This time it was a midget with a Napoleon complex, instead of a “gentle giant“
The prosecutor sought to diminish some of the actions committed by Joseph Rosenbaum before his encounter with Rittenhouse, sarcastically intoning, “He tipped over a Porta-Potty, that had no one in it. He swung a chain. He lit a metal garbage dumpster on fire. Oh, and there’s this empty wooden flatbed trailer that they pulled out in the middle of the road and they tipped it over to stop some BearCats, and they lit it on fire. Oh, and he said some bad words. He said the N-word. Tsk tsk tsk,” as he mockingly wagged his finger”
This was probably the breaking point for the jury.
Way back in the Bernie Goetz trial the Manhattan DA’s summation included this “ this is New York City, muggings happen. If Mr. Goetz was worried about being mugged he should have stayed in Vermont.”