Interesting, thanks for your comments.
I do wonder, aside from getting his perspective/justification re: self-defence if part of the reason the defence opted to get Kyle on the stand is because they might be angling for a sympathetic local jury - like his story might resonate - his dad lives there, he works as a lifeguard at the local pool, lots of his family live there, he was out cleaning up the town etc.. big emphasis on him trying to stop fires etc...
It seemed already that the prosecution case re: two of the shooting incidents (1st and 3rd) was already rather shakey but I don't see how they could get him out of the weapons charge and also the incident where he shot a second person also seems to be the riskier one. Maybe they're hoping plenty of the jurors are thinking along your lines and will see this as a kid who was angry at the destruction of the town etc.. If it's a small town like that then chance they might know of someone or know someone who knows someone whose business was destroyed etc..
Is the defence hoping they get some sort of jury nullification on the weapon's charge - if they're really sympathetic they might go not guilty on all charges.
Otherwise, I can't see how he escapes the weapons charge save for some convoluted 2nd amendment argument or some legal loophole we're not privy to yet + the second incident still seems risky with the skateboard.
The endangerment and weapons charges seem unlikely he will get out of, the other charges are looking good for the defendant atm...
I agree... He did well on the stand and the jury would be one of his peers ie from that area that may not have wanted the city to burn but they are still obliged to uphold the law.
... The argument about state lines is brought up many times. How he travelled across state lines with a gun to... I think the defendant is from antioch IL and he went to kenosha and worked in the area which is relatively close.
During the BLM protests there were many people that actually traveled from far away ie california to wisconsin to 'participate' in the protests and or looting/burning. Was it suggested 40% weren't even from the area~ might of been a statistic just thrown around.
It was hard being here in the UK and seeing/hearing about the town you grew up in going to hell. This 'thing' got turned very political, from the city's lack of use of force, to the waiting days to call in the national guard (but luckily they did else it would have been much worse), to having trump and Biden use it for political gain or try too.
Too much division going on there atm...