BackAgain
Neutronium Member & truth speaker #StopBrandon
Wrong. Provocation requires that the person be provoked. Rosenbaum wasn’t provoked by the pointing of the rifle. If anything, he had previously been”provoked”‘ in some way to chase the defendant. That’s part of what provoked the defendant to feel he was in danger.Not wrong. Rosenbaum was some 20 feet away from Rittenhouse when he pointed his gun at him. Pointing a gun at someone who is not threatening your life is a provocation. That's why it's a crime to point a gun at someone.
But by the time Rittenhouse lifted that rifle he provoked not a single thing from Rosenbaum. So again, “provocation” is irrelevant to the Rosenbaum self defense issue. Obviously, he did not — at that moment — “provoke” the actions of the gun shot victim.