By Rich Kozlovich
First, I think it's appalling Rittenhouse is on trial in the first place. This is more than enough evidence there's something seriously wrong with government. Rioters who are burning down buildings, attacking people with impunity and creating out right mayhem are "mostly peaceful protestors" and allowed to run rampant. People who are left to defend themselves because the police either refuse to defend them, or are ordered not to defend them, are being persecuted by morally defunct tyrannical prosecutors. As one of the writers listed below notes:
........... this case because
it’s fraught with context that an overzealous government could use to
ban citizens organizing to address threats to the community.
The media has been all over the place on this, but I think this piece, CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin: Kyle Rittenhouse Is Lucky It’s Not ‘Illegal to Be an Idiot’, is really rich, with Toobin calling anyone else an idiot. Remember him? He's the "genius" who got caught masturbating on a Zoom call. His excuse?
“I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera."
So his mistake was he didn't realize he was on camera? Not what he was doing, but getting caught was his "mistake". Did I get that right? And he's still in the "news" business. Imagine that!
Below are, in chronological order, the events surround this travesty of "justice". Should Rittenhouse be found Not Guilty? Absolutely! Will he? I think it will depend on the courage of the jurors. How frightened are the jurors for their safety if they do what's right?
September 30
Kyle Rittenhouse Attorney Threatens to Sue Joe Biden for False ‘White Supremacist’ Accusation-
Joel B. Pollak - Lin Wood, an attorney for 17-year-old Kyle
Rittenhouse, threatened to sue former Vice President Joe Biden on
Wednesday on behalf of his client for defamation after Biden tweeted a
video that identified Rittenhouse as a white supremacist. There is no evidence that Rittenhouse is a white supremacist. He
currently faces murder charges in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for shooting three
rioters last month, two of whom died. Rittenhouse has argued, citing video, that he acted in self-defense..........
November 6
Prosecution Tips Hand, Plans to Depict Rittenhouse Attacker as 'Hero.' That Turns Out to Be a Problem. - By
Victoria Taft
Nov 06, 2021 - Prosecutors arguing to put Kyle Rittenhouse in prison for the rest of
his life tipped their hand on how they plan to do that in the fourth day
of testimony on Friday. Questions abound, however, about its relevance
and admissibility in court.............Indeed, Kraus said he planned to tell the jury that Huber was a “hero” for attacking Rittenhouse because of his possible belief that Rittenhouse was an active shooter............The judge said he’d allow the testimony and the defense could
respond. And the defense said, great, we’re going to tell the story
about that cool time when Huber held a knife to his brother’s neck and
stomach and threatened to gut him, the time he strangled someone, and
the time he threatened to burn the house down with all his family
members inside. ....
The FBI Just Admitted Something Terrifying and No One Seems to Be Noticing- By Scott Hounsell |
Nov 06, 2021 - The FBI’s presence in Kenosha sets off a cascade of
questions, all of the answers to which should trigger every alarm in the
book. The Rittenhouse trial has been a marvel to watch, simply
because the prosecution’s presentation of this case has been a train
wreck of dumpster fires. We’ve watched as the defense has absolutely
filleted almost everything the prosecution has presented, as the Judge
continues to make statements that will likely benefit the defense’s
case.............
November 7
How the Rittenhouse Trial Will Unfold - By Anastasia Katz, November 4, 2021 - On Tuesday, the jury heard opening statements in Wisconsin v. Kyle Rittenhouse,
one of the most closely watched criminal cases likely to be tried this
year. Here are the events that led up to the case, and a point-by-point
summary of the arguments both sides will make.
In August 2020, a Kenosha, Wisconsin police officer shot a black man named Jacob Blake,
and black activists, already on hair trigger over the killing of George
Floyd in May, rioted. Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teenager, went out to
help protect a local business. During the course of the evening of
August 26, he shot three people, killing Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and
Anthony Huber, 26, and wounding Gaige Grosskreutz, 26. He promptly
turned himself in to the police and is now standing trial in Kenosha. He
is now on trial for first-degree murder.......
