Prosecutors want a video of Kyle Rittenhouse accepted into evidence that they say shows him talking about wanting to shoot people, footage taken about two weeks before Rittenhouse fatally shot two protesters in Wisconsin and wounded a third.
yeah idk why they didn’t go after him separately for the possession/straw purchase with a hopefully different judge since that explicitly wasn’t one of the charges on trial.
that judge needs to be disbarred and thrown in a pit
Apparently the guy that did the straw purchase got a plea deal for a 2000 dollar fine cause he waived his fifth amendment rights or something, I dont get exactly all the technicalities behind why Rittenhouse was not charged but it seems like its cause his cousin or whatever was the one who lied on the forms to say he bought it for himself, and it isnt clear if it was illegal for Rittenhouse to actually own a rifle and bullshit like that.
Edit: Best explanation I found is that the main illegal thing done was that his cousin friend whatever lied on the proper forms, but the straw purchase in itself would only be illegal if done for someone who is not permitted to own guns because of a crime or something. Also Rittenhouse didnt technically take possession of the rifle he just used it while it was owned by his friend still? Possibly.
it was illegal for him to possess it in wisconsin, i’m not sure what “technically take possession” would mean in this context, but roaming the streets with it sure sounds like what that’s supposed to mean
I should probably go check the trial but my understanding is that since they decided to selectively interpret that one law about minors carrying rifles under supervision, it was legally the equivalent of going hunting with someone and letting them borrow the rifle, they dont “possess” the rifle cause they’re just using it for that supervised period, and then afterwards the rifle went back to the straw purchase guy.
