Kyle Rittenhouse says he will sue Whoopi Goldberg

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Whatever he did, it wasn't deemed to be illegal in a court of law.

I think that it is worth pointing out that without all the investigation that fed into the trial, it was not knowable that this was a case of self-defense. There were some people claiming it was, and others claiming it was not. The witnesses on the scene seemed to mostly see Rittenhouse as an aggressor and perpetrator. It isn't fair to take a conclusion that was reached after a year of investigations and weeks of trial, and try to superimpose that on minds at the time of the event. What we know now is not what was known by anyone then.

At the time of the event, what was known was that two people were dead at Rittenhouse's hands, and another injured. It was known that he had shown up to a protest fully armed with a weapon most Democrats don't believe should even be legal to carry. I don't think ulterior political motives were needed for the term "murder" to get applied at that point in time. How did the Democrats decide who to be against at that point in time? The guy with the riffle who killed two people; the natural and obvious first reaction conclusion, really.

Even following the trail, there were many people who still felt the actions had been murder. They watched the same evidence the rest of us did, and reached a different conclusion than the jury did. When people are dead, it's human nature to want to place blame and have someone pay the price. As much as I do feel reporting and politics fed into the perceptions, the divided response would likely have existed regardless. I don't see how it could not have. Rittenhouse's trail was a difficult and nuanced case, and no one will ever be held responsible for two deaths. That result can be a hard truth for people to accept, even if it was the right result.

It's likely US law helped Rittenhouse's case. Had this trial been in another country he would likely be in jail rather than doing the talk show circuit talking up his chance of making millions from killing two people.

If he hadn't been armed I do not believe any of it would have happened.

That's actually something that's lost on everyone. Had he gone in without an AR15 he would have been totally ignored,

That's actually something that's lost on everyone. Had he gone in without an AR15 he would have been totally ignored,

Was he the only one who went there with a gun?
I'm not sure of that.

There are a lot of violent people at those "peaceful" burning stuff down riots.
Haven't you seen the video clips of gangs of peaceful antifa members kicking the shite out of a lone individual in the middle of the street or store owners being bashed over the head with a 4 by 2 just for protecting their property?
Damn, you have had a sheltered life.

If the protesters rioters weren't violent, there would be no violence, well, most of the time.

Was he the only one who went there with a gun?
I'm not sure of that.

There are a lot of violent people at those "peaceful" burning stuff down riots.
Haven't you seen the video clips of gangs of peaceful antifa members kicking the shite out of a lone individual in the middle of the street or store owners being bashed over the head with a 4 by 2 just for protecting their property?
Damn, you have had a sheltered life.

If the protesters rioters weren't violent, there would be no violence, well, most of the time.

It would be my preference for no one there to be armed, and for anyone engaged in violence to be arrested and charged.

I believe in the right to protest. But as a way ensuring that right can always exist, I don’t believe in the right to engage in violence nor to carry heavy weaponry into a protest. Those aren’t the tools of peaceful protest organizers, but of disrupters. I am sure examples of exceptions can be found, and I won’t pretend I’m proposing a perfect solution. It’s just how I see things right now. I have no patience for the elements that turn protests into danger zones.

It depends on the number of arrests as well. If two people are arrested, no big deal.

If 30 people are arrested, that's quite an issue.