Eh . . . while I think there are similarities in how the court is treating an obviously innocent man, there are differences that will make this go very differently should the left follow through.
Chauvin was a jerk. He had a terrible record, no one likes cops and even with all the evidence you still end with a bored looking cop sitting on a dying man as he slowly suffocates. That he was not the cause of the death means very little to the public when you think about it. Right and Wrong are grey here. I don't think Chauvin was legally guilty but it's hard to not call him morally wrong for his cavalier attitude during the altercation.
Comparatively, Rittenhouse is a saint. The kid was there specifically to render medical aid and help people injured in political riots. No matter how you frame it, he was fighting against literal rioters, arsonists, and political dissidents who wished nothing but destruction on the community around them by their own admittance. Morally, Kyle is absolutely in the right and it will take some seriously fucked in the head jurors to convict. The prosecution is basically going to do everything they can to obfuscate this but it does not change the presentation to the world at large.
If the US public at large witnesses a child who was literally providing medical aid to others get railroaded, I have faith that there will be enough outrage to get the sleeping giant moving.
Rightly or wrongly, I think any of us who have had to deal with cops naturally reacted negatively to the douchebag bro with his knee on a suspect yelling at people to stay the fuck back. In that situation, the crowd appeared reasonable and concerned and he appeared to be the crazed authoritarian. (but honestly looks can be deceiving and I could understand his attitude working in that neighborhood)
Eh . . . while I think there are similarities in how the court is treating an obviously innocent man, there are differences that will make this go very differently should the left follow through.
Chauvin was a jerk. He had a terrible record, no one likes cops and even with all the evidence you still end with a bored looking cop sitting on a dying man as he slowly suffocates. That he was not the cause of the death means very little to the public when you think about it. Right and Wrong are grey here. I don't think Chauvin was legally guilty but it's hard to not call him morally wrong for his cavalier attitude during the altercation.
Comparatively, Rittenhouse is a saint. The kid was there specifically to render medical aid and help people injured in political riots. No matter how you frame it, he was fighting against literal rioters, arsonists, and political dissidents who wished nothing but destruction on the community around them by their own admittance. Morally, Kyle is absolutely in the right and it will take some seriously fucked in the head jurors to convict. The prosecution is basically going to do everything they can to obfuscate this but it does not change the presentation to the world at large.
If the US public at large witnesses a child who was literally providing medical aid to others get railroaded, I have faith that there will be enough outrage to get the sleeping giant moving.
Rightly or wrongly, I think any of us who have had to deal with cops naturally reacted negatively to the douchebag bro with his knee on a suspect yelling at people to stay the fuck back. In that situation, the crowd appeared reasonable and concerned and he appeared to be the crazed authoritarian. (but honestly looks can be deceiving and I could understand his attitude working in that neighborhood)