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Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
That "boy" needs to spend the rest of his life in jail. I don't give a f**k that he is 17. We need to find out how he came to be walking around with an AR-15. The gun owner (if not him) needs to spend some quality time inside a maximum security prison. And the mayor of Kenosha needs to start a process that could lead to the firing of the bulk of the top brass in the police department. Likewise, individual officers watching a kid with a gun walking down to a riot zone need to be dismissed. Fired. With prejudice. And if the union resists, that union needs to be destroyed. F**k the police. F*ck their unions. I'm so sick of this.

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Prosecutors on Thursday charged a 17-year-old from Illinois in the fatal shooting of two protesters and the wounding of a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a night of unrest following the weekend police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Kyle Rittenhouse faces charges of first-degree intentional homicide, one count of first-degree reckless homicide, one count of attempted first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment. He would face a mandatory life sentence if convicted of first-degree intentional homicide, the most serious crime in Wisconsin.

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Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois, about 15 miles from Kenosha, was taken into custody Wednesday in Illinois. He was assigned a public defender in Illinois for a hearing Friday on his transfer to Wisconsin. Under Wisconsin law, anyone 17 or older is treated as an adult in the criminal justice system.

Rittenhouse’s attorney, Lin Wood, said the teenager was acting in self-defense. Cellphone footage shows the shooter being chased into a used car lot by someone before shots are heard and the person lies dead. The shooter then runs down the street where he is chased by several people shouting that he just shot someone. He stumbles after being approached by several more people and fires, killing another man and injuring a third.

“From my standpoint, it’s important that the message be clear to other Americans who are attacked that there will be legal resources available in the event false charges are brought against them,” he said. “Americans should never be deterred from exercising their right of self-defense.”

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Originally posted by wtg:
More about the 17 year old. How the hell does a kid this age get access to guns?

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/a...tenhouse-trump-rally

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Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
That "boy" needs to spend the rest of his life in jail.

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Rittenhouse, from Antioch, Illinois, is facing six charges in Wisconsin, the most serious of which is first-degree intentional homicide. Under Wisconsin law, Rittenhouse is charged as an adult, and he would face life in prison if convicted of the first-degree intentional homicide charge.

Rittenhouse also faces charges of first-degree reckless homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide, two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety and one count of possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18.

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Originally posted by jon-nyc:
He said ‘I just shot someone’. Had he called 911?