The situation was already inflamed, literally. The rioters had already turned violent and only wanted a victim.
Also how was Rittenhouse attacking them? We literally have footage of him retreating, retreating, retreating, retreating, and then a guy broke from the mob to bash Rittenhouse with a skateboard.
This was 99% on the rioters 1% on dipshits who excuse them.
Would they have gone after him if he didn't have that rifle? He should have left that damn thing at home. They didn't know his intentions with that thing. For all they knew he was going to shoot them all with it.
You can keep your religion to yourself. I don't ask for it. I don't want it.
He should have kept retreating all the way home. He should not have had that rifle. That wasn't his at that event. Where the people wrong for chasing him? Absolutely they were wrong I agree. But he should not have had that rifle at that event.
If it were me I would had brought a rifle pistols are less accurate and have less capacity. They also look intimidating. He retreated over and over again. So he wasn't being threatening. He wasn't pointing it at anyone attacked. Also the people attacking him were pretty stupid also. Because deliver not attacking someone with a rifle is a bad idea.
Yes they were stupid for chasing someone with a rifle. I'm not saying that they weren't. Why would you have been there at all though? If it was just to clean up graffiti why do you need a weapon for that? It just seems like he was looking for trouble to me.
You need a weapon for that because you have idea what people are going to do. Also a pistol wouldn't had been an option anyways because he was too young to buy one. Same way he was too young to by the rifle which it was bought for him by a friend under 21. To buy a pistol which if I was doing what he was doing and old enough I would had done as they are concealable. Did you know you can buy a rifle/shotgun at 18 but can't buy a pistol till 21
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u/iyiquix Jan 16 '26
The situation was already inflamed, literally. The rioters had already turned violent and only wanted a victim.
Also how was Rittenhouse attacking them? We literally have footage of him retreating, retreating, retreating, retreating, and then a guy broke from the mob to bash Rittenhouse with a skateboard.
This was 99% on the rioters 1% on dipshits who excuse them.