Danger identification in the Rittenhouse case

In his final argument, prosecutors called Kyle Rittenhouse, who is on trial for killing two men and wounding another last year in Kenosha, Wis., “a 17-year-old teenager. .” He sometimes referred to him as “the defendant”. But for the most part, Rittenhouse is simply the soulless, nameless “he”. He was the only figure to arrive on a night of protests and civil unrest armed with a gun. He is a self-appointed guardian of the property of others who wields semi-automatic weapons while striding through an already raging, angry, and competitive crowd. He is unnecessary heat in a boiled morass.