Maybe when you saw this headline you thought I might be going to address the January 6th political prisoners in the Gitmo in Washington DC. I am not. The political persecution that I will address is the sham of a trial going on in Kenosha, Wisconsin. That’s the one where Kyle Rittenhouse is on trial for defending his life from several individuals who were intent on doing him great bodily harm. Just as with the George Zimmerman case, charges should never have been brought.
The facts of what happened that fateful night some 