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Controversial attorney withdraws from Kyle Rittenhouse criminal case, launches new fundraising appeal
ABC News ^ | December 4, 2020 | James Hill

Posted on 12/04/2020 9:39:51 PM PST by Jacob Kell

John M. Pierce, a California lawyer who has employed war-like rhetoric in his advocacy and fundraising for Kyle Rittenhouse -- the 17-year-old accused of killing two men and wounding another during a night of unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin -- filed a motion to withdraw from Rittenhouse's criminal case, just hours after prosecutors alleged in a court filing Thursday that Pierce's reported financial problems raised ethical concerns and a potential conflict of interest.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Illinois; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: banglist; kenosha; kylerittenhouse; rittenhouse; wisconsin

1 posted on 12/04/2020 9:39:51 PM PST by Jacob Kell
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To: Jacob Kell

I am going out on a limb here...but Rittenhouse’s training by video game gave him the advantage.

Who want’s to bet the video game industry doesn’t want to defend against Rittenhouse being trained by their games?

Maybe he had training somewhere else, I wouldn’t know, but it sure looked like he he was a video game player.


2 posted on 12/04/2020 10:01:45 PM PST by Hypo2
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To: Jacob Kell

Don’t have a case? Remove the other side’s lawyers. How ethical is that?


3 posted on 12/04/2020 10:05:01 PM PST by Widget Jr
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To: Hypo2
Maybe he had training somewhere else, I wouldn’t know, but it sure looked like he he was a video game player.

Today it's called eSports and you're spot on....

4 posted on 12/04/2020 10:27:09 PM PST by capydick (“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.)
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To: Jacob Kell

It may come down to a citizens committee storming the Bastille and busting him out. Wear Indian costumes like the Boston Tea Party.


5 posted on 12/04/2020 10:40:33 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: Jacob Kell

This is unfortunate but it sounds like Pierce is doing the best thing for his client. I’m sure Pierce and Wood will make sure Kyle gets an excellent replacement.


6 posted on 12/04/2020 10:41:16 PM PST by TigersEye (2020 - The year of massive frauds. Impeachment - masks - lockdowns - Biden - elections...)
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To: Hypo2

When you are ‘dis-armed’ by a 17 yrs old kid it becomes obvious that you weren’t a badass after all.

That guy wound up crying like a bitch for a medic.


7 posted on 12/04/2020 10:41:54 PM PST by Beagle8U ("Chris Wallace comes from the shallow end of the press pool.")
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To: Widget Jr

Fits perfectly in the last few years. The FBI has raided and harassed and imprisoned Trump’s attorneys. They blow right by attorney client privilege.


8 posted on 12/04/2020 10:42:53 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: Beagle8U

And that was obnoxious the way they would all yell “medic” like they were soldiers. Organized terrorists.


9 posted on 12/04/2020 10:44:20 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: capydick
Eons ago I was a sailplane pilot (I’m still licensed, but not even close to being current anymore). That was the early days of video games. Once, when I had not flown for about six months, I started flying again. My instructor couldn’t believe that I wasn’t rusty, especially with respect to flying on tow behind the tow plane, which is probably the trickiest skill to develop early on.

He asked how I could still be as proficient as I had been before my months away from flying. I shrugged and said I didn’t know, but that I did play a lot of video games and maybe it helped maintain sharpness in some kind of similar way. While games back then were relatively crude (nothing like Flight Simulator 2020 back then), there were some early first-person flying games that existed, and I have always thought that they may have helped maintain a basic sense of spatial awareness similar to actual flying.

Don’t know, but I recall taking off and not feeling any different than if I had flown the day before.

10 posted on 12/04/2020 10:45:09 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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To: capydick
Not sure if you are aware of it or not, but even grunts use video games to train. When the Ma Deuce is setup it makes best Xbox or Nintendo gaming systems seem lame.

From what I have heard, the kid had some weapons training and was an avid shooter. His heart must have been racing a hundred miles a minute, but he stayed pretty calm. That had nothing to do with video games. He looks like what he is, a scared kid being setup by a piece of shit liberal anti gun prosecutor.

11 posted on 12/04/2020 10:47:09 PM PST by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me)
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To: Hypo2

Tipper Gore loves you


12 posted on 12/05/2020 3:19:01 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ..... I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: OldGoatCPO

There are things one can do.

That will help ones ability to preform.

I once to two younger boys shooting 12 and 15 yoa.

They never had shot a real firearm before.

They had done a lot of air soft with air soft AR and 1911.

So that is what they wanted to shoot.

They both preformed/shot really well with a real AR15 and a real 1911.

So do not discount other training ideas.


13 posted on 12/05/2020 3:28:28 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: noiseman

My video game experience kept me out of 3 car accidents, one which turned out to be fatal on a NY thruway for an unlucky gentleman. It should have been me but I served into the shoulder and then back into the left lane just ahead of the collision. I dont even recall thinking about it. Just acted insanely fast. Had to be the improved reflexes by the games.


14 posted on 12/05/2020 6:40:02 AM PST by montag813
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To: Jacob Kell

On a related note a is there a way to donate money for this kid’s defense that is legit? So far as I am concerned, his dispatch of communists deserves support.


15 posted on 12/05/2020 7:27:05 AM PST by GenXteacher (You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also. Wall)
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