Rittenhouse On Trial - November 6, 2021 - Kyle Rittenhouse is the then-17 year old
boy who showed up in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during the violent riots,
looting and arson that occurred last year. Rittenhouse, armed with a
rifle, wanted to help maintain order and protect private property, but
it was a misguided mission to say the least. He ran afoul of extreme
leftists, most likely Antifa members, and, coming under attack, shot
three of them, two fatally. Viewing the videos that were circulating at
the time, it seemed pretty clear to me that the kid acted in
self-defense.
Now Rittenhouse is being prosecuted for murder. To sum up his life-destroying experience, I can’t improve on Jim Treacher, via Instapundit:
Kyle Rittenhouse is neither a hero nor a murderer. He’s a kid who got in over his head and defended his own life when things went wrong. If he hadn’t shot those guys, they would’ve killed him. And all the people screaming at him right now would’ve just shrugged, because they only care about human life when it serves their political ends.
I’m sorry those guys are dead, but they shouldn’t have chased down a heavily armed man they had just threatened to kill. If you don’t like it, send your complaints to the Darwin Awards...............
November 8
Antifa Medic Wounded by Kyle Rittenhouse Makes Never-Before-Heard Accusation From Witness Stand. It May Backfire on Him. - By
Victoria Taft,
Nov 08, 2021- Gaige Grosskreutz, an alleged “people’s revolution”
activist and the man wounded by Kyle Rittenhouse during the Kenosha
riots on August 25, 2020, made a never-before-heard accusation from the
witness stand during day five of the Rittenhouse murder trial Monday. It
may just backfire on him............
- Someone Was Caught Taking Secret Video of Rittenhouse Jury Following Threat
- George Floyd Friend Claims Rittenhouse Jurors Are Being Tracked and Photographed - By Victoria Taft Nov 07, 2021 - Is it just big-mouth social media blather, or is this an actual threat to the jury hearing the Kyle Rittenhouse case in Kenosha? And if it is, what’s being done about it?
Meet 'Grambo,' the Star of the First Day of Defense Case in Kyle Rittenhouse Trial - By
Victoria Taft,
Nov 09, 2021 - She’s not a nut. She’s not a militia member. She’s “Grambo,” and her
testimony in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial on Tuesday completely beguiled
many people watching the Kenosha County trial. As such, they’ve
christened her with the new nickname. Joann Fiedler, who started a patriot group, testified for the defense
that she drove to Kenosha after witnessing violent rioting in the city.
She ended up in a group of armed men guarding a car company and it was
there she met Kyle Rittenhouse. She brought her .380 semiautomatic
pistol and wore it in a holster while she stood guard at the Car Source
business.........Fiedler testified that the first man shot, Joseph Rosenbaum, threw
something at the people protecting the Car Source and the next minute
she felt stinging in her eyes. Rosenbaum is believed to have thrown
chlorine bombs carried in his plastic hospital bag. He’d just been let
out of the hospital for treatment of his bipolar condition earlier that
day................
The Prosecution Rests and Defense Is Up in Kyle Rittenhouse Case - By
Victoria Taft,
Nov 09, 2021 - The state rested its case against Kyle Rittenhouse in a Kenosha, Wisc., courthouse on Tuesday afternoon. The state ended its case with the medical expert who testified on
burn marks and placement of the four shots Rittenhouse discharged from
his semi-automatic rifle into the first man shot by Rittenhouse. The
state also presented a new video it received from an “evidence fairy” during the past few days. It was disclosed to the defense only on Friday............
Citizenship and Courage By Christopher Roach
- The world is better for young men like Kyle Rittenhouse defending their communities. .......A young Kyle
Rittenhouse worked with other volunteers to protect Kenosha, Wisconsin
from violent Antifa and BLM rioters. He ended up being attacked and
defended himself from a violent mob, killing two and wounding one in the
process. In Georgia, a father and son, frustrated by a series of thefts, tried to stop a suspected burglar, Ahmaud Arbery.
Arbery ended up charging them and reached for the son’s gun, only to be
shot dead in the melee. One man’s courage is another man’s
rash vigilantism. Critics say Rittenhouse and the McMichaels were stupid
and full of bloodlust for getting involved, and should have left these
matters to the professionals. This cautionary message is widespread and does not come exclusively from the Left..............
