ANALYSIS: The Prosecution Absolutely Wets the Bed While Cross-Examining Kyle Rittenhouse

Red State ^ | 11/10/2021 | Bonchie

[SeekAndFind]

In a shocking and somewhat risky move, Kyle Rittenhouse chose to testify at his own trial today. The initial results from the direct from the defense team were positive, with Rittenhouse coming across as a sympathetic figure who had no intention of killing anyone that night.

Now, the prosecution has gotten their shot at him, and it turned into an absolute cluster.

At one point, the prosecution earned the ire of the judge again (the second time since the start of questioning) for eliciting irrelevant answers about Rittenhouse’s choice of gun. That was part of a ridiculous, surreal line of questions about playing the video game Call of Duty.

The prosecution questions Rittenhouse's choosing of an AR-15 because "it resembled the types of weapons that are used in first person shooter video games," in which gamers "pretty much shoot anyone who comes at you."

R: "I don't really understand the meaning of your question." pic.twitter.com/07iyKSrfyc

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 10, 2021

I can’t think of anything less relevant than whether Rittenhouse plays a video game that millions of other people play. His actions that night, as testified to by video and eyewitnesses, were clearly not the result of some premeditated intent to show up and shoot random people.

And on the topic of intent, the prosecution attempted to get Rittenhouse to admit he meant to kill people. He was prepared, though.

PROSECUTION: "Everybody that you shot at that night, you intended to kill. Correct?"

RITTENHOUSE: "I didn't intend to kill them. I intended to stop the people who were attacking me."

P: "By killing them."

R: "I did what I had to do to stop the person who was attacking me." pic.twitter.com/DXUYka2Yn3

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 10, 2021

Shortly after, the questioning was halted so the judge could just go nuclear on the prosecutor (RedState is covering the judge’s responses in another, concurrent piece).

The questioning then resumed with the prosecution pressing the issue of whether Rittenhouse drove a car without a license and the matter of if he broke curfew. The intent of the prosecutor seems to be to press the “he shouldn’t have been there that night” angle. Yet, that seems wholly irrelevant to the question of self-defense once someone is being attacked. You do not lose that right because you might have committed some largely unrelated, ancillary offense.

Then there was this.

The prosecutor in the Rittenhouse case just displayed confusion at the concept that you might need GPS to take you somewhere you have been before if your normal route is shut down. I am in awe of the basic incompetence.

— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) November 10, 2021

The issue of firearm laws also came out. Again, I would say that’s largely irrelevant to the question of whether he acted in self-defense or not, but I’ll let stronger legal minds speak to that in future analysis.

"You could have been carrying a hand gun instead of this long rifle."

"I would have had it been legal for me to carry a hand gun."

And then the prosecutor moved on. https://t.co/4VWxVdy7CR

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) November 10, 2021

When the topic of ammunition types came up, the judge and Rittenhouse had to correct the prosecutor multiple times.

This trial is such a clown show that the judge had to LITERALLY CORRECT the prosecutor on his understanding of ammunition types pic.twitter.com/cELfUElgrR

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 10, 2021

The questioning continues, and there will be a lot more to talk about regarding today’s events. Per my usual disclaimer, I’m not a lawyer, but man does this feel like the worst day yet for the prosecution. And given that, where do they have to go from here? It doesn’t appear a mistrial is in the cards since the judge resumed the questioning after he sent the jury out and lambasted the prosecutor. Rather, I think this plays all the way out, and barring something insane from the jury, Rittenhouse is likely to be found not guilty (as he should be).

[nicollo]

Not a complaint of you, SeekAndFind, but boy I can’t stand news articles that quote tweets.

Journalism is dead.

[Mears]

I agree…..Twitter articles drive me nuts.

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[TigersEye]

How about posts that quote tweets? :)

Brick Suit @Brick_Suit · 7h

Kyle Rittenhouse is pulling off the rare "Reverse Perry Mason" tactic where the defendant takes the stand and makes the prosecutor confess.

[SaxxonWoods]

The tidbit I saw earlier about the scene not having a gunshot in it was interesting.

[kiryandil]

This trial is such a clown show that the judge had to LITERALLY CORRECT the prosecutor on his understanding of ammunition types

Yes, because deer hunters who are hunting for meat want their bullets to explode in the deer, so they get to chew lead and copper in their venison sausage.

[GMMC0987]

I kept waiting for someone to point out that after he shot the last felon in the arm, neutralizing the threat, he didn’t fire any more rounds even though his magazine wasn’t empty. That would address the contention of the prosecution that he intended to kill.

[LongWayHome]

You hit the nail on the head with this observation! His defense team should have had the kid point this out.

[Pontiac]

I haven’t followed the trial in detail, but it seems the prosecution’s strategy was to throw as many Leftist cliché’s about gun owners and patriots at Rittenhouse as they could regardless as to whether they were pertinent to the facts or not.

[TigersEye]

The defense still has its summation. Kyle’s lawyer can lay out everything and do it professionally.

Don’t get me wrong, Kyle did great.

[Pontiac]

Does anyone have any idea how long the prosecution team has been practicing criminal law.

They don’t seem to be very competent in criminal court procedure.

[Daffynition]

Clip or magazine?

[paulcissa]

I watched the entire day with Kyle on the stand. He did himself good. The prosecution looks like they’re attempting to get a simple mistrial by stepping over the line repeatedly to force the judge to go there. I thought the defense did a great job of calling that behavior out while the ADA was being admonished. Truly a clown-show.

[Secret Agent Man]

Not all lawyers are created equal.

The prosecution lawyers totally sh1t the bed.

[TigersEye]

If this prosecutor wants a mistrial I can see the reason for it. He wants a retrial under a libtard judge. He wouldn’t be the prosecutor in a retrial but he’d be serving the “cause.”

[Kevmo]

the prosecution’s strategy was to throw as many Leftist cliché’s about gun owners and patriots at Rittenhouse as they could regardless as to whether they were pertinent to the facts or not.
***That’s the thing. In their libtard minds, these cliches ARE pertinent and indeed, ARE their case. That’s how their minds think.

[lurk]

The prosecutor was trying to weave a fiction story, complete with reading the mind of each person involved. How does a man with years as a prosecutor know so little about firearms? It did seem he was trying to goad the judge to disciplinary action.

[metmom]

Shortly after, the questioning was halted so the judge could just go nuclear on the prosecutor (RedState is covering the judge’s responses in another, concurrent piece).

That judge was pissed. Getting chewed out by a judge for such an egregious violation of basic law is a huge black mark for the lawyer.

The judge just left him stuttering in speechlessness. He looked like the complete, incompetent clown he was, taking lawyers reputations to a new low.

[4Liberty]

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Getting reprimanded twice by the judge like that is VERY bad in court. The prosecutor is not a stupid man, he did it on purpose. He is trying to get a mistrial WITHOUT prejudice in order to try the case again so he can set Rittenhouse up because he failed this time with Grosskruetz’s flawed testimony. Gaige won’t make the same mistake twice.