By who? Dominic Black? I'm not going to blame Kyle for what Black did. Which wasn't a crime but only a civil infraction.
What did Kyle do that was illegal? Violate curfew? So did basically everyone there.
Your attempt to assign all responsibility to Dominick Black is a failure of logic and accountability. You previously dropped the entire "illegal purchase" argument because you couldn't defend it, and now you’re trying to revive a flawed version of it to shield Kyle.
You cannot blame Black for an illegal act and simultaneously pretend that Kyle is absolved. Black was criminally charged and pleaded guilty to circumventing the law
using Kyle's money and at Kyle's request. That transaction, initiated by Kyle, is the definition of an illegal straw purchase. Black's plea, regardless of the final penalty, is the legal proof the acquisition was illegitimate. Do I really need to explain yet again that straw purchases intended to circumvent laws restricting someone from obtaining something are illegal?
Furthermore, minimizing a curfew violation by saying "basically everyone was there" is a distraction. The issue is not the curfew in isolation, but that it was one of several intentional choices that flowed directly from the
illegal foundation Kyle created. The sequence was:
- He paid for and arranged the illegal acquisition.
- He took that illegally obtained weapon into a conflict zone.
- He ignored the curfew law.
- He sought out a confrontation zone while carrying the weapon he believed he would need to use.
The entire tragic sequence began with a premeditated, illegal acquisition that Kyle Rittenhouse paid for and initiated, all with the demonstrable intent to enter and engage in a volatile situation. You are unwilling to admit that every subsequent choice was his own, directly contributing to the outcome.
