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No, you asked me if I ever been hit in the head with a skateboard. I answered your question with the qualifier that I also didn’t do anything like Rittenhouse did either. You are conflating my argument which is focusing on the second scene.

I personally do not believe from what I’ve read and seen that he exhausted all options to get the fuck out of there after the Rosenbaum incident. The rest of my initial post was talking about what my theory is on the Jury’s deliberations, Defense Motions for Mistrial and the Judge’s bias. I am not coming at this in a political or advocacy direction. Just what I have personally observed. I understand you disagree and that’s fine.

Also, young and stupid may give you a pass on a lot of shit. But not taking a life. Again, imho.
What options did he not exhaust? You can see him running through the streets to the police.

And young and dumb had nothing to do with him shooting people. He shot them because he was being attacked. That right we all have no matter age or IQ.
Civilians usually have less leeway with getting into a situation where they are afraid of their own safety compared to police. No idea of the specifics here.

That said nowhere does civilians have a guarantee of being protected by self defense laws in all situations. Say had not it been riot season and Kyle would have been just a regular school shooter. Strolling down the school halls with an AR the self defense BS means nothing, even less after the first kid he kills.