Rittenhouse situation is classic self defense.

THERE WILL NOT BE GUILTY VERDICT FOR RITTENHOUSE 

SPENDS DAY ON THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE

It is always a risky play to put a murder defendant on the stand to speak in his own defense. Especially for an 18 year old who has been demonized by the press as an evil murderer. Kyle Rittenhouse did just that yesterday and while the prosecutor tried to picture Rittenhouse as a wanna be fireman, medic and other attempts to portray him as the instigator in this tragic series of events, the testimony and video evidence showed Rittenhouse to have acted with all the classic examples of self-defense.

Rittenhouse detailed how he came to Kenosha to help in the defence of the car dealerships that had been looted, burned and vandalized. He brought fire extinguishers and first aid equipment. While a lengthy story of the night was put together it detailed how he was attempting to put out a fire in a truck when confronted by several protester. One of these protesters had warned Rittenhouse earlier if he caught him alone he was going to kill him. 

Rittenhouse dropped his fire extinguisher and ran toward an area being held by the police. He eventually came face to face with his pursuer who reached for his rifle and Rittenhouse fired. He then continued  to flee toward the police line when he was struck by stones and a skateboard and fell to the ground, while on his back another pursuer again attempted to take his rifle and he fired. This was followed by a third pursuer with a handgun who confronted Rittenhouse and when he pointed his weapon at Rittenhouse he fired. Two men died and 1 was injured in his arm. 

Rittenhouse then continued to the police line and told them what happened and they told him to leave the area. He then went home and within hours turned himself in at the local police station.

Rittenhouse did everything and more to qualify for a self-defense verdict. He tried to withdraw from the confrontation. He was pursued, he did not fire on anyone until they were at arms length distance. It was all videotaped and even verified by the surviving attacker.

Why these people continued to pursue the armed Rittenhouse will likely never be known. It can only be assume that Rittenhouse was very young, 17, and they doubted he would use his weapon. I suspect they would have liked to disarm him and then beat him to make an example of him. There were other older well equipped ex-military people there and it was when Rittenhouse was separated from these other men that they attacked him. 

Either way it was a series of poor decisions by everyone that ended in this tragedy. While Rittenhouse will not be found guilty in this trial, his life will forever be changed. Hopefully he will be able to move past it and have a rewarding and peaceful life in the future.