Rittenhouse Trial
 

How to pis* off a judge and lose your case.

Quite entertaining yesterday.

I've got some popcorn and ready for today.

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That crying thing works better for a woman.

Was reading report on BBC this morning.
Sounds very interesting.
What channel is showing it live please?

Kyle Rittenhouse trial: Defense plans to call several more witnesses after his crucial testimony - CNN

I saw some of it on CNN. It has been on there a great deal.

Thanks Tal.

fox as well

(probably any "network" with multiple cable channels)

Thanks. Mr. D.

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omg, no idea what your comment means - and quite sexist. The guy is 18 and been through a very emotional trying experience. I didn't follow this case initially, but saw and read a lot about it during the trial. Seems to be very easy for those seeing only one side to make comments as this.

I saw an article that had a headline, Rittenhouse 'should get Actor of The Year award'. Typical by uninformed and biased media...

The more I saw of the trial so far, good chance the case will be dismissed due to the terrible Prosecution actions during this trial.
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Great Judge!

Prosecutors instructing their witness to lie, geez!

Self defense, set Kyle free!

It also works better when there are actual tears shed, and not just a Scott Baio Acting 101 Class demonstration.

There are people who do not have the ability to cry and that can have a huge affect on their mental well-being. Scientists think that people with Sjogren's syndrome, who do not have the ability to shed tears also might experience difficulty in expressing their emotions.

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Just Wow!
 

So a 17 year old (at the time of the incident) is arrested and labeled a white supremacist and guilty of murder by many, all without the benefit of trial. At trial, the star witness for the prosecution admits that Rittenhouse did not shoot him UNTIL HE POINTED HIS GUN AT RITTENHOUSE. Another PROSECUTION witness testified that the PROSECUTION tried to get him to change his statement, and the judge had to admonish the prosecutor for attempting to violate Rittenhouse’s constitutional rights to remain silent.

And what are some concerned about? Whether Rittenhouse actually cried during his testimony. Really? I mean, really? If anything, people should be questioning the potential prosecutorial misconduct and the rapid rush to judge a person absent facts and a fair trial. How dare a prosecutor attempt to introduce that the defendant chose to remain silent until he took the witness stand, and yet there are people who are not outraged by the prosecutor, but they apparently are ready to mock the defendant over his crying. What I saw and heard was not crying, but an attempt to control his emotions at which point the judge granted a recess so that the defendant could compose himself.

I guess lessons weren’t learned after the Nicholas Sandman debacle, hopefully Kyle Rittenhouse has attorneys lined up to drop lawsuits. Given that some of those proclaiming his guilt also attacked Nicholas Sandman, one would think the judgement/settlement against these people should be significantly higher.

I'm sure that is true. However, so far no one has suggested, or announced, or proclaimed that this kid has been diagnosed with any such thing, or claimed that he's incapable of shedding tears.

And he has plenty of talent in "expression emotions." That blubber-fest would have been convincing, had there been tears.

He admitted to lying about his claim that he was an EMT. So we know he's fully capable of lying, and understands what lying means, and that he knows the difference between "misstating" something and flat out lying about something on purpose.

His mother drove him, while he was a minor child, over state lines with a semi-automatic weapon, for the express purpose of attending what he believed would be a riot (since, why else WOULD he bring a semi-automatic weapon with him over state lines)?

He knew he was going to a violent situation. He brought with him the means to kill people. He killed not someone, but two people. He maimed another. He has bragged about his affiliations with white supremacists and the Proud Boys on his own personal social media accounts, and the public has seen the publicized videos and photos of him exactly where he bragged that he was.

Whether he intended to kill the two VICTIMS, he killed them. They're dead, he's the one who pulled the trigger. They are victims of gun violence, whether it's murder or otherwise. He's not being charged with murder, he's being charged with homicide. He absolutely committed homicide.