in this specific case, though, was the judge justified in that ruling, and what do you make of rittenhouse s self-defense claim driving across state borders with a semiautomatic weapon, going to the site of the protests. he s not defending his home or business in his backyard or some property he owns. he s driving across state lines to get to the site of the protests and claiming self-defense. i would say it s uncommon and unusual, it s not unheard of, not a never done before thing. but it is unusual for a judge to disallow the use of the word victim in a self-defense trial. but if it was me, i don t think they let them not use that word. so right, there is a nuance here. there is an argument that victim is a loaded term when the defendant is claiming self-defense. however, my issue with the judge is not his decision about the word victim. it s his decision to allow the kyle rittenhouse defense
of the word victim in the courtroom especially if the defendant is claiming self-defense. in this specific case, though, was the judge justified in that ruling, and what do you make of rittenhouse s self-defense claim driving across state borders with a semiautomatic weapon, going to the site of the protests. he s not defending his home or defending a own the. i would say it s uncommon and unusual, it s not unheard of, not a never done before thing. it is unusual for a judge to to disallow the use of the word victim in a self-defense trial. but like it if it was me, i don t think i don t think they d they d let them not use that word, right. so right, there is a nuance here. there is an argument that victim is a loaded term when the defendant is claiming self-defense. however, my issue with the judge
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was 21 years old who was shot down and another individual is claiming self-defense. so it is very, very clear that this is a problem. and even where the stand your ground law is not formally invoked or imposed, there is obviously this culture, this feeling in florida, again, that african-americans are some type of existential threat. it s interesting, though. not only do we need to change that law, but maybe we need to inform more juries because the fact of the matter is when you have a jury for a self-defense trial such as this it actually means that a stand your ground hearing was either not pursued or didn t prevail before a judge. it s kind of like premeditation. people need to be a bit more educated on what those matters are. premeditation does only take a matter of moments. but the bottom line is we still have to do all we can to let this family know and to let all of our young people know that we care about them.
and even where the stand your ground law is not formally invoked or imposed, there is obviously this culture, this feeling in florida, again, that african-americans are some type of existential threat. it s interesting, though. not only do we need to change that law, but maybe we need to inform more juries because the fact of the matter is when you have a jury for a self-defense trial such as this it actually means that a stand your ground hearing was either not pursued or didn t prevail before a judge. it s kind of like premeditation. people need to be a bit more educated on what those matters are. premeditation does only take a matter of moments. but the bottom line is we still have to do all we can to let this family know and to let all of our young people know that we care about them. jordan could have been my son. he could have been a son of any one of us. trayvon could have been a son of any one of us.