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Rittenhouse Trial Not Guilty Verdicts
After Jury Instructions Taken Home
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 19 – In the trial of Kyle
Rittenhouse in Kenosha,
Wisconsin on Veterans Day the
defense's use of force expert,
a Kenosha police officer and a
live streamer were on the
stand. Inner City Press live
tweeted it here.
On November 15,
the closing arguments. Inner
City Press live tweeted here.
On November 19,
after days of deliberation and
arguments about compressed
video given to the defendant,
not by AirDrop, and a juror
being allowed to take the
instructions home, the jury
returned in the early
afternoon with all not guilty
verdicts.
Judge Schoeder
told them the media is not to
contact them, only in writing.
Might AG Merrick Garland,
scheduled to swear in SDNY US
Attorney Damian Williams less
than two hours later in an
event Inner City Press was
invited to but will now cover
by promised live stream,
address this? Watch this site.
ADA Binger: I
have no doubt that the
defendant had no idea what his
weapon could do, he did not
even look into it. The
defendant had fired at Jump
Kick Man and miraculously did
not kill him. Is it reasonable
for a criminal to be able to
shoot him way out of a crime
scene? Could a bank robber do
this?
[On the
screen: "The Defendant caused
the whole incident."]
ADA Binger:
Full metal jacket ammo and
pierce body armor and squad
cars. It can travel five and a
half football fields... We
showed video of Drew
Hernandez, who said he felt as
risk here in little old
Kenosha
ADA Binger: Let
me tell you about Joseph
Rosenbaum. He just stumbles
into it. He tipped over a
Porta-Potty that had no one in
it. He lit a dumpster on
fire... He said the N-word
[heavy sarcasm in prosecutor's
voice]
Now
Rittenhouse's closing, by Mark
Richards: Mr. Binger says I'm
blaming the victim. But Mr.
Rosenbaum was shot because he
was chasing my client and
trying to grab his gun. He was
on a horizontal plane, leaping
and lunging at my client.
Rittenhouse's
lawyer Richards: Mr.
Grosskreutz has ten million
reasons to lie... They have
the burden of proof, we don't.
Kyle was a 17 year old kid out
there trying to help this
community.
Rittenhouse's
lawyer Richards: My client is
no longer charged as a minor
possessing a firearm. [Judge
dropped Court 6, possession of
a dangerous weapon by a person
under 18]
Rittenhouse's
lawyer Richards: My client had
as much right as anyone else
to be in downtown Kenosha that
night. As much as the rioters.
Mr. Rosenbaum was going to
ambush him. [Sips water]. The
only thing I can say about
James Armstrong is, OK, that's
interesting
Rittenhouse's
lawyer Richards: In this
community, people have been
found to have used self
defense having shot seven
times. My client fired only
four times, in a short period
of time. Let me show you what
four feet is. From the end of
the jury box to my foot, here
Rittenhouse's
lawyer Richards: Why was Mr.
Rosenbaum lunging at my
client? Was he offering him
the keys to the city? No. Soot
only goes so far. If my client
wanted to be an active
shooter, why did he give Nick
his body armor?
Rittenhouse's
lawyer Richards: Mr. Binger
must live in fairy tale land
to think that my client could
just put down his gun and say,
Everything is good.
Rittenhouse's
lawyer Richards: We ask you to
find our client not guilty.
Judge Schroeder: Let's take a
ten minute break.
In midst of
rebuttal summation, Judge
Schroeder asks the jurors to
step out. Judge: Why would she
have any testimonial
privilege? Richards: They
can't piecemeal the charges.
This is ridiculous. Judge:
Let's have it read back
Court reporter:
He said "they have a Fifth
Amendment right." Judge: I'll
sustain the objection. Ask the
jurors to come back in. Then
ADA Krauss limits the
privilege --
Richards:
Objection! Judge: Please step
into the library again.
Richards: They hold the key.
ADA James Krauss
cites a "gossip blogger" who
is pro-Rittenhouse, throws in
Drew Hernandez. Uses the
phrase "chaos tourist" for
Rittenhouse.
Judge Schroeder:
Jurors, the case is now yours.
You will disregard the claims
or opinions of the news media
and any social media, and the
opinions of the President of
the US and of the president
before him.
Judge Schoeder:
Tomorrow at 9 we'll pick the
six who will not be on the
jury, but they will still stay
in the building in case their
services are needed. Do not
read about the case.
Adjourned
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