was he protecting if he at all was at all you dont need a ar to put out a fire or provide first aid. And if he was protecting a building or cars I would have stood my post sure the hell would not be walking around looking for trouble or a fight.

 

[Jaybird1980]

As others have said, emt sees no sides.
As far as walking around yelling friendly, that sounds like a pretty good life preservation technique for anyone, but especially an emt.

We see things how we want to see them. We bend things to fit what we want to be.

I would say it didn't work.

He was trying to make them feel like he was with them. To me it's the same as seeing a store looted with a BLM sign in the window.

I'm either against what they were doing or I'm ok with what they're doing. No in between for me.

 

[churchmouse]

Are you kidding me? Are you that ignorant? You are saying he left his home in IL with his rifle? If so, JFC you are a moron that needs to pay more attention to the facts. Because that is NOT what happened. Just ask his buddy in Kenosha that is currently being prosecuted for the straw purchase of the rifle. (in WI)

Of for crap sake CM you did not actually say that did you. Come on man you of all people know better......Yes.

 

[ditcherman]

I would say it didn't work.

He was trying to make them feel like he was with them. To me it's the same as seeing a store looted with a BLM sign in the window.

I'm either against what they were doing or I'm ok with what they're doing. No in between for me.

Not following about the store with the sign…?
I’m completely against what BLM was doing. The officers actions against Blake were good imo, so I’m against all the rioting and think the demonstrations were mislead. No in between for me either.
But I don’t link KR with BLM the way I think you are; the “they” doesn’t include KR, for me. Just because he may have rendered aid to a rioter doesn’t only make him on one side to me. Just because he yelled friendly doesn’t mean he meant it, now does it?( he shot them) It did work, I would say. A pedo, a rapist, a thief, won’t do that again, and he is alive.

I think he was trying to make them them feel like he was with them, but he was not sincere in that, any farther than some basic emt help. Life preservation only.

Editing to add: concerning life preservation and your claim of it didn’t work; haha yea from the bad guys perspective you are certainly right. Just not how I am think of it.

 

[XbigcheezX]

Wasn't that long ago that 17 year olds had a rifle or two in the back window of their truck.
Or, walked down Broadway with a .22 to get to their hunting place.

True. And to add to that, this country was founded by 17 year olds with guns (and younger).