What wasn't proven was the prosecution's case which is what has to be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. In fact ,the prosecutor appeared to argue in closing that Kyle was not beaten up enough to warrant defending himself Prosecutor...."This is a bar fight. This is a fistfight...What you don't do is you don't bring a gun to a fistfight."Quote:
If you watched the trial, self-defense was not close to being proven. Even though the judge has incredibly shown his preference for the defendant, the prosecution proved the charge of murder.
And then,,,, and I'm not joking ,,,he showed a picture of Patrick Swayze in 'Roadhouse'What a stupid argument ! Did he go to the Roadhouse to suck down some suds before prepare his final arguments ? He even argued that Rittenhouse should have let the mob attack him rather than shooting them .He quoted 'Goodfellas' verbatim..... everybody takes a beating sometime.
Every once in a while, I'd have to take a beating. But by then, I didn't care. The way I saw it, everybody takes a beating sometime. | Quotes with Sound Clips from Goodfellas | Gangster Movie Sound Clips (movie-sounds.org)
The first guy he shot was chasing him, threatened to kill him, and grabbed for his gun. The next guy was swinging a skateboard at him, and the 3rd had a gun pointing at him. All 3 were threatening him.
WG the judge dismissed the illegal gun charges ;and he had as much a 'right' to be there as the BLM rioters .