Posted on 11/15/2021 8:26:06 AM PST by Eleutheria5
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The judge at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial on Monday dismissed a count of possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18, a misdemeanor that had appeared to be among the likeliest of the charges to net a conviction for prosecutors.
The judge then launched into 36 pages of legal instructions to the jury, explaining the charges and the laws of self-defense. After that, the two sides were expected to deliver closing arguments, the final word before the jury was to begin deliberations.
Rittenhouse, 18, killed two men and wounded a third in the summer of 2020 during a turbulent protest against racial injustice, in a case that has underscored bitter division in the U.S. over guns, protests and law and order.
He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison if convicted of the most serious charge against him, first-degree intentional homicide.
The underage weapon charge was punishable by up to nine months in jail.
There is no dispute that Rittenhouse was 17 when he carried an AR-style semi-automatic rifle on the streets of Kenosha and used it.
But the defense argued that Wisconsin law had an exception that could be read to clear Rittenhouse. After prosecutors conceded on Monday that Rittenhouse’s rifle was not short-barreled, Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed the charge.
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I guess you live in a Demonrat Blue State. Anyone who is not a felon can own a machine gun here in Alabama. The transferable ones have been made expensive by more Demonrat legislation (1986). I’ve shot many machine guns; you can rent them at the range about 10 miles from my place.
The ADA said that because Kyle brought a gun, he is exclided from using the self defense claim.
That’s not true - and why isn’t the defense objecting?
This removes the last chance for the hapless prosecutors. Some on the other side had held out the thought that while no sane jury at this point would convict KR on the big charges, the jury might have responded to the massive MSM/left/rioter pressure to Get Rittenhouse by finding on this one technical charge.
BLMAntifa marxist scum have already declared their intent to repeat the violence (until regular people surrender their right to self-defense, then it really gets bad). If you live in a city, be ready.
You caught that, too. The author clarified farther down but what’s said was said.
“Mostly peaceful demonstrations coming soon, to a downtown near you.”
Unlikely.
They have spent their wad. Sure, they’ll try (with media help), but there’s no more will for it. Especially when they know thousands of Kyle’s await them.
Additionally, WI law allows anyone over 16 to have a long gun in their possession. And the proxy buy was never charged.
One charge dropped, and he’ll be acquitted of all others.
Kyle Rittenhouse has become an American hero.
Or the prosecutors, hoping for something much harsher, wanted to go for broke.
This was the one count I thought he would be convicted on.
If they convict him, the concept of us protecting ourselves
in public no longer exists.
I'm guessing the judge was giving the prosecution every chance to back this claim up, which was impossible for anyone who owns a ruler and the judge knew that. Dismissing the lesser charge at this point focuses the jury on the ones that really count and takes away their ability to convict on a lesser charge as an out.
He probably did not know that himself.
The defense objected all over the place in every hearing that brought it up. The judge even expressed dubiousness over it, but gave the prosecution opportunity to present evidence of such a violation (which had to include either hunting without a valid license with the weapon, or the weapon being short-barreled), but the prosecution never did...so, done.
They left out the part where the police threatened to mace him if he didn’t move on, so he went to Ill town police and turned himself in.
The prosecutor demonstrates his extreme idiocy in his closing arguments.
But there is a chance that it could backfire for the defense. The jury might have gone guilty on that charge. Now, there is a chance that they might find him guilty of the next charge up, which is much more serious. That’s going from a misdemeanor to a felony.
This might be the biggest trial in the last 50 years where a white citizens kills white criminals ...
And an aside:
I wonder if there were any murders in Chicago last month... anyone know? And if so, will any of them will make the ‘show trial’ circuit level.
One would think, but the left wants to be able to shoot unarmed Ashli Babbit and claim it was "a last resort" while punishing their ideological adversaries for self defense.
Yes. Those are different charges by a different sovereign, so they're not barred by double jeopardy.
I live in the Peoples Republic of Gavin Newsom. How’d you guess?
Yes, and there’s really no comparison here at all, as far as
a life threatening situation is concerned.
That officer should be up on charges. If the public have to
submit to a trial, so should this guy.
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