Yes we do hope someone will take down an active shooter, but in this case does that term actually apply? Are you an active shooter if you're retreating to the nearest police line after stopping a person attempting to inflict death or serious bodily harm upon yourself? If you're beaten with rocks and skateboards and have someone pointing a firearm at your head, all while you're retreating from the first violent encounter, does the active shooter term still apply or is that just a way to imply that he is a threat to persons unknown and deserves everything he gets?
In this case, Rittenhouse was lucky that so many people had taken Rob's long time advice about carrying a fully charged cell phone at protests in order to document activities. The huge volume of footage available made easy work for the jury in deciding the case in spite of all the self-serving narratives from those trying to push a racist or political agenda.