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The post to which you're replying was quoting a part that was referring to:
Which is different from any statement about who's a "real victim" or the "real bad guy." Given that the jury decided that the prosecutors were unable to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Rittenhouse did not act in self defense, it seems reasonable to conclude that all the evidence they saw led them to conclude that, beyond a reasonable doubt, Rittenhouse's actions were a response against aggressors by someone holding a loaded weapon.
No, it is not reasonable to infer that, because that turns the burden of proof around and places it on the defendant. If, for the sake of argument, "beyond a reasonable doubt" means 95% sure, you are saying that the verdict implies that the jury was 95 pct sure that Rittenhouse's actions were a reasonable response to aggressors, when in fact all it means is that they were more than 6 pct sure.
That's a fair point, and I was erroneous when I wrote "beyond a reasonable doubt" there. Rather, what I should have written was that the evidence led the jury to conclude that, by the criminal justice system's standards, Rittenhouse's actions were a response against aggressors by someone holding a loaded weapon.
Well, again, all one can infer is that the jury was not convinced, beyond a reasonable doubt, that his actions were NOT reasonable. It is irrelevant whether they actually posed a threat; all that is relevant is whether Rittenhouse believed that they posed a threat and whether belief was reasonable, not whether it was true. As the jury was instructed, "The reasonableness of the defendant's beliefs must be determined from the standpoint of the defendant at the time of the defendant's acts and not from the viewpoint of the jury now."
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