Posted on 11/15/2021 8:00:21 PM PST by conservative98
James Kraus, one of the prosecutors in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, told the jury in a Kenosha, Wisconsin court Monday that the defendant should have let himself be attacked last August because “everybody takes a beating sometimes.”
Kraus was delivering the rebuttal argument, after fellow prosecutor Thomas Binger gave the first closing argument, and defense attorney Mike Richards responded on behalf of Rittenhouse. The prosecution tried throughout the day to argue that Rittenhouse did not have the “privilege” of self-defense, even though he only shot people who had pursued and attacked him, because he had provoked the attack by bringing his rifle to the Black Lives Matter riot near midnight on August 25, 2020.
Accordingly, Kraus argued, Rittenhouse had a duty to retreat — not just before firing his weapon, but before resisting in any physical way. And he added that Rittenhouse should have allowed himself to be beaten by members of a mob that both he and Binger had described as “heroes,” concerned citizens acting to stop what they saw as an “active shooter” on the street.
“Mr. Richards misstated the standard [for self-defense],” Kraus argued. “It is not ‘could have caused’ great bodily harm or death. It is not ‘likely’ to have caused great bodily harm or death. It is ‘imminent threat’ of death or great bodily harm.
“Where is that, when you get a couple scrapes? Everybody takes a beating sometimes, right?
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Earlier, defense attorney Richards adamantly declared that his client did not have a legal duty to be beaten by a mob:
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Shocked! • 6 minutes ago
So if we go with your argument then the jury should come out of the jury box and beat you senseless because everybody gets a beating sometimes
Be a shame if that happened. A real shame.
So using that logic (or lack of) how do they ever plan to prosecute an assault case again? I mean, the victim should just allow the perpetrator to beat them, right? /s
That sounds like something Joe Biden would say.
The following morning, Jen Psaki would be assuring reporters that ‘No, the President did not say that, and certain political opponents have been distorting the proper context!”
The Judge should have put a stop to this farce days ago.
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This is the long-standing Leftist point of view. If we want to Beat you. Take it. If we want to Kill you. Die. You have no right to protect yourself from us. If you dare do so we will destroy your reputation. Prosecute you. And Ruin your entire life. We will go after you relentlessly as long as you live.
The boy would have been dead if he hadn’t protected himself - and that’s a fact!!
....everyone takes a beating sometimes...
As I remember from the video, Rittenhouse got his hat slapped off, kicked and hit in the face with a skateboard. The mob got their shots in, and Kyle got his! Because sometimes a mob full of @ssholes needs to be gunned down!
Realize this for what it is. A sworn official of the government is arguing that sadomasochism ought to be a required character trait and normal behavior. This bizarre fool actually believes that you must allow yourself to be beaten and violated for the good of society.
Hmmmm. Why did he say that? I don’t think it’s gonna help him with the jury.
Not the Bee?
His fat ass would be destroyed quickly.
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Coma wards are full of people with permanent brain damage from beatings.
Go to any big city hospital, and most aren’t coming out.
Once you go unconscious, the mob will see to it.
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That's the entire point of the Leftist prosecution. The Left says he SHOULD be dead, he SHOULD NOT have protected himself.
Thank Almighty God that Kyle got a decent (?) judge.
Translation: “I’m a blithering idiot and I gave up on this case long ago.”
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He also said the BLM Rioters burning down car lots and Police Vehicles - are Heroes.
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So is this the new standard? Law enforcement must endure great bodily harm before they’re permitted to defend themselves? Can prosecutors provide a single law enforcement trainer who would assert that this is indeed the standard before one can exercise self defense and the defense of others with deadly force?
Oh, right, there’s laws for you and me, and laws for the little more equal animals on our farm.
This is what the prosecutors wanted Rittenhouse to accept happening to him when they said “everyone takes a beating sometimes”. pic.twitter.com/1OyJhqyfvK— Syrian Girl 🇸🇾🎗 (@Partisangirl) November 16, 2021
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