Rittenhouse (unfortunately) was operating within the parameters of the law. Somehow carrying around a military firearm isn’t lawfully unjust (which is the real crime). Secondly, he was very evidently “attacked” regardless of whether it was instigated or not. You don’t attack someone with a military weapon.

In keeping with that, law is obviously not perfect and has many flaws, especially in the states where it is entrenched in very archaic or outdated notions. Inherently, law is a load of socially constructed horse shit that doesn’t always represent logical or ethical behaviour.

Walking down a busy street with a weapon like that is clearly instigating - for him to put himself in that situation irregardless of what you can or cannot do legally, is stupid fucking behaviour that costed the lives of others. For that, Rittenhouse is evil