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Kyle Rittenhouse, Ahmaud Arbery, and the Future of Right-Wing Vigilantism

The Intercept Briefing

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What's the Beginning of the First Incident?

When did the incident begin? That became a subject of a lot of during the trial. The prosecution presented an argument that the actual beginning of the first event was not joseph rosenbaum chasing kale rittenhous, which is what you would think from the only other video we'd seen. But if you zoom in on the drone footage, before anybody chases anyone, you can see writtenhouse raise and point his rifle at people. In wisconsin law, that's a crime. If you point a loaded gun at somebody, it's a crime of provocation. And then what ensues after that is your fault, and it undermines the legal claim of self defence.

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