Posted on 11/05/2021 8:11:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
One of the 20 jurors empaneled to hear the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial has been removed from the jury for telling a tacky joke to a bailiff.
The issue surrounding the dismissal of the juror came up at the end of Wednesday’s testimony, but it was made official on Thursday.
According to Deputy DA Thomas Binger, the juror was dismissed for a joke about Jacob Blake, the man whose shooting by police sparked the Kenosha riots.
NPR reported, “It was my understanding it was something along the lines of, ‘Why did the Kenosha police shoot Jacob Blake seven times?’ said prosecutor Thomas Binger. It’s my understanding that the rest of the joke is: ‘Because they ran out of bullets.'”
The joke was uttered by a man being escorted to his vehicle after the day’s testimony.
When the juror was asked about it and refused to repeat it, he was let go, according to an account from NPR.
Rittenhouse’s defense lawyers initially opposed the dismissal, but they ultimately declined to object after the juror refused to repeat the joke, saying that his unwillingness to do so “could be taken in a worse light.”
“Regardless whether the issue is as grave as [Binger] presented it in terms of inner feelings, it’s clear that the appearance of bias is present, and it would seriously undermine the outcome of the case,” said Schroeder as he dismissed the juror. “The public needs to be confident that this is a fair trial.”
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Judges have No sense of humor................
I seem to recall reading about how a juror in the OJ Simpson trial supposedly gave the black power salute following the verdict. No bias there either, eh?
Because Blake had 7 sexual assaults?
Thanks for pro tip for getting out of jury service.
There are three types of people in the world - those who can count, and those who can't.
To hunt down Kyle.
Only the judges jokes are funny Bud. Gregory Peck in a courtroom is not reality. Markie Post is not the DA.
I was on a jury in King county superior court a few decades ago. While waiting for the bus outside the courthouse I was interviewed by the local TV station about the verdict that day in the lawsuit against Jim Beam regarding a child born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Jim Beam prevailed. They asked my opinion on the verdict. I said not only did I agree but I thought Jim Beam should counter sue for the frivolous lawsuit.
It got on the air.
The next day, the plaintiff’s attorneys asked for a side bar and were looking at me. The judge excused the jury except for me. They then asked if it was me. I said yes. They asked if it would influence my decision on this case. I told them the cases are completely separate events and not the least bit related and, no, it would not affect my decision.
They left me there.
But I know why the plaintiff wanted me off: It demonstrated a strong support for personal accountability for one’s actions rather than blaming someone else for your troubles. And in this case, it is what I thought was happening - in the end. The plaintiff lost.
A funny thing happened to me on the way to the jurors’ box...
I’ll never try to get out of jury service. Too many criminals walking, and too many innocent people getting railroaded to stand idly by.
Couldn’t the joke be interpreted as a criticism of the police department?
People want nothing to do with these shiteshow juries...
So that’s how you get out of Jury Duty
Reminds me of the old joke:
Q: Who put the 22 bullet holes in Benito Mussolini?
A: 5,000 Italian sharpshooters.
A joke based on a true story
SUSPECT HIT BY 68 BULLETS; And that’s only because we ran out of ammo say cops. - Free Online Library
I was summoned for jury duty once. The headlines of all the Boston newspapers was about the case I was called to sit on. About a month before this there was a big f-up in the Boston PD forensics lab that was so bad the state had to take the department over. The DA stated that his case rested largely on the work of the Boston PD forensics unit. I mentioned to him if he knew that that department was so screwed up that the state took it over... I was dismissed from jury duty.
The best way to avoid jury duty is to be informed.
Couldn’t the joke be interpreted as a criticism of the police department?
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Well maybe I’m dim but that was my first reaction to it.
Day 1 would be the time to get out of jury duty, not half way through the trial. LOL
The surest way to get out of jury duty: serve as a cop for 25 years. Bulletproof. I’ve never gone beyond asking for my profession when I get removed on preemptory challenge.
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