PART 1
For anyone not familiar with the Rittenhouse case these are the facts.
In August 2020 Kenosha police shot and wounded a black suspect as they attempted to arrest him. This resulted in several nights organised rioting, damage, arson and violence by BLM and their supporters. Over 50M worth of private property and businesses were damaged and destroyed, plus a further 2M of local authority property.
On the second night of rioting 17 year old Rittenhouse shot and killed two protesters, wounded another and fired rounds at a fourth that missed. He was arrested and charged within 48 hours of the incident without the facts being established.
Within 48 hours and without knowing any of the details, Joe Biden (ahead of the presidential elections) labelled R a white supremacist whose behaviour and others of his ilk caused him great concern, and was the reason why he was running for office.
The progressive media, again without knowing the details immediately labelled R a white supremacist responsible for racist killings (The three men shot were all white for reference). They painted a narrative of R as somebody having no connection or cause to be in Kenosha that night, having crossed state lines to be there, taking an illegal firearm with him. They asserted that he had gone there armed to deliberately seek out protesters to randomly kill in the course of an active shooter spree and had murdered two men and attempted to murder two others.
Unfortunately for Biden and the propaganda media the overwhelming majority of the events and circumstances surrounding Rittenhouse were captured from numerous angles and sources including over head drones. This is really who R is and what actually happened that night.
R lives just over the state border with his mother in a commuter town, 20 minutes from Kenosha. His father, granny, extended family and friends reside in Kenosha itself which also happens to be the place where he was working as a lifeguard at the time of the riots. He had more reason and connections to be in Kenosha and travelled less distance to be there than many of the rioters that had travelled in.
Rittenhouse is not a white supremacist. In spite of the smears and attempts to label him such, the prosecutors found no evidence whatsoever in spite of an extensive search into the lie. He even voluntarily submitted his encrypted phone with password for examination.
What was established is that R was a 17 year old with an unblemished record and impeccable character. He was a former fire service cadet, a serving lifeguard with considerable first aid training and is currently at college training to be a nurse/paramedic.
In spite of the pleas from local law enforcement and the community, the Democrat Kenosha administration refused to bolster police numbers or deploy national guard to protect their city from the much trailered organised riots. R watched in dismay on the first night as the city burned, and the overwhelmed and under resourced law enforcement stood by and watched.
R during the next day wanted to help his community and went to the local school where he spent about an hour and a half cleaning Antifa graffiti from that location. He was deeply moved by the emotional distress caused to the people surveying their devastated businesses. When the administration still refused to act ahead of the anticipated second night of rioting R felt that he could help that night with his fire and first aid training.
Concerned for his safety and the existence of firearms amongst the rioters during the first night, he decided to avail himself of a legally held firearm as a deterrent and for protection. He did not bring it over the state line, it was acquired from a friend in Kenosha and he ensured the barrel length was over 16" to comply with his age restriction.
During the evening and before events unfolded he was coincidentally interviewed by a local new team. He was seen with his first aid equipment, fire extinguisher and rifle which was strapped across his chest. He was also seen by many people offering his first aid services and putting out fires as the evening progressed. He was not seen brandishing or threatening with the rifle.
R public spirited actions did not go unnoticed by the protestors and he began to attract unwelcome attention.
A white protestor and convicted violent child rapist (later deceased 1, and seen armed with a 4 foot length of chain and acting aggressively during the evening) approached Rittenhouse who at that time had a friend with him. The protestor told R that if he caught him by himself that night he would kill him. Sometime later that opportunity arose. The protestor spotted R and chased him down the street. R did not stop, threaten or fire, he ran away. Unfortunately R was driven towards a mob who were in the process of destroying cars in a car lot. The protestor hid behind cars and took his chance to ambush R at that location.
R was chased down and it was only as he was caught by protestor 1 that he turned at the last moment with his rifle. Just before the protestor made a grab for R, a firearm was discharged in the vicinity nearby. The identity of the shooter has never been identified but it is undisputed and R having heard a gun shot, and having the man who said he was going to kill him upon him discharged his rifle at the last possible moment, fatally shooting his attacker.
R realised the predicament he was in and ran off towards police lines and was heard saying 'I've got to get to the police, I had to shoot him'.
The assembled mob were out to get R and the call went up to 'get him'. R kept running and did not threaten anybody with the gun. He was chased down and knocked to the floor from behind. He was then on the floor surrounded by a baying crowd who quickly attacked him from several angles. Unidentified protestor 2 (we'll come onto that) launched a flying drop kick into the face of R as he lay on the ground and made a grab for the gun. As he did R fired and missed. Another protestor moved in from the front so R saw him coming. R had the presence of mind to point the gun at him but did not fire when the protestor put his hands up and stopped. Distracted by that protestor another man (deceased 2 with previous convictions for violence including against female family member) took the opportunity to attack R (still on the floor) from behind and smashed him over the head with a skateboard before trying to take the gun. R discharged a round killing him a that moment.
Finally a fourth protestor (previous convictions) moved in towards R a second later. R still from his prone position was able to see him and pointed the gun and did not fire. The man instead of backing off slid his hand to his waist band and pulled out an illegally held Glock pistol and pushed down on R rifle. He moved the pistol to within a couple of feet of R head, pointing it directly at him and at that point R shot the man causing a wound to his arm.
