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Right, by his own statements he is a vigilante. He confronted the protestors while armed with a rifle. He illegally possessed a weapon and traveled to another State to confront them illegally with his illegal weapon. He is charged with murder, because you don't get to make illegal, deadly threats and then claim "self defense" in shooting the people you threatened first, when they take your threat seriously and act on it. And the prosecutors feel they can convince a jury that this is what happened.Rittenhouse, by his own statement, did not go there to participate in the riot. He went there to help the business owners who were VICTIMS of the rioters. He was seen helping them clean up in fact. One off duty law enforcement officer was killed trying to help the business owners as well so, we can assume that being armed while helping was probably a good decision on Rittenhouse's part.