What is self-defense law? In terms of reasonable expectations, what is it exactly? When attending a protest or riot does your right to self-defense change? Can't quite understand the rationale of people who I have heard give opinions.

Just read this "The most Wisconsin’s provocation instruction does is impose a duty to retreat on one who provokes an attack. But that duty to retreat is conditioned on the defendant’s belief that he has exhausted every reasonable means to escape. The person “may not use or threaten force intended or likely to cause death unless he reasonably believes he has exhausted every other reasonable means to escape from or otherwise avoid death or great bodily harm.”" And considering the fact Rittenhouse was RUNNING AWAY when unknown (to Rittenhouse) object was thrown and hit him, as well as gunshots behind him, what other option did he have? So even if you think he provoked situation initially, which itself is a big stretch of interpretation, what is actually being deliberated for 4 days? I don't understand. I did hear today that the jury feels pressured to find in favor of conviction because of politics.