No, because time continues to flow in a forward direction. He was allowed to walk away by the police on the scene, that is hard to contest. He was later arrested at his home by different police, also hard to contest. Hence, both are true.
I agree. One does need to consider the possibility that competing “gangs” is exactly what the rioter/police defunders want.
Toward, and then past, and then on to a car, and then back home, yes. It may be that the police did not notice him walking, hands in the air, with an assault rifle. If so, then I would agree that they did not let him go, but that may indicate other problems.
Prisons? I don’t know what “movement” you are talking about but I don’t know about doing away with prisons. There are some who want to reform bail, but I am not sure how that is relevant here (or exactly what they want). Is Rittenhouse out on bail?
Biden himself says this rioting will only stop if he’s elected. His people bail these criminals out of jail. Where are the Trump supporters who have been burning buildings and killing people?
Trump had nothing to do with it whatever. If any president or contender bears direct responsibility, it would be Obama who, after Ferguson and Baltimore, blamed the police and not the guilty.
Did the police see all of it or didn’t they? If they did and let him walk, likely they didn’t think he committed a crime. If they didn’t see it, what is the reason they should have stopped him?
I don’t live in that community, but in my community we try to keep track of the murderers.
Again, not my community, but where I live we like the cops to apprehend folks that are shooting other folks.
White privilege is a racist charge, by definition.
I am not a judge, but I do want him in front of a judge (and a jury). Seems like there was probably cause to arrest him, so I am guessing he is in custody right now. That seems like the right place for him while due process is carried out.
Of course, I want the law enforced fairly and equally. And that includes not allowing people to be gunned down in the street.
I wouldn’t say there is no evidence. There was enough to arrest him and hold him. Whether there is enough to convict him remains to be seen. Given that he appears to be admitting to the killings (based on his lawyer’s statements), I would say that conviction seems pretty likely, though.
Trump doesn’t run the police. They are governed by states and municipal authorities. In these riot scenarios, the authorities in charge of the police are almost totally Democrats.
What is going to happen is that a judge or jury is going to determine what this guy did and the nature of it. From what that reporter said, it seems doubtful to me. But no matter what, it’s for the triers of fact to determine. It is your understanding, expressed here, that someone told the cops a teen had just shot three people. Maybe that’s true, and maybe it isn’t. Maybe the cops saw it and maybe they didn’t. Maybe the police had something they deemed more imminently dangerous. After all, some 20 plus shots were fired, mostly not by this kid. So what and where were the others?
But he is accused of murder. He has been indicted for it. All that can be said is at this point he has not been found guilty.
More. He is presumed innocent.
