The Verdict is in

I agree with the Rittenhouse verdict. But we should be careful not to make it into more than what it is, from either side of the aisle. 

Despite all the peripheral issues which may or may not have any actual bearing on the matter, the fact is that justice is individual. If Kyle Rittenhouse acted in self defense, and the jury seemed to think so and they, after all, are the cornerstone of American jurisprudence, then that is the bottom line. We ought to accept it and move on.

We can argue whether he used good judgement in going to Kenosha to begin with but that cannot be a factor in the legal issues over what happened when he arrived. If poor judgment were illegal there wouldn't be enough innocents to guard the guilty, and we have the right to freedom of movement in these United States. Rittenhouse may have put himself in a bad position. But that doesn't take away his right to self defense. 

Grand and broad theories can rarely be drawn from single incidents. Let's not do it here.