The National Nightmare Also Known As Kyle Rittenhouse Murder Trial Finally Goes to Jury Deliberation
The traveling teenager faces five counts stemming from shooting two people last year in Wisconsin.
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The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, accused of murdering two people in Wisconsin in August 2020, is almost over. More than 30 people gave testimony in the last week, and closing arguments started Monday. The trial aired live and, obviously, generated a lot of opinions. My personal opinion on the whole thing is Judge Bruce E. Schroeder is off his rocker — and he’s far from the only part of the criminal prosecution system that sounds like this.
Let’s remember the facts of the case:
- Anti-police violence protests broke out in Kenosha, Wis., in August 2020 following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man in a van with his children. The police shooting left Blake paralyzed from the waist down.
- Rittenhouse traveled to Wisconsin from Illinois “in response to a call from a Kenosha militia to help protect businesses from protesters,” the AP reported.
- Rittenhouse faces five charges stemming from the shooting deaths of two men and injuries of another. He’s pled not guilty. (The judge dismissed the sixth charge before closing arguments on Monday.)
Ok, now that you have the facts, let’s jump into the weirdest moments of a trial that, again, is about a teenager accused of killing and maiming people after crossing state lines to defend…. car dealerships.
Judge Bruce Schroeder had many memorable moments throughout witness statements. First, let’s hear about why he’s so busy he can’t figure out how to save text messages (which might be a public records violation, just a thought).