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You "forgot" where the guys who were killed chased and attacked the guy who shot them. You also "forgot" the guy who was shot in the arm had just pulled a pist
by anamax 5y ago
You "forgot" where the guys who were killed chased and attacked the guy who shot them. You also "forgot" the guy who was shot in the arm had just pulled a pistol with that arm.
As to the "political protest", they were burning buildings and attacking people. (Curiously, many of these businesses were black-owned.)
- vkou 5y agoThe people chasing him were responding to what they thought was an active shooter situation, in a country where active shooter situations are a common occurrence. That's also a consequence of American gun culture. There's a reason you don't see protests and hockey riots turning into gunfights north of the 49th. People don't bring guns to them, because they know that if they use them, they are going to get an absolute world of shit dumped on their heads by the courts.
- akomtu 5y agoNo, they were career criminals who came there to commit violence with impunity.
- anamax 5y ago> The people chasing him were responding to what they thought was an active shooter situation Even if we assume that they actually thought that, they attacked someone who they had no reason to believe was involved in said "active shooter situation." The most favorable interpretation is that they were vigilantes who attacked with deadly force. If Rittenhouse had chased down someone you agreed with politically, claiming "an active shooter situation", you'd want his head.