Posted on 11/09/2021 10:00:07 AM PST by SeekAndFind
KENOSHA, Wisc. — Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder revealed at the start of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial that someone had filmed the jury at their bus pickup on Tuesday morning. He assured the jurors the video was deleted and more steps will be taken to protect them.
"At pickup, there was someone there and video recording the jury, which officers approached the person and required [them]...to delete the video and return the phone to him. I've instructed that if it happens again, they are to take the phone and bring it here," Schroeder said.
"Something like that should not have occurred, I’m frankly, quite surprised it did," he added.
The revelation comes shortly after Cortez Rice, who says he is George Floyd's nephew, claimed in a livestream he knew people were taking photos of the Rittenhouse jury while being in the courtroom. Rice has since deleted the video but copies were made and posted to social media.
George Floyd’s nephew, Cortez Rice, makes a claim that he knows people taking photos of jurors during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin. His goal is to dox jurors if they do not convict. pic.twitter.com/uwLuV2ftfV— John Curtis (@Johnmcurtis) November 7, 2021
The filming incident also comes after the prosecution had another disastrous day as key witness Gaige Grosskreutz, the third person shot by Rittenhouse during the Kenosha riots, admitted to the defense during cross-examination he lied several times about what happened in the aftermath of the shootings. Grosskreutz further agreed with the defense Rittenhouse did not shoot him until he dropped his hands and advanced towards Rittenhouse while aiming a gun at Rittenhouse's head.
Rittenhouse will walk free, but both the jury and he will be targeted mercilessly by the left.
I don’t know why he was surprised.
Not ever taped can ever be erased or deleted for sure.
Anything taping can be immediately streamed to the web and outside the realm of the device.
Nothing is safe.
I would quit the jury and refuse to serve another day on that Kangaroo Court.
Another reason why the judge should issue a directed acquittal.
They need a completely new Jury now.
If not changed, this should justify declaration of a Mistrial
Mistrial.
When??
When will the Judge declare this joke a Mistrial and send everyone home?
Well, maybe it’s better to let this play out. To totally embarrass the idiot prosecutors for even bringing charges again Kyle.
The judge has absolutely no right to order someone to delete video that was recorded in public from a publicly accessible location. And a pox on the fools with badges who carried out an utterly illegal order.
No worries. Usually the State Police handle these threats, but who knows WTF goes now. Maybe the FBI will be on that as soon as they find Ashley Biden’s diary.
Too bad they can’t find the American southern border.
Why not prosecute the culprits who filmed the jurors. Perhaps starting with an pre-dawn swat raid?
“Why not prosecute the culprits who filmed the jurors.”
Because whoever video recorded the jurors in public did not commit a crime.
Perhaps he assumed he was living in the Old America.
“The judge has absolutely no right to order someone to delete video that was recorded in public from a publicly accessible location.”
Actually he does. Judges have an immense amount of power in their courtrooms.
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if they target rittenhouse they should be prepared to die. That kid has stone cold steel nerves in the face of his death and has proven it in front of the world 3 times.
if they target rittenhouse they should be prepared to die. That kid has stone cold steel nerves in the face of his death and has proven it in front of the world 3 times.
I too think the verdict will be not guilty on all counts. I also think Kenosha businesses should start investing in plywood sheets......
Because whoever video recorded the jurors in public did not commit a crime.
depending on his intent and his stwtements, it appears he meant to intimidate the jury definately illegal...
Because whoever video recorded the jurors in public did not commit a crime.
depending on his intent and his stwtements, it appears he meant to intimidate the jury definately illegal...
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