Re:Facebook reverses Kyle Rittenhouse policy
by umanwizard on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @10:30PM
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I'm no expert on law, but it seems likely that in a country where publicly carrying a gun at all is illegal, that both Grosskreutz and Rittenhouse would have been able to legitimately claim self-defense had they shot and killed the other, because either could have reasonably assumed (even if incorrectly) that the other was some sort of terrorist or mass shooter.
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Re:Facebook reverses Kyle Rittenhouse policy
by Nursie on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @10:39PM
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I don't think so. I think the fact that they had taken a gun along to an event like this in the first place would be taken as pre-meditation, regardless of whether they believed themselves to be in immediate mortal danger when they actually fired the shot.
Although perhaps it would be enough to get it downgraded to manslaughter.
I'd love to hear from a lawyer on this TBH.
Re:Facebook reverses Kyle Rittenhouse policy
by umanwizard on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @10:42PM
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> I'd love to hear from a lawyer on this TBH.
Me too! I'm not at all sure I'm right -- but then again, neither are (or should be) the people with hot takes shot from the hip about how obviously he would have been found guilty of murder in enlightened Europe. Thanks for the interesting discussion.