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In reply to the discussion: Attorney for accused Kenosha protest gunman says teen acted in self-defense [View all]SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)49. Lin Wood is backed up by a whole team of high powered lawyers.
Wood is the right wing mouthpiece that gets the media quotes out and gets the right wing rubes to donate to the cause.
Rittenhouse will be VERY well defended.
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Aug 2020
OP
that's true, I'm sure that will be taken into consideration at a trial or plea. nt
yaesu
Aug 2020
#35
He deserves life in prison without parole, but he does not deserve the needle.
totodeinhere
Aug 2020
#5
Of course. I did not mean to imply that you are not entitled to your opinion.
totodeinhere
Aug 2020
#13
"How many innocent people is it okay to murder in order to punish the guilty?"
AZ8theist
Aug 2020
#95
I didn't mean imply sociopathy or psychopathy is the same as a teen's brain development
JonLP24
Aug 2020
#100
crossed state lines, so up against re-started Fed death penalty if properly charged; love me some
bringthePaine
Aug 2020
#4
i read this earlier and was sick to my stomach re: the self-defense defense strategy
onetexan
Aug 2020
#10
Well, according to the laws in this country (we DO still have laws, don't we?? 😳)
Grammy23
Aug 2020
#16
I call BS. so tired of the right wing supporting vigilantes killing people for exercising freedom
iluvtennis
Aug 2020
#26
His lawyer Lin Wood, who is Smirky McSmirkface's lawyer, claims he didn't cross state lines because
John Drake
Aug 2020
#28
LOL...a community life guard in a different State? No public pools in Antioch?
Bengus81
Aug 2020
#34
He had already shot a guy dead and they were trying to get his AR away from him.
SunSeeker
Aug 2020
#36
The lower right is not posted in mainstream sources. Where did you get that? nt
SunSeeker
Aug 2020
#45
The Tribune does not have that picture; it says the first man he killed only had a plastic bag!
SunSeeker
Aug 2020
#58
DU isnt a courthouse, you weren't there, I'm not a lawyer presenting evidence, just reading, lol
Baclava
Aug 2020
#63
From USAToday? Grosskreutz appeared "to be holding a handgun in his right hand when he was shot"
Baclava
Aug 2020
#66
But no one says he was pointing it at Rittenhouse. How does Rittenhouse have a right to shoot him?
SunSeeker
Aug 2020
#73
I never said he did, just that he had a gun, I guess we'll find out in a couple years at trial
Baclava
Aug 2020
#75
Wow. That adds a whole nother level of hackery to the likelihood of his so-called success rate.
ancianita
Aug 2020
#47
I was just reading his site's Prosecution of the Radical Left. You're not kidding.
ancianita
Aug 2020
#51
The prosecuting attorney in Kenosha stated the quick charges were to deter further violence
Doug.Goodall
Aug 2020
#50
That's just a random clip of a dumster. It does not show Rosenbaum, let alone his "aggression."
SunSeeker
Aug 2020
#72
The "Commies Don't Surf" narrator showed no video of Rosenbaum's "aggression" on Rittenhouse.
SunSeeker
Aug 2020
#79
I think those that think it is a slam dunk case of self defense are fooling themselves
JonLP24
Aug 2020
#92
Doesn't matter anyway. He was in illegal possession of that weapon. He's under 18. NT
Progressive Jones
Aug 2020
#105
I've seen the charging document. Not one comment by a detective/officer
Progressive Jones
Aug 2020
#88