It is now obvious you don't remember the details and haven't bothered to refresh your memory.
If you think you can substantiate the claim you got secondhand from Derec, then do it. Show us this "mob" and provide an estimate of the number of people involved.
I have consistently put “mob” in quotes and said I don’t know if “mob” is an appropriate description. But YOUR link states Rittenhouse was being chased by a “crowd”. But in any event, Rittenhouse was being pursued by AT LEAST two people. I’m not fixated on the word “mob”.
Then it's best to stop using the word "mob" and talk about the man in light colored pants, the man in dark pants, and Huber. They are the only ones seen in the video doing anything that could be described as chasing Rittenhouse after he shot Rosenbaum.
Sure, it's very likely they had the violence that Rittenhouse had just done on their minds when they chased him, and they most certainly had Rittenhouse's shooting a couple rounds in their direction on their minds, too, but you're implying they were planning to do more than tackle Rittenhouse and get the gun away from him. How do you know that?
ffs, the first thing one of the assholes did was clobber Rittenhouse with a skateboard and the other one had a gun.
If those are the two men you are talking about then only one of them, Huber, could be said to have chased Rittenhouse, and even then it was more like he intercepted him.
He did clobber Rittenhouse with his skateboard after Rittenhouse had fatally shot Rosenbaum and fired off two rounds at the guy in light colored pants.
Huber attempted to stop an
active shooter. This is the part you keep ignoring. Rittenhouse wasn't just walking down the street talking to a friend on the phone like Trayvon Martin was. He wasn't even playing Rambo in the park like Tamir Rice. He killed a guy who assaulted him and then ran. He was a scared teenager using his AR-15 to shoot his way out of a situation he didn't know how to escape or otherwise deal with. He shot two more people and shot at a third because he was panicking. That's what made him dangerous. That's what put other lives at risk. That's why people tried to stop him.
I don't know why you feel the need to trash Huber and Grosskreutz or the other two men who tried to intervene but it's ridiculous. It appears to be black-or-white, either-or extremist thinking that doesn't allow for logic or fair mindedness.
The guy nearby who had a gun (Grosskreutz) wasn't chasing Rittenhouse and didn't get close to him.
Didn’t he got shot in the arm?
Yes. But he didn't get close. Rittenhouse in his running came somewhat close to where Grosskreutz was but not as close as the other 3 men got to Rittenhouse.
The weird thing about your post is that Rittenhouse “fucked around and found out” but you don't seem to realize it. He brought the whole shitshow on himself through his own teenaged cluelessness and immaturity but all your outrage is focused on the people who tried to prevent more killing.
lol, I’m far from outraged. I’m satisfied with the outcome.
You are satisfied that Rittenhouse "fucked around and found out", that he brought the whole shitshow on himself through his own teenaged cluelessness and immaturity, that he was waaaaaay out of his depth at that protest? You are satisfied that two people are dead and another was gravely wounded?
I'm not asking because I'm surprised or can't believe you would say that. I'm asking for the purpose of clarity. You are satisfied that a 17 year old with an AR-15 killed people at a street protest.
Ah, now it becomes clear. In your view, property is more important than lives, so someone protecting property is a hero and someone protecting lives is an asshole, amirite?
Rittenhouse was actually defending his life.
Plausibly from Rosenbaum but not certainly.
The guy in light colored pants didn't threaten Rittenhouse's life. Huber threatened his safety but that appears to have been an attempt to disarm him. We can both review the video to get a good look at whatever threat Grosskreutz presented, if any.
And we can also keep in mind that if Rittenhouse wasn't panicking he could have stripped the magazine from his AR-15 and emptied the chamber, or at least shouldered his weapon and then called 911. That's a lot to expect from a teenager, much less a frightened one, but it is something he could have done in the immediate aftermath of killing Rosenbaum
What makes Huber, the guy in light colored pants, and the third guy assholes? Is it what you presume to know about their political beliefs? Or is it because they tried to stop the teenage shooter you have chosen to unswervingly support for unexplained reasons?
They are assholes because they were out destroying other people’s property. It’s not like they were out peacefully walking the dog and Rittenhouse wasted them. Anyway, it turns out they were assholes generally. Funny how this sort of thing attracts assholes.
Please present your evidence Huber, Grosskreutz, or the guy in light colored pants destroyed other people's property.
It's clear you are satisfied Rittenhouse shot them, or shot at them, because you don't like what you presume to know about their politics, not for anything they actually did.
And it's clear you are comfortable with a teenager with no weapons training or experience in handling confrontations carrying an AR-15 into a protest that was likely to become a riot. Personally, I think that's stupid. It's a recipe for disaster even without the protest/riot. There's a good reason why we don't allow teenagers to go around armed with long guns, or handguns for that matter, without adult supervision. But apparently you like the ends (bloodshed and death) so you don't care about the means ( 1 traumatized teenager, 2 corpses, a badly wounded individual and some grieving families).
