Originally Posted by All Bizniz

I think Kyle, the 17 year old is in a world of d** d**.

I'd like to take away the politics, "white supremacist" , the "Russian agent" and any other label that unnecessarily clouds the issue and look at it from the law enforcement and/or legal perspective.

Even on a good day, law enforcement and prosecuters tend to take a dim view of situations where one civilian shoots another, and will examine very closely the circumstances before, during and after, to determine what if any, charges might be laid. Many decent law-abiding citizens have found themselves in legal jeapordy after being involved in what they thought in their mind was a justifiable shooting in self-defense.

There were 3 people shot by Kyle.

He shot and killed the first person, Joseph Rosenbaum, after Rosenbaum approached him following what sounded like gunshots.

He shot and killed the second person, Anthony Huber, after he allegedly tried to take the gun away from him.

And he shot and injured the third person, Gaige Grosskreutz, who was in the vicinity, but had his hands up at the time he was shot.

The mitigating circumstances for him MIGHT be the fact that he only fired first, after he heard what might have been gunshots, and testifies that he thought Joseph was the shooter (he was not).

The other mitigating circumstance in his favor might be that he shot the 2nd person, Anthony, because he was trying to take his gun away from him.

I don't know if he can overcome the mitigating circumstances against him though...

It's going to be tough to justify shooting Gaige, who had his hands in the air when he was shot.

It's going to be tough justifying shooting someone because you heard gunshots and thought the victim was the shooter, but it is established that at no time did he have a gun.

The courts will also look negatively on the fact that Kyle traveled over 100 miles to inject himself into a very volatile situation where only law enforcement had any business being.

Finally, although Wisconsin is an open carry state, it is illegal for a minor to do so.

I don't know if he'll beat the 2 homicide charges, but he's also charged with attempted homicide, recklessly endangering safety and possession of a dangerous weapon by a juvenile, so it'll take an intervention, divine or otherwise, for him to beat all the charges.

And by the way, being declared NOT GUILTY is not the same as being declared INNOCENT. Just ask OJ! [emoji23]