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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Rittenhouse had been at a gas station with a bunch of other militia guys when they told him he was needed (in their opinion) somewhere else. He was going from the one location to the other when he got into the conflict.
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Well, there we have it. He was "instructed" by militia members to take up positions in other locations. He is no longer responsible for his acts, because he was just following orders... of other people who were there to stir up trouble. Or are you honestly going to try and make the case that armed militia members are NOT there to create further havoc? In what recent event have militia members been on the right side of a disturbance?
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Originally Posted by Mayer
Ya, I don't understand this idea that he was "wading through the crowd looking for trouble". It's simply not aligned with the facts, both from video and from multiple witness testimonies.
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A 17 year old travels 40 miles across state lines to engage in something that does not impact his community. His excuses were he was there to protect property and give aid. He owned no property in the area, was not contracted to protect property, and had no reason to be there in any protective capacity. He also was not a medic in any shape or form and offered to give aid that evening to zero people. Smells like looking for trouble.
Let's be real here. Rittenhouse had a cop fetish and was trying to live out his fantasy of being a police officer. This is consistent with his history of being a cadet with the local law enforcement detail. Rittenhouse sought out this opportunity to engage. He purposefully travelled to the location and carried a weapon he knowingly knew he was not allowed to have. You don't go to those lengths unless you hope you are going to run into some trouble so you can live out your fantasy of being an authority figure. This is also consistent with those who have a history of being traumatically bullied, which Rittenhouse was as a kid. Rittenhouse made choices that led up to those events, and those should count towards judging him.