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Kyle Rittenhouse trial: Wis. judge sets ground rules on evidence, use of force experts
AP ^ | Oct 26 | AP

Posted on 10/26/2021 4:52:38 AM PDT by RandFan

KENOSHA , Wis. -- A Wisconsin judge laid out the final ground rules Monday on what evidence will be allowed when Kyle Rittenhouse goes on trial next week for shooting three people during a protest against police brutality, ruling he'll permit testimony from the defense's use-of-force expert and on how police welcomed Rittenhouse and others carrying guns during the demonstration.

Rittenhouse sat silently in the courtroom as his defense team and prosecutors argued the last minute motions. What both sets of lawyers can and can't say in the course of the trial was the subject of intense debate.

The 18-year-old is charged with killing two men and seriously injuring another during sometimes-violent protests in Kenosha after the Jacob Blake police shooting in August 2020. The then-17 year old patrolled the streets with an AR-15 type of weapon.

"If more than one of them were engaged in arson, rioting, looting, I'm not going to tell the defense you can't call them that," the judge said.

The judge also ruled that the two deceased men and the injured man could not be referred to as victims.

"The word 'victim' is a loaded, loaded word," he said. "'Alleged victim' is a cousin to it."

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7chicago.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: selfdefense
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1 posted on 10/26/2021 4:52:38 AM PDT by RandFan
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Why is Kyle even on trial for murder for shooting two far left crazies who were trying to kill him, and Alec Baldwin who cold bloodedly murdered an innocent women still not even charged with murder yet?
2 posted on 10/26/2021 4:59:33 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: RandFan
I watched the hearing. (2 hours and 28 minutes) It is available at this link.

The most interesting part of the hearing is when DA Binger, the prosecutor, tries to convince Judge Schroeder that information about who was the aggressor, in a self defense case, is not relevant to the case.

3 posted on 10/26/2021 5:02:58 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: RandFan

The Left will be all about turning the courtroom into a circus so they can spin their narrative. If they’re not paid off or idealogues most of the other judges just get run over by a left-wing prosecutor or defense lawyer who is more expert in courtroom dramatics than the Constitution.


4 posted on 10/26/2021 5:04:31 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: SmokingJoe

Justine Damond’s murderer had the most serious charge thrown out and will likely be out soon.


5 posted on 10/26/2021 5:06:42 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: marktwain

Yeah. According to the prosecutor, being pursued by a mob and having someone in that mob try to bash your brains in with a thick board is no justification for self defense, never mind someone pulling out a gun.


6 posted on 10/26/2021 5:11:26 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: SmokingJoe

He is guilty of being on the wrong side of the riots. None of the rioters who attacked him were charged with anything.


7 posted on 10/26/2021 5:23:02 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President!)
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To: RandFan
This case will be the crowning jewel of Judge Schroeder's career. He is upholding the rule of law, the rules of evidence, and refusing to allow the mob and the media to convict Kyle Rittenhouse without a fair trial.

Judge Schroeder is being very careful and precise. He knows he is up against the media establishment, the far left activists with the threats and millions of dollars, and the majority of the political establishment currently in power in Wisconsin. They are all gunning for him, hoping to catch him in the least little mistake.

So far, he has shown himself to be a brave and honorable man.

8 posted on 10/26/2021 5:23:44 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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If more than one of them were engaged in arson, rioting, looting, I'm not going to tell the defense you can't call them that,

The judge needs to go back to wokeness class. We can't be prejudicing a jury by telling them what some perps were up to when they got themselves shot for doing it. This has white privilege written all over it.

9 posted on 10/26/2021 5:35:38 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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Cold blooded murder? Are you in possession of other facts the rest of us aren’t?

Ref. Rittenhouse, because they can?


10 posted on 10/26/2021 5:53:18 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" )
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To: RandFan
KENOSHA , Wis. -- A Wisconsin judge laid out the final ground rules Monday on what evidence will be allowed when Kyle Rittenhouse goes on trial next week for shooting three people...

Is it possible that there is a judge that will judge a case based on the law and the facts, and not on hysteria?

If what I have read about the judge so far is close to accurate, he better have a food taster and several body guards, because the crazy lefties will be gunning for him.

11 posted on 10/26/2021 5:59:16 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: SmokingJoe

He’s white. If he was black it would not have made the news.


12 posted on 10/26/2021 6:28:11 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: marktwain

BINGER is an idiot, lefty who has done every thing he can to make Kyle’s trial venue into a socilaist Kangaroo Court without due process.

BINGER IS ALREADY LOSING THE CASE, it should bever have been brought in the first case.

Look here:

“racine county corruption” ( video)

Kenosha Riot Documentary

See how Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley and Deputy District Attorney Thomas Binger engaged in prosecutorial misconduct, wrongly rushed to charge Kyle Rittenhouse without providing equal protection of the law, and ignored criminal misconduct by aggressors involved in the riots

https://racinecountycorruption.blogspot.com/2020/10/kenosha-riot-documentary-see-how.html

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3IaFV_l2-k&fbclid=IwAR1QwT2Y_cbWoBLx0M70rDOXhol-OckgEF98CD_tTcwv7rrGqyKHGmrSbqI&has_verified=1&bpctr=1601653826

YOU TUBE DELETED THE VIDEO!


13 posted on 10/26/2021 6:34:22 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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They need to post it to Rumble or another venue.


14 posted on 10/26/2021 6:42:00 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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Its sick. I checked rumble and its not there. Sometimes I would like to just hack bomb You Tube for suppressing information.


15 posted on 10/26/2021 6:48:37 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: RandFan

Kyle was ‘patrolling the streets” ?????

I seem to remember that the owner of an auto dealership called him to come & help PROTECT the dealership.

NOWHERE did I EVER see a report of Kyle “Patrolling “ the streets.


16 posted on 10/26/2021 7:28:17 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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This sure isn’t the Kenosha I lived in in 1960


17 posted on 10/26/2021 7:29:47 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: Candor7

https://copblaster.com/blast/25930/kenosha-protester-shot-in-self-defense-by-kyle-rittenhouse


18 posted on 10/26/2021 8:15:47 AM PDT by Maelstrom (To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
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To: Candor7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_9V-JRFOyo&t=2s


19 posted on 10/26/2021 8:19:53 AM PDT by Maelstrom (To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
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To: RandFan

All these rulings seem reasonable. There has to be a trick.

Wil the defense be allowed to mention that the deceased and wounded were armed felons in illegal possession of firearms?


20 posted on 10/26/2021 8:30:20 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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