Rittenhouse/ self defense

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Cause everything, no matter what, has to be about race.

This whole thing happened the middle of riots that began with protests about the police shooting of Jacob Blake with racist anti protesters showing up to cause trouble. Rittenhouse didn't just randomly choose to play vigilante at any civil unrest he deliberately chose that one.

Comparisons between Kyle Rittenhouse and George Floyd are hugely flawed. There are several important reasons why Floyd became a sympathetic figure and Rittenhouse didn't...well apart from among racists.

1. Rittenhouse was taken alive by the police even allowed to go home, Floyd was killed by the police.

2. Rittenhouse shot a bunch of people killing them, Floyd may have passed a bum check.

3. Rittenhouse is white and Floyd was black. If you're wondering why that is relevant it's because it explains the first two and also explains why Rittenhouse got away with it.

If you want further proof of that then look at Tamir Rice a 12 year boy African American boy who was killed by the police for carrying a toy gun. Treyvon Martin was killed for no other reason than he wore a hoodie. Neither of them received justice. Apparently simply holding a hand gun (which police were informed was probably fake) and simply walking through a street at night was enough for a court to determine that people were correct to fear for their safety and kill them but a self styled vigilante carrying an AR-15 in the middle of a a civil unrest is seen as benign and no threat to anyone.

That's why it's about race.