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:
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
“Revenge of the Nerds”.
As always.
Pathetic.
Critical Marx Theory says that the Marxists ARE the Oppressors.
I have come to the conclusion that this prosecutor is trying to place himself in the record books for saying the greatest number of stupid things in the shortest time possible.
Kraus needs a beating...
Therefore, a mob can beat him.
The prosecution sure took a beating during the trial.
The ‘Rats have devolved into an Idiocracy.
Your [welcome] scenario would make perfect sense to them.
Hey, Kraus....
Report to me immediately.
It is time for yours.
Raus! Kraus!
“The Left says he SHOULD be dead, he SHOULD NOT have protected himself.”
It goes a little further than that. He should not have interfered with their riot.
WTAF?
what a pig!....so tell me how this is not a thief with a license? Fat f k should be hung !
“a couple scrapes.’
Yeah, right. The punks running toward Kyle were ready to do serious damage to Kyle.
F k reputation start eliminating these commie bastards and bitches......hang them from the highest tree......no one here has the balls to post what I said.
I’d buy Rittenhouse a case of beer(If I ever meet him) and then I’d tell him:
“Kid, I really like your style” & “You do good work.”
Hell, I’d offer him a job if needed one.
I hope the Proud Boy and Rittenhouse types, continue to defend property, & exercise their 1st & 2nd amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution.
The radical left likes to be the only protest “game in town.” Those days are over, they now have competition.
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