Courtney Roberson
Reporting/Writing for the Mass Media
Dr. Reppert
11/18/2021
Opinion(State, National, or International)
In August 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse killed 36 year old Joseph Rosenbaum, 26 year old Anthony Huber, and wounded 27 year old Gaige Grosskreutz when he shot them with an assault rifle as he roamed the streets of Kenosha.. He was only 17 when he went and shot those men.
On Friday, the jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on charges related to his shooting dead two people at an anti racism protest and injuring the third man. Many teens had guns and acting as patrol in the streets when the protests went on. They has armed assault rifles as the black members of the community joined the protest supporting Black Lives Matter. The turning point of the trial came when Grosskreutz testified that a gun was pointed at Rittenhouse before he fired the rifle. Others testified that Rittenhouse was pursued by the men he shot dead. On the fourth day, the jury had a unanimous verdict of no guilty. He was charged with intentional homicide, reckless homicide, and attempted intentional homicide. He was shook as he waited on the verdicts and had to leave the room to calm himself down. The officers handed 17 year old boys water as they carried assault rifles and their parents approved of them to stay out past curfew to "patrol" the streets.
In my opinion, the officers should not have allowed 17 year olds have assault rifles and neither should the parents have. I believe Rittenhouse was pursued because the people out there felt threatened by the assault rifles as they just tried to protest for something they believed in. The police have training and shouldn't have needed extra help in that manner. The boys could've helped in other ways. I believe Rittenhouse should've had some kind of time or at least probation.
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