Posted on 01/31/2021 4:19:17 PM PST by Jacob Kell
The plaintiffs in a civil suit filed against Kyle Rittenhouse, Facebook and the Kenosha Guard dropped their suit this week.
Rittenhouse, 18, of Antioch, Ill., is accused of killing two men and severely injuring a third during the August protests that occurred in the aftermath of the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha police officer. He has pleaded not guilty, arguing that he fired in self-defense.
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Self defense.
100 percent
the plaintiffs dropped it? It sound like a civil case. Is there a criminal case against him?
Yes, the state still has murder and assault.
Well they have charges pending, anyway. No way they have either murder nor assault in terms of a chance of conviction.
The plaintiffs know discovery will have them behind bars if not worse when those who coordinated with them to riot have to make them disappear.
Kyle Rittenhouse's lawyers might want to insist the case go forward (as is Kyle's right) because the same discovery will get the criminal case exposed as the fraud it is and get it thrown out.
I wouldn't bet $5 on that being allowed to happen. This is the state apparatus (including the judges) going after a politically motivated prosecution. I would be very surprised if the judge didn't try to thwart every attempt at discovery and if the prosecution didn't withhold exculpatory evidence.
After all, as we know, there's zero chance that any crooked judge or prosecutor will face any significant consequences for breaking the law.
Good point. Discovery might show that they conspired to riot. If that's the case, they may be charged with the murder of the two that were killed, since they were killed while committing a felony along with the plaintiffs.
“is accused of killing two men and severely injuring a third”
Not exactly. He’s accused of killing them without lawful right, bogus charges that are in direct contradiction to the numerous videos. Self defence. Open and shut.
They had no case and the people footing the lawyer fees stopped paying.
Countersue
Theyd still get the discovery
There is something very wrong about bringing a Civil Case BEFORE/DURING a criminal case.
Remember Bill Cosby ?
The Civil Case could not proceed until after the Criminal case was done.
The DA had to sign off that the compelled testimony in the civil case could not be used in a future criminal trial. Because otherwise Cosby could use his 5th amendment rights to not testify.
Fast forward. Political issue.
New DA then violated the deal.
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