"Fascist murderer" is fine. Don't let the state define criminality for us. Every U.S. president is also a war criminal, despite literally none of them ever being convicted of anything.
I mean, people are called murderers all the time. It's possible the injustice system will go off the deep end, but IMO it's pretty unlikely. Heck, I suspect police departments and cop "unions" would be suing left and right over that shit if it were going to stick.
Not a lawyer, but I even suspect that there's a burden-of-proof issue with this. In defamation, you basically have to prove that someone lied (i.e. prove that Rittenhouse is not a murderer, in this case). A criminal "not guilty" verdict isn't proof that someone didn't commit murder; it is a statement that it was not definitively proven ("beyond a reasonable doubt") that they ARE a murderer. It is only criminal court where you are "innocent until proven guilty". Hence why wrongful death lawsuits (where it's just "preponderance of evidence" shit) can succeed even if criminal murder charges fail.
"Fascist murderer" is fine. Don't let the state define criminality for us. Every U.S. president is also a war criminal, despite literally none of them ever being convicted of anything.
I 100% agree, but the court likely won’t when this little piece of shit fascist sues people for calling him a murderer
I mean, people are called murderers all the time. It's possible the injustice system will go off the deep end, but IMO it's pretty unlikely. Heck, I suspect police departments and cop "unions" would be suing left and right over that shit if it were going to stick.
I said people, I more meant news outlets
Not a lawyer, but I even suspect that there's a burden-of-proof issue with this. In defamation, you basically have to prove that someone lied (i.e. prove that Rittenhouse is not a murderer, in this case). A criminal "not guilty" verdict isn't proof that someone didn't commit murder; it is a statement that it was not definitively proven ("beyond a reasonable doubt") that they ARE a murderer. It is only criminal court where you are "innocent until proven guilty". Hence why wrongful death lawsuits (where it's just "preponderance of evidence" shit) can succeed even if criminal murder charges fail.