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Is that the Rekieta Law stream?
Yea. As bad as the prosecution has been in this trial, the defense has been as bad or worse in defending KR in their opinions. Pretty interesting conversation
Are we talking about the Biden ad where they played audio from the debate with Trump where the moderator kept asking Trump to repudiate white supremacists, and one of the images was a still photo of Rittenhouse? I'm not aware of Biden ever actually commenting about Rittenhouse at all.
wow, they are blowing up the defense. Saying they'd be shocked if Rittenhouse is found not guilty.
non lawyer here, but my take was that the judge is allowing provocation to be considered, ie. Rittenhouse may have provoked his would be attackers and as such, the end result of them being shot would be, to some degree, his fault. Anyone else is free to correct me.
No, he specifically referred to him as a White supremecist. I'll see if I can find the footage
Yea, watching the live trial today, it was readily apparent from their comments that the defense total #### the bed allowing this provocation question in. Their argument is all based on what can be seen in the drone video, which the judge said he couldn't make out anything clearly from the first time viewing it.
Hadn't seen that. Article today had quotes from his mom about Biden calling him a white supremacist, but then it said she was referring to that video.
Not sure the point you are making. I was addressing your comment:
What he did there was reprehensible, not to mention entirely false. It was in his Presidential campaign ad that I think was presented at the DNC Convention.
Huh, he must have recovered by the time these pictures were taken of him because I don't see any signs of emotional distress in any of these pictures where he is flashing white power signs, drinking under age or smiling after the Pillow Guy helped bail him out of jail. Do you guys see a sad kid in any of these pictures?
1. He's clearly made bad decisions. Is this shocking for a 17 year old kid?
The importance of this can't be stated enough. If anyone is having a hard time understanding how this trial is politically all they have to do is look at this. The guy who fired the first shot in all of this - which likely played a huge role in all the bloodshed that followed - didn't get convicted of anything related to his firing of the gun. Can any of the Liberals in here explain that?
As a person living in PA, a state with some of the most assinine blue laws around, I am annoyed to be finding this out so late in life.
So you’re telling me he lived at a car dealership? Did he sleep on a cot in the storage room?
That was kind of funny where they are showing the judge the video on a large monitor (55" ?) and had to show it many times and in slow motion to try and identify KR raising his rifle (pointing it at people?).
Oh is this where you play your silly game or word-smithing and creating strawmen? Sorry, not interested. You bring nothing of substance in the forum - ever.
Sure, the post regarding his panic attacks was in reference to his apparent breakdown on the stand. I don't really know about when he had panic attacks, just reiterating that what I saw from him on the stand appeared to be obviously genuine, not rehearsed as has been said in here and elsewhere.
I am the biggest defender of KR in here. To be honest, I thought his breakdown was staged. But it really doesn't matter. I totally believe his Mother when she was talking last night about how traumatized he was by the events and how it screwed up his life for many months afterward. When I was Kyle's age (I was 16 not 17) I was the victim of a pretty horrible attack where I was chased in the woods at night and thought I was going to be murdered. I had PTSD for many years after that.
it's completely irrelevant to the self-defense case. The person trying to prove self-defense has to show that he or she reasonably feared imminent death or great bodily harm from his or her assailant. Rittenhouse had to show that three times: for Rosenbaum, Huber and Grosskuertz. Since he didn't shoot Ziminski, there is no issue about how he felt about Ziminski firing his gun (unless he mistakenly thought it was Rosenbaum or something like that, but he testified he knew Rosenbaum didn't have a gun).
Where did I say the car dealership was his second home? The point I am making is that - contrary to popular belief - KR had every reason to be in Kenosha that night, and to be an obligation to protect it. It was his second home. His Dad lived there at the time, his dad's family grew up there, KR had several relatives and friends there, KR worked there... My parents grew up in the Italian section of Hartford and even though I never lived there I felt a very close affinity for the area. I would have fought for it and never thought for a minute that I shouldn't.
..And the judge still didnt clearly see it...even being 4 feet away from it and them slowing it down. Ridiculous
