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Kimberly Steele ([personal profile] kimberlysteele) wrote2021-11-02 01:35 pm
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The most bizarre prosecution I've seen

(Anonymous) 2021-11-09 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
I felt compelled to listen in on the Rittenhouse prosecution today. This was the absolute bar none most bizarre case they could have possibly made. Their own star witness admitted in court that he was shot while in the process of advancing on Kyle with a loaded pistol pointed at his head immediately after Kyle had just been assaulted from someone else in the crowd.

They pulled out some lefty "citizen journalist" who testified that the crowd was ready to "burn you guys to the ground if you say one wrong thing" more or less proving that that to an outside observer Kyle was in danger.

They pulled out a cop who pepper sprayed kyle for no reason, more or less.

They pulled out an investigator who admitted that the prosecution didn't want him investigating evidence that would have a high likelihood of proving Kyle innocent and their star witness guilty

They had a cop who tried to say "Well, we can't really know if (Pedo)baum was "chasing" Kyle... he was just moving in the same direction, directly behind, and shouting obscenities."

The prosecution literally facepalmed and looked defeated.

Does the defense even need to call their own witnesses at this point?

But more distressingly, will the jury convict anyway out of fear of more 'peaceful protests' or being doxxed and murdered by BLM and Antifa?

Re: Did you see this?

(Anonymous) 2021-11-09 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course fake news would try to carry water for the prosecution.

Listening to the testimony gives a far different feel than the propagandists spin it to have

Re: The most bizarre prosecution I've seen

(Anonymous) 2021-11-09 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I think Rittenhouse should be found "Not Guilty", but we should remember that "Not Guilty" doesn't necessarily mean "innocent". I think he did a very foolish and unnecessary thing by putting himself in that situation. The career he was planning on having in law enforcement certainly isn't going to happen now. But I'm certainly not shocked to hear that it sounds as though they're trying to railroad this presumptuous kid. --Mr. Nobody
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Re: The most bizarre prosecution I've seen

[personal profile] methylethyl 2021-11-09 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
If the trial wasn't being held in the heart of crazytown, with public threats to jurors and all, I'd say the reasonable outcome there would be "not guilty" on the shooting charges, and "guilty" on the "being a dumbass in public with a firearm" charges (I don't know the technical terms for those, but I know they exist-- "brandishing" and stuff), which would probably result in some kind of probation and community service.