Monday was a day of closing arguments.
The following from thegatewaypundit.com.
Eighteen-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse is charged with double murder in the shooting deaths of two Antifa-BLM protesters last year during leftist riots that destroyed the Kenosha business district.
Earlier in the day, Judge Schroeder dropped Rittenhouse’s illegal possession gun charge in the latest blow against the state’s case against the teenager.
State prosecutors were the first to argue their side of the case–and just like the rest of the trial, their arguments lacked a certain substance… mainly evidence to back up their claims.
Throughout the trial,every piece of footage that has been introduced into evidence has backed up Rittenhouse’s claim that he acted in self-defense–Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger had no choice but to try to convince the jury not to believe ‘their own lyin’ eyes.’
Binger shamelessly argued that the violent mob of rioters and looters who chased Rittenhouse through the streets of Kenosha should actually be hailed as “heroes” who “did the right thing,” because they were brave enough to attack Rittenhouse despite him having a weapon.
He also compared Rittenhouse to an active shooter or a bank robber who shot his way out of a crime scene, while singing the praises of the violent thugs who chased Rittenhouse and attacked him once he fell down on the street.
Absolutely disgusting–Keep in mind, this guy is arguing on behalf of the STATE.
According to Binger:
“When is it reasonable for a criminal to shoot himself out of a crime scene? When a bank robber robs a bank–and runs away and the crowd comes after him–can he just shoot anybody and claim self-defense?
If someone comes up to that person and tries to stop them–tries to disarm them–like Anthony Hueber did. Do they forefeit their life? Did Anthony Hueber forfeit his life by trying to be a hero by stopping an active shooter and trying to protect others.
Every day we read about heroes that stop active shooters–that’s what was going on here.
That crowd was right–and that crowd was full of heroes–and that crowd did something that honestly I’m not sure if I would have the courage to do.
Watch:
Prosecutor refers to the mob as "heroes" who did "the right thing" pic.twitter.com/SJySkA1S62
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) November 15, 2021
Binger’s closing arguments were such a clown show that he ended up just trying to throw the constitution out the window completely, arguing that Rittenhouse should lose the right to self-defense because he is the one who had a gun.
What? ‘splain that again, please.
Defense then opened its closing remarks by calling the prosecutor a liar.
The following from hotair.com.
The defense started out by again attacking Binger's credibility by producing a picture directly refuting his claim that Rosenbaum was not present at a particular scene…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) November 15, 2021
“Showing you a snippet of state’s exhibit 18, which Mr. Binger just spent three or four minutes showing, that Mr. Rosenbaum wasn’t around.” Richards said. He added, “Ladies and gentlemen we’ve had this video almost as long as they’ve had this video. But Mr. Binger will use this video to lie to your faces and tell you that Kyle Rittenhouse was taking advantage of the situation.”
Binger objected and Richards pointed at the screen and replied, “It’s in the picture.” The judge merely said “It’s argument” and Richards was allowed to continue.
If you’ve been watching the trial then you may have noticed before today that Richards doesn’t seem to have a very high opinion of Binger. I would describe their relationship in the courtroom as “chippy.”
It looks to me like Richards took the opportunity of closing arguments to make it clear to the jury he’s not a fan of the prosecutor. And that does help his client since if the jury does not believe the prosecutor is reliable, they are less likely to believe his account of the case.
Richards also attacked the defense’s use of the term “active shooter” during the trial.
“The state wants to call my client an active shooter. And the reason they want to do that is because of the loaded connotations of that word,” he said.
“Everyone has heard of the theater killings, the school shootings and things like that. Ask yourself, the definition of an active shooter is somebody with a plan to inflict multiple casualties, usually out of anger or animus towards a group. This case. What caused Kyle Rittenhouse to shoot somebody? Joseph Rosenbaum.”
Richards went on to note there were other claims made prior to trial in the media which weren’t backed up by the state’s case.
Kyle Rittenhouse’s phone was turned over and searched by the FBI.
“They took the phone, they made a copy, they searched it. Lo and behold nothing of an incriminating nature in it, nothing militia, white supremist, any of that,” Richards said. By contrast, Richards pointed out that prosecutors had a search warrant for Gaige Grosskreutz’ phone but declined to search it.
Judge Bruce Schroeder on Monday dismissed the jury for the night after telling them they have an obligation to render a fair verdict, not based on his presumed opinion, news media, or comments from either the present or past President.
The following from dailywire.com.
“The time has now come where the great burden of reaching a just, fair, and conscientious decision in this case will be placed totally with you. You will not be swayed by sympathy, passion, prejudice, or political beliefs. You will disregard any impressions that you may have, which you may believe are my opinion on the guilt or innocence of the defendant,” Judge Schroeder told the jury.
“You will disregard the claims or opinions of any person, news media, or social networking site,” the judge continued. “You will pay no heed to the opinions of anyone–even the president of the United States, or the president before him.”
“The founders of our country gave you, and you alone, the power and the duty to decide this case,” Judge Schroeder asserted.
The judge then gave general instructions to the jury, before sending them home. In the morning, at around 9 a.m., the jury will return and begin to deliberate.
