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06-29-21, 03:49 PM | #691 |
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As you noted, the President cannot pardon state crimes Markus. Chauvin was convicted by the state of Minnesota for manslaughter, not the federal government. Now he also faces charges by the Feds in connection. If he is found guilty then it is theoretically possible for a future president to pardon those convictions.
The only way he gets out of his 22 year sentence is to get a court to overturn the state conviction. That is probably more possible than a presidential pardon.
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11-16-21, 08:03 AM | #692 | |
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Looks like the Kyle trial is coming to an end
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11-16-21, 08:43 AM | #693 |
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I don't see what they can convict him of but I do understand they plan to tell the jury they can find him guilty of some so far unspecified "lesser charges".
I also think the feds might go after the kid too.
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11-16-21, 08:57 AM | #694 |
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I've been following this matter with great interest, having on a few occasions found myself in similar situations working Federal security and Airbase police work, where bystanders, seeing my predicament, ran to detain the berserk person(s) threatening me and saved me potential paperwork & lawsuits etc. Other than being young, dumb, and in the wrong place at the wrong time, the 17 year old Rittenhouse had an inalienable right to defend himself in all 3 shootings. 1:The obviously deranged gun grabber died with muzzle soot on his hands. One simply never gives up a firearm; unless ordered by a peace officer! 2: The actual hit with the skateboard to the head /neck is a lethal attack at the level of deterrence by deadly force. A similar head-strike is prohibited in trained baton use; and 3: the wounded EMT, brandishing his own firearm, was a professional who should have known better...the more so as 16 other gun shots (ie: discharge of weapon within city limits??!!)emanating from his faction on videos only reflected the chaos "in the moment". Basically the Kenosha affair was two not-so-well ordered militias, tacitly condoned by overworked police, becoming a vigilante mob; singling out an over armed dolt police cadet?? for self-defense would be a travesty of equal justice for all. Moreover the facts coming out during the trial that the prosecution should have known beforehand, point up the poorness of the state's case in this knee-jerk showtrial.
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11-16-21, 12:34 PM | #695 |
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I think the kid had every right to defend himself. But I also think he is 100% responsible for putting himself in that situation. He could have stayed at home, but he chose not to. I wouldn't be totally opposed to finding him guilty of a lesser crime such as illegally carrying a firearm.
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11-16-21, 01:26 PM | #696 | |
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11-16-21, 02:06 PM | #697 |
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Except that the judge has already ruled that he wasn't illegally possessing the firearm.
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11-16-21, 05:57 PM | #698 |
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I know; but the kid needs to go where they keep an eye on him till he reaches 30. Where were the parents; not monitoring their 17 yr. old offspring trotting off to riots, mayhem and civil unrest with an AR-15!!?? The kid may O.J. the criminal beef but there's still the civil suits coming up; marionetted by circumcised $hyster$ as bad as the prosecutor...and mommy and daddy are liable. I recommended the USAF Academy to my rambunctious erstwhile nephew some 40 years ago...he just made Brigadier General; likewise I kept pressing my youngest brother into the Navy when he wouldn't stay in school; he did 20 years incl. reserves and left as a petty officer after helmsmanning the USS Little Rock and San Bernadino...and has a retirement! I may thus be considered to have smattering of whereof I speak on child development...plus in police cadet Rittenhouse's case, I think his PD career aspirations are over with!??
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11-16-21, 07:55 PM | #699 |
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And the jury recessed. Poso reported that a US Marshal has confirmed that it is 10 not guiltys with 2 holding out only because they are fearful of mob retaliation and doxxing by the media. The judge should just declare mistrial with prejudice due to jury tampering as a result.
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11-16-21, 08:13 PM | #700 | |
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The kid needs to be set free as this is a clear case of self defense. As for his right to be there, he had every right as long as this is still a free country.
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11-16-21, 08:16 PM | #701 | |
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Just what the prosecution wants. If those numbers are true and i have a hard time believing that a US Marshal would throw away his career like that, then hopefully the holdouts will be convinced to do the right thing by the others in the morning. Meanwhile I just can't understand why the jury is not sequestered.
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11-17-21, 03:04 AM | #702 |
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So any self-declared private militia can grab their guns, travel to whatever they see fit and have a good time "defending" american values or what they think that is? While they just want some action, but not at home of course. What is the police and any official law enforcement for?
To do private intentional riot tourism with a loaded half-automatic gun seems like a case of intentionally looking for action and trouble. Walking around privately pointing any gun (no one cares what this gun is or was especially, the case is not about bearing guns and which, but about killing) at people, while no one can know what this person walking around "proud, like a hero out of a western", not belonging to official police force, is doing or about to do. What about some black 17-year-olds with guns, patrolling the streets in other cities than their own due to their right of free movement, to quench riots, how do (white) people look at that? Pleading not guilty, not even a hint of self-doubt "I did nothing wrong, i was defending myself"? If this "poor, harmless kid" gets out free i am sure we will hear of him again, probably after his next provocation.
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My only criticism of this kid is he's too young to be involved in this kind of situation. Where were his parents? I'm all for defending property against the mob but he should have been studying algebra at home. There aren't enough 30-60 year olds in Wisconsin to handle this? As for the rioters and mobs, I have no objection to seeing them gunned down. |
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It is not about cowering down or criticising cowboys, but as i read in several reports Rittenhouse walked away from the shooting "..proud, like a hero out of a western", and i think this is not appropriate to the situation but rather childish. Well he still is a child, yes, and where were his parents. B.t.w. I did my own playing and behaving like a "cowboy" when i was a child, no real shooting involved. Mostly ahem, at least not against people. Quote:
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11-17-21, 09:10 AM | #705 |
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Yeah, I see what you mean. As I said, a 17-year old has no business in that situation. For him, he may have been actually playing cowboy in his head.
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