Mary Sanchez: Kyle Rittenhouse is now a pawn
Kyle Rittenhouse went looking for trouble. America, in its adoration of firearms and a legal system that leans heavily into an individual’ s right to cause harm over the collective safety of many, replied. And the legal system will cover you when the worst happens: Bullets fired by Rittenhouse killed two people that August night in Kenosha, Wisconsin, unleashed by a...
by Mary Sanchez, Tribune Content Agency
Nov 20, 2021
3 minutes
Kyle Rittenhouse went looking for trouble.
America, in its adoration of firearms and a legal system that leans heavily into an individual’s right to cause harm over the collective safety of many, replied.
Yes, you can be a mere child conjuring an image of yourself as the heroic savior in a volatile scene where only highly trained adults should roam. You can claim a self-designated role as a medic even though you have no such expertise. And yes, you can go ahead
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