BackAgain
Neutronium Member & truth speaker #StopBrandon
Wrong. Provocation requires that the person be provoked. Rosenbaum wasnāt provoked by the pointing of the rifle. If anything, he had previously beenāprovokedāā in some way to chase the defendant. Thatās 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, āprovocationā is irrelevant to the Rosenbaum self defense issue. Obviously, he did not ā at that moment ā āprovokeā the actions of the gun shot victim.