I'm actually quite right leaning......

There is no law that one can change that would allow/prohibit shooting someone unjustifiably and attempting to murder them. A cop with a jumpy trigger finger and poor decision making under pressure does not justify firing 7 rounds. I've got a few friends that are in law enforcement, and a couple that are Chicago PD in the midst of all this bullshit. You might find their opinions interesting about this type of shit - what is a justified shooting, how they're trained, etc.

I really hope you aren't involved in law enforcement in any way, shape, or form. This isn't the wild west. You don't shoot first and ask questions later. This isn't a "let God sort them out" situation.

I've done a little research and there is conflicting reports on weather he was reaching for a knife in his car or not.

I'll type this very clearly for you as you don't seem to comprehend things well.......

The shooting is/was justifiable if he was reaching or going for a knife. Not 100% clear if that's the case.

Sure, but I think a lot of LEOs would agree with me. Also, if he had a knife, why would you get close to him (and make contact) with a firearm. That's a HUGE mistake (esp from someone with 7 years experience) because you're putting yourself in potentially lethal danger. If I had to guess, they thought he had a knife while wrestling, realized it wasn't, and that's why he was able to walk free. We'll see though, gotta wait for the report and additional statements.

Is the city council Democrat majority? I see that they have a GOP congressman but a Democrat mayor. I agree that it's an oversight by them to not give the police funds for body cameras but it's also possible that the PD said no to it: https://apnews.com/6435a3f69293c22ace6536e7dad72776

So you have familiarity with law enforcement but take an issue with the "firing X rounds"?
Police officers are trained to fire center of mass and keep shooting until the threat is neutralized.
Its one of the first things that gets debunked in every BLM cause celebre, people will shout about how disproportionate it is that police fired X rounds instead of just shooting him once in the shoulder or judo chopping the guy's gun out of his hands
A cop should either be shooting to kill, or not at all. Their concern isn't about how whether its going to be an open casket or not, a single bullet wound can be just as deadly as 50.

The specific rounds really isn't that much of a concern to me. Use of deadly force is the point here. Was it justified or was it not.

Cops didn't fire very well at center mass. He's alive if I remember correctly.

Makes me lead to believe it was more panic than a calculated decision.

Then Americans should be shooting back to kill. Police are domestic terrorists.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kyle-rittenhouse-shooting-kenosha-protest-suspect-arrested/



https://twitter.com/AyannaPressley/status/1298780540431224832



So the black radical congresswoman labels a moderate hispanic kid as a 'white supremacist' with no evidence.
Hey, this would be a great time for WaPo or the NYT to print one of their infamous "with no evidence" headline articles about her statement like they do about Trump every day when he actually has evidence
but naw

lol hispanic kid shoots several cis white privileged lefty males in what so far video-evidence shows as possible self-defense, but this newly-formed swamp demon “ayanna ‘not elvis’ pressley” drags other races into it

i love the “across state lines” blanket statement with zero context (the towns are like a 15 min drive or so away there). as if most of the federal govt pre-covid didnt cross state lines multiple times a day during their work commute.

Pressley is wrong (and it irks me when people in power criticize individuals like that) but to characterize this kid as "moderate" is laughable. No "moderate" worships cops like that and joins a militia.

Kyle Rittenhouse

?? Hispanic

Not that it matters but why do you guys keep saying this lol.

If you're an eighth or more of something, you can qualify as that characterization. He's at least an eighth Hispanic so that's where it comes from. In addition, I think this is more mocking the characterization that the kid is a "white supremacist." This is all just a really shitty situation. A lot of people were in the wrong place at the wrong time.