November 10
A disgraceful prosecution finally rested in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial - November 10, 2021 By Andrea Widburg - On Tuesday, the Kyle
Rittenhouse prosecution rested its case after its witnesses once again
strongly supported Kyle’s assertion that he only acted in self-defense.
In a righteous world, the judge would, on his own initiative, order a
directed verdict in Kyle’s favor. Instead, it emerged that there’s a
plan to terrorize the jurors (and, by implication, the judge). Also the
mainstream media, of course, pretended that the prosecution had actually
proved its case.
Once again, I’ve turned to Andrew Branca’s excellent post summarizing what happened at the trial and, again, I’m just skimming the surface of his analysis. To orient those of you who haven’t been following this, Kyle Rittenhouse borrowed a rifle, gathered his medical kit, and headed to Kenosha in the wake of the Jacob Blake riots. His goal was to help clean up the damage, offer first aid, and protect businesses from being destroyed. Instead, he shot three White, communist felons, two of whom died. Video footage supported the claim of self-defense and, as the six days of trial have shown, witness testimony did too..............
Purported ‘Criminal Justice Reform Advocates’ Show True Colors During Kyle Rittenhouse Trial -
By
Sister Toldjah |
Nov 10, 2021 - A disgraceful prosecution finally rested in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial - November 10, 2021 By Andrea Widburg - On Tuesday, the Kyle
Rittenhouse prosecution rested its case after its witnesses once again
strongly supported Kyle’s assertion that he only acted in self-defense.
In a righteous world, the judge would, on his own initiative, order a
directed verdict in Kyle’s favor. Instead, it emerged that there’s a
plan to terrorize the jurors (and, by implication, the judge). Also the
mainstream media, of course, pretended that the prosecution had actually
proved its case.........
Rittenhouse Takes the Stand -November 10, 2021 — John Hinderaker - Today Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand to testify in his own defense. I
was glad to see it. Commentators always say how risky it is for a
criminal defendant to testify, but not testifying is risky too–the
overwhelming majority of criminal defendants who don’t testify are
convicted. And in my opinion, Rittenhouse had a good story to tell.
Victoria Tate has an account of Rittenhouse’s direct testimony at PJ
Media........
Kyle Rittenhouse: Joseph Rosenbaum Threatened to Kill Me Before Ambushing Me - Julio Rosas - Nov 10, 2021- Kyle Rittenhouse opted to testify as part of his own defense on
Wednesday as the high-profile trial he's at the center of continued in
court. Rittenhouse explained he
was working at a recreation center in Kenosha County when the riots
broke out after Jacob Blake, who was armed with a knife, was shot by a
Kenosha police officer when he ignored police orders and tried to enter a
vehicle while his two children were in the backseat.............
The Rittenhouse case highlights tyrannical prosecutors
- By Wolf Howling November 11, 2021- America is suffering from a rash of prosecutors who are petty tyrants
bent on fundamentally changing America by nullifying our duly enacted
laws. That is as unconstitutional at the county and state level as it is
at the federal level. Nothing illustrates this more clearly than the
conduct of the prosecutors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. Prosecutors are part of the executive branch and it is their sworn duty to uphold all
laws. They have no power to nullify laws they don’t like, whether it be
bail, property crimes, or the laws governing illegal aliens and
immigration. A particularly damaging example of this is occurring in
Wisconsin, where the fundamental right to keep and bear arms in
self-defense is under attack by an outrageously abusive district
attorney’s office..........
Rittenhouse Judge Apparently Loves the USA and the Left Wants Him 'Removed' - By
Victoria Taft,
Nov 11, 2021 - The Kyle Rittenhouse trial judge, Bruce Schroeder, has allowed
political dog whistles into his courtroom that secretly telegraph
messages to the jury to find the 18-year-old not guilty on all charges.
And it’s bad. Real bad. That’s what some internet sleuths divine from the judge’s cell phone ring tone and tissue box, anyway. Sure, these are the same people who may not have watched the trial or
know the facts of the case, but those hardly matter, now do they? A
person who obviously loves the country has no place adjudicating a court
case involving crazed, communist rioters!...........
