Judge dismisses weapons charge at Rittenhouse murder trial

Yahoo! News ^ | 15/11/21 | SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI

[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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[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the mention.

I’m not familiar with that.

[for-q-clinton]

[Texan4Life]

Tucker Carlson: Rittenhouse trial taught us this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2AbfDlhOyc

[RasterMaster]

The Soros checks already ran out....too late for recruiting rent-a-mobs.

[RasterMaster]

Mika Brzezinski: It’s our job to control exactly what people think
https://youtu.be/4-XVjgnbyyo

[RasterMaster]

Binger and his bloated cohort are the poster children for what happens when you promote a D- student from a third or fourth-rate law school into positions far beyond their ability. Should have stuck with a career pushing happy meals.

[Impala64ssa]

The want to use their hypocritical motto “property is not worth a human life” to legalize the destruction and murder committed by BLM/Antifa rioters and make defense of property/life by the people they hate illegal.

To the elitist scum it's all 💩s and giggles seeing ANQUEEFA and BLM loot and burn mostly NONWHITE owned businesses in the name of social justice. How would they feel if one day the mobs were to bust into places like the MoMA, the Guggenheim etc and trash the rare and priceless artworks in the name of social justice. Hell, much of that stuff was created by DEAD WHITE GUYS, hey, what's fair is fair. Betchya they'd be demanding the first one to bust through the entrance get the Ashli Babbit treatment.

[snarkytart]

ANQUEERFA and BLM are the Globalists/Communists paid for street thugs.

[Enlightened1]

[Eleutheria5]

I hope. You never know what might happen at high tide under a full moon.

[Eleutheria5]

We “white supremacists” have a mob or two as well. So if you win...

[Pikachu_Dad]

God bless the judge!

How do we bring criminal charges against the corrupt leftists that sought to lynch Kyle.

[Eleutheria5]

You don’t. Never happen.

[Eleutheria5]

Just for being an out-of-touch moron? They might want to fire him at the Kenosha DA’s, but he could still chase ambulances, do wills and closings, and the occasional divorce and DUI. And that’s alright.

[Texan4Life]

Jacek Posobiec@JackPosobiec

🚨BREAKING NEW MOTION: Kenosha prosecutors WITHELD VIDEO EVIDENCE from Kyle Rittenhouse Defense Team

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1460816537812668425?s=20

[2harddrive]

Yes, Kyle Rittenhouse DID know the law, unlike the Persecution.