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‘I believed things he told me that I now understand to be … lies,’ Dave Hancock says in new Rittenhouse documentary

A former spokesperson for Kyle Rittenhouse says he became disillusioned with his ex-client after learning that he had sent text messages pledging to “fucking murder” shoplifters outside a Chicago pharmacy before later shooting two people to death during racial justice protests in Wisconsin in 2020.

Dave Hancock made that remark about Rittenhouse – for whom he also worked as a security guard – on a Law & Crime documentary that premiered on Friday. The show explored the unsuccessful criminal prosecution of Rittenhouse, who killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

As Hancock told it on The Trials of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 90-minute film’s main subject had “a history of things he was doing prior to [the double slaying], specifically patrolling the street for months with guns and borrowing people’s security uniforms, doing whatever he could to try to get into some kind of a fight”.

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You might be shocked to learn that not all Americans are the same. Bigot.

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I wasn’t describing you, you wouldn’t be so offended.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would still find it inappropriate, actually.

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bet you do. How inappropriate are school shootings, Mr. Gun Advocate?

Best not think about that, huh

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

I am not a gun advocate or a mister.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're really not doing a good job at countering their claim...

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By pointing out that hating on everybody from a single country is bigotry?

Obviously your opinion is more common, but I disagree.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is my opinion? Please state it. Because I didn't give it.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I missed that you were replying to a comment I made to OP, but you are not OP. So I have no idea.

Edit: Oh wait, nevermind. You did share your opinion and it is in line with OP's.

There's no nuance to be had here most of the time and it's depressing.

There is nuance to be had because not everybody is the same.

I understand that there are tons of problems in the US, but hating on an entire culture/people is bigotry no matter who it is aimed towards.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sigh. That is not my opinion about any country, that's my opinion about our species.

"There is no nuance to be had here" means that people don't notice the nuance because they have their own personal agendas. That's not an American problem, that's a global problem.

And good job proving that by deciding you know what my opinion on a subject I never opined on is and deciding that something unrelated was my opinion because of your agenda.

So thanks.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You might need to be a little clearer about that in the future to make it seem less bigoted.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No one but you had any trouble with what I said.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That doesn't really mean anything.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You want me to be clearer but no one else has that need here. So I'd say that means everything.

Unless, of course, you think the world needs to cater to you. Does it? Are you that important?

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, aren't you being a jerk.

Personal attacks are not useful.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, aren’t you being a jerk.

That's quite the personal attack.

Personal attacks are not useful.

Literally one sentence after making a personal attack in the exact same post. Amazing. I guess the answer to my question is yes.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pointing out that someone is being rude is not a personal attack.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But calling someone a jerk is. Which you did:

You're welcome to lie that 'jerk' isn't an insult, but any basic thesaurus will disagree:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jerk

As will any dictionary:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/jerk#american-jerk-1-noun

I look forward to your lie.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, aren't you needlessly aggressive.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Not as needlessly aggressive as someone who complains about insults and then tells an insult the very next sentence.

It's really incredible how many things now you've accused me of that you can't see you're guilty of yourself, but it is quite amusing.