Kyle’s tears illustrate the perils of juvenile deadly force intervention
-
November 11, 2021 By Nadra Enzi
- On the stand today, a
normally composed Kyle Rittenhouse sobbed uncontrollably while
recounting what led to his shooting one of several assailants on August
25th, 2020. His tears underscored my contention that he, as a lone,
armed teenager, had no reason to be in the middle of a nocturnal riot. I’m
not a liberal and, ironically, as a (non-racist) Black nationalist,
haven’t rushed to prejudge Rittenhouse as a White supremacist. Unless
bombshell hidden evidence to the contrary emerges, he’s no Dylann Roof..,...Regardless of philosophy, supporters of the Second Amendment, citizens
on patrol, and private militias should closely follow this case because
it’s fraught with context that an overzealous government could use to
ban citizens organizing to address threats to the community.............
Media 'Discovers' That Kyle Rittenhouse Defended Himself and They're Shook - By
Victoria Taft,
Nov 11, 2021 - Wait, Kyle Rittenhouse was chased, threatened, and/or attacked by the
men whom he shot on Aug. 25, 2020, during the Kenosha riots? Soooo, when
you’re attacked and are under the specter of great bodily injury or
death you can defend yourself? This appears to be news to some in the American media. And especially
those media members who have been wedded to the idea that all Leftist
rioters are mere innocent protesters just out for a little
bomb-throwing, fire setting, looting, and beating..........
Gun-challenged prosecutor asks Rittenhouse to explain why he’d consider a handgun a threat when he had an AR-15 - By Terresa Monroe-Hamilton Nov.
11,
2021 - Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger appears to be losing the
homicide case against Kyle Rittenhouse in spectacular fashion,
ridiculously asking why a teenager with an AR-15 would consider a man
with a handgun who was pointing it at his face more of a threat..............
Witness: Kyle Rittenhouse Tried to ‘Deescalate’ Riot, Not Cause Violence - Joel B. Pollak Freelance
journalist Andrew “Drew” Hernandez testified Thursday in the murder
trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, that the defendant
tried to “deescalate” a conflict between rioters and armed guards
watching a local business.........
November 12
Rittenhouse Self-Defense Case Heads to Conclusion After Defense Rests. Here's What You Missed. - By
Victoria Taft,
Nov 12, 2021 - On August 25, 2020, Kyle
Rittenhouse defended his life against three attackers at an Antifa and
BLM riot to stay out of a box in the ground. Now, the 18-year-old finds
himself fighting for his life in a Kenosha courtroom to keep from
spending the rest of his life in a cage.............This week, Rittenhouse undertook
the second riskiest thing he’d ever done in his short life: He subjected
himself to hours of questioning by the man trying to put him in prison.
He didn’t have to testify.................It’s been clear from all available
video evidence for more than a year that the 17-year-old Rittenhouse
defended himself from men who attacked him during the riot. More than
five men attacked him that night, and a mob chased him with pipes,
poles, and at least one gun. Rittenhouse fired his gun eight times that
night. Two of his attackers died and another protester, Gaige
Grosskreutz, was wounded when he leveled his hand gun at Rittenhouse’s
head from three feet away. Not even the New York Times denies self-defense...............
The race hustlers have the long knives out for Kyle Rittenhouse - November 12, 2021 -
November 12, 2021 By Andrea Widburg - Issac Bailey, a
Black teacher at Davidson College in North Carolina, makes a good living
telling White people why they should hate themselves. However, on
Thursday, the day after Kyle Rittenhouse sobbed on the witness stand as
he recalled ending two lives to save his own, Bailey announced to the
world that those tears had elevated Kyle to the status of White
Supremacist hero—never mind that Kyle has never said or done anything
racist, while the men he shot were violent White felons criminals who
were trying to kill him. The adults responsible for maintaining order in a civilized country
bailed when it came to Kenosha. Rampaging mobs filled the streets,
burning, looting, and assaulting. Kyle, 17, looked at the absence of
adults to save people’s livelihoods and lives, and ventured into the
hellhole that BLM and Antifa had created in Kenosha with three goals: To
clean up damage from the riots, to help protect people’s businesses,
and to provide first aid. He took a first aid kit and a rifle with him............
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