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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Yup. Bears repeating.
Wow, how is that any different from the long-ago argument that rape victims should just lie back and enjoy it?
...and a lucky few get the dirt nap they so richly deserve counselor!
I don’t think the man has missed a meal in his entire life. Better bring a bucket.
That’s essentially how Huber died. He pulled the muzzle from off-angle to make it point directly at him. Rittenhouse may not have even had to pull the trigger.
Wish I could take credit for it. But I first saw it in the comments of legalinsurrection.com
And pulling the gun towards his own midsection
Hamilton Burger and fries.
But enough about your case.
That still applies if you are being raped by an immigrant. If you fight you could be charged with a hate crime.
I was thinking more Baron Vladimir Harkonnen than Mr. Creosote.
Just like England.
the “medic” has his pistol in his hand ready to fire at him
that is imminent threat
further a huge mob can beat someone to death very easily without firearms
ask reginald denny
Those freaks have taken to carrying skateboards as weapons because they’re NOT classified as a weapon and perfectly legal to carry.
Lots of scum in the antyfay/blm mobs were toting them during the “peaceful protests”.
Those heavy suckers will kill you, applied upside the head.
Unleash a half dozen MS13 with machetes on this fat bastard.
the first punk a-hole that tries to give me a beating will find out.
Bring shovel and trashbags
Per testimony, that "slap" was Kyle being hit with a chunk of concrete.
That’s something that has not been discussed enough. Kyle was extremely restrained in who he shot, and shot at. There were plenty of armed mob members he didn’t shoot because they weren’t advancing on him and being an active threat.
“Does this apply to fat overweight lawyers if we oh I don’t know, say don’t like a guilty verdict to come out?”
I’m going to guess that this person has a great deal of experience in this area, starting in grade school. Apparently, it wasnt enough.
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