Posted on 11/16/2021 10:37:13 AM PST by TigerClaws
The enduring mystery of the Kyle Rittenhouse criminal trial, which went to a jury Tuesday, has been the identity of "Jump Kick Man." As Rittenhouse ran away from a crowd of people, he testified that one of the pursuers hit him in the head with his skateboard. When Rittenhouse fell to the ground, Jump Kick Man flew through the air and stomped on his head. Rittenhouse fired two shots at Jump Kick Man, but missed.
Almost immediately, the man who had struck Rittenhouse with his skateboard, Anthony Huber, hit him with the skateboard again, and Rittenhouse fired a single round, killing Huber. A third man, Gaige Grosskreutz, saw this and approached Rittenhouse with his hands up. However, when Rittenhouse looked down for a split second, Grosskreutz pulled out a handgun and pointed it at Rittenhouse's head. Rittenhouse fired a single shot, striking Grosskreutz in the arm.
Jump Kick Man, whose attack on Rittenhouse (and Rittenhouse's subsequent response) arguably led to both Huber's and Grosskreutz's actions (and Rittenhouse's response to them), has never been identified--until now.
"The Dan O'Donnell Show" can now report exclusively that Jump Kick Man is a 40-year-old Black male from Kenosha with an extensive criminal record who was at the time of the Rittenhouse shootings on probation following a conviction for domestic violence battery. He faced a maximum sentence of nine months in jail, but less than two months before he kicked Rittenhouse, he accepted a plea deal that netted him 12 months' probation. The following year, he violated the terms of his probation and was sentenced to seven months in jail.
Had Jump Kick Man been sentenced to even two months in jail instead of probation, he would not have been in Kenosha the night of the shootings. His kick, which prompted Rittenhouse to fire two shots at him, may well have provoked Huber to strike Rittenhouse with his skateboard a second time, causing Rittenhouse to shoot and kill him. That in turn prompted Grosskreutz to advance on Rittenhouse and draw his handgun on him, which caused Rittenhouse to shoot him in the arm.
Jump Kick Man's actions likely set these events in motion, and thus had he not been on the streets of Kenosha that night, it is entirely possible that Huber and Grosskreutz would not have been shot.
"The Dan O'Donnell Show" is not naming Jump Kick Man, as he has not been criminally charged in connection with the Rittenhouse case. Sources indicate that he contacted prosecutors and offered to testify, but in exchange requested immunity from an ongoing drunk driving and domestic abuse case with which he was charged in June. Prosecutors declined his offer and chose not to call him as a witness in the Rittenhouse case.
According to online court records, Jump Kick Man has a criminal record that dates back more than two decades, with multiple felony convictions for car theft, ID theft, drug possession, and escaping custody. Given this and a recent prior conviction for misdemeanor battery (and a subsequent probation revocation), Jump Kick Man should have been sentenced to at least some jail time following his most recent conviction.
His earliest conviction listed in the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access online database is for felony escape, meaning that he had already been in custody or convicted of a crime and in the penal system. That offense is not listed in the database, but he was sentenced to two years in prison and five years of extended supervision on the escape charge.
Upon his release--and while he was on extended supervision--he was convicted of possession of THC and sentenced to five days in jail in 2003. After another THC possession conviction got him one year of probation in 2007, he violated the terms of that probation when he was arrested on multiple counts of felony identity theft in early 2008.
Amazingly, he reached a plea deal that allowed him to avoid prison time and was sentenced to just three years' probation. Less than four months later, he escaped arrest in a separate incident and was sentenced to a year in jail. Almost as soon as he was released, he was convicted of car theft and again sentenced to probation.
That arrest apparently violated the terms of his probation from the identity theft conviction. As a result, Jump Kick Man was sentenced to two years in prison and two years of extended supervision.
In 2013, he was convicted of both drug possession and obstructing an officer as a repeat offender and sentenced to six months in jail.
Three years later, though, he was charged as a repeat offender with domestic violence-related disorderly conduct but avoided jail time and got two years' probation. Unsurprisingly, in 2018 he violated the terms of that probation and was sentenced to 120 days in jail.
At this point, Jump Kick Man had been sentenced to probation in three different cases and violated the terms of that probation every single time. Still, a judge last June sentenced him to probation yet again...and yet again he violated the terms of that probation earlier this year.
Had the judge used common sense and recognized that probation serves as no deterrent to Jump Kick Man, that judge might have imposed at least some jail time. For two straight decades, Jump Kick Man continued to commit crimes while on probation and it should have therefore come as no surprise that while he was on probation for domestic violence, he would be part of a mob that had descended on Kenosha.
He likely should have been in jail, though, and was not only because he received yet another break from the Kenosha County criminal justice system. In a very real sense, this break may have indirectly led to the death of Anthony Huber and shooting of Gaige Grosskreutz.
There will be riots regardless.
But even with the same actions here and change the race of the attackers? Yes. Had they been black, Kyle would stand a much stronger chance of being convicted in 2021 America.
The only reason he had a fighting chance is because he killed two other White men.
I heard talk that there were numerous Brady Violations committed by the prosecution.
wow... 36 pages.
Not Guilt.
done.
save a forest.
The worst is the ‘high res’ video the DOJ had and turned over two weeks ago. That’s where the ‘enhanced’ image now the entire basis of the prosecution came from.
Yeah, but onemof them was a home pedophile- that is what has the left so enraged apparently. The left think, and actual,6 said this, that “everyone should expect to get beat up from time to time” and then claim that getting beat up,isn’t a reason to shoot someone. Problem for the scum who have said this is that no, it wasn’t a simple one on one fist fight, there were guns involved and fired and Kyle had every right at that point to fire back at his pursuers who were screaming that they were gonna kill him as they Chased him, in a mob no less, down the road
I don’t believe it. With his rap sheet they’d have to have recognized him and known him. They had a year to find this man. Did they even bother to look for him? If he’s on probation they already have him and are in contact with this man.
“However, when Rittenhouse looked down for a split second, Grosskreutz pulled out a handgun and pointed it at Rittenhouse’s head.”
He had the gun in his had before this. Kyle lowered his gun when G’s hands went up with the pistol in his hand.
It certainly appears that way.
Rhetorical questions: if the State learned the identity of Jump Kick, did they turn that info over to the Defense promptly?
If the State persisted in saying they didn’t know his identity at trial, wasn’t that a form of lying to the court and the jury?
If KR was charged with firing at Jump Kick, and the State knew who he was, for him not to be a witness is crazy. Not informing the jury of this guy’s character changes their perception of the whole event.
Does Jump Kick Man have a name?
It’s prosecutorial misconduct.
I hope Kyle’s lawyers prepare a motion to dismiss with prejudice as the judge had already warned them.
This is a violation of the law and they LIED IN COURT about not knowing who this guy was.
Not only should Kyle walk the ADA should be disbarred.
Yes, but apparently no one knew it until after the trial arguments finished... /s
All good points.
Jump kick man is an alleged VICTIM HERE! There’s a charge about the shots Kyle filed at the guy after getting kicked.
So, YES, the prosecution has to ID him.
If true and his identity was not disclosed to the defense, any conviction could be overturned on appeal. Definitely would be a discovery violation.
High probability that's a yes. Also, it proves that Rittenhouse was attacked before he fired a shot.
If the prosecution knew the identity and location of a witness and did not disclose it to the defense, isn't that grounds for a mistrial?
The prosecution spent the entire trial saying nobody knew the identity of jump-kick-man. Yet, they did.
If the DA shielded this witness, and the one known as Mr Yellow Pants, this would add to the prosecutorial misconduct, and could be grounds for a mistrial, or a reversal in case of a conviction.
Maybe. But during that whole chaotic mess, Kyle was the model of situational awareness and restraint. It’s just as likely that he knew exactly what he had to do, and did it, as with every other time he was forced into the use of deadly force.
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