Why is it taking so long for the Jury to rule on #KyleRittenhouse Seems a clear cut case of innocence to me. I cant imagine how any other verdict is even a thought given the circumstances (which are largely agreed upon by both sides).

@freemo I'm not entirely proud of it but I've remained largely ignorant on the case and ignored all the memes. However, I am extremely proud that I got called a lieing foreign troll on "other" social media when I corrected someone's assumption that the prosecution can successfully appeal if he's found not guilty.

@b6hydra watching the video of the events mostly tells you all you need to know. The dude was running from people trying to kill him screaming "friendly friendly friendly" and only shot once he was knocked to the ground, cornered, and people starting attacking him (including at one point having a gun held to his head).

@freemo @b6hydra i saw the videos live posted but ignored the court cases (i did watch closing arguments yesterday live though.)

barnes take is they're probably arguing because of tribal lines. jury reportedly came back and started asking for copies of the self defense laws and other papers.

@icedquinn @b6hydra @freemo Yeah they asked for the specific pages for self-defense instructions only too.

@thendrix

indeed. But it should be no surprise that the core issue here is "was this self-defense".. i mean did we really need the jury to ask for those papers to glean that?

@icedquinn @b6hydra

@freemo @thendrix @b6hydra the state is heavily banking on a wisconsin interpretation of self defense.

it's desperate but they literally argued that it's "not" self defense because he could have gone in to melee instead lol

@icedquinn

LOL yea thats kinda the only way i could see the prosecution getting a win, arguing that a gun is somehow excessive force when a mob is trying to murder you.... lets hope thats not where it winds up.

@b6hydra @thendrix

@freemo @b6hydra @thendrix i'm not sure why the violent inclinations of the victims doesn't seem to get picked up by anyone. they were actively engaging in property destruction, dumpster fires, prior convictions, etc.

always funny how police walk on stuff like this by just saying "i got skerd" and a civilian does it and it's like well he didn't have state training in how to be scared, so he shouldn't have been!

@icedquinn

The reason is simple. Kyle took a picture with some proud boys and made the OK sign. Therefore that means he is loved by conservatives, hated by liberals. The facts of the case became irrelevant at that moment.

@b6hydra @thendrix