Or did Rittenhouse — the only person in a well-armed crowd to shoot anyone — provoke people with his weapon, instigating the bloodshed, as prosecutors argue? On the streets of Kenosha that night, Rittenhouse was notable to some for his apparent youthfulness. Protesters, too, were armed, Kenosha Police Officer Pep Moretti and others testified. For a lot of people, Rittenhouse is the face of gun owners in America, said David Yamane, a sociology professor at Wake Forest University who studies gun culture. I think Rittenhouse has moved the window.”___This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Officer Moretti’s last name.

Source: thestar November 14, 2021 22:02 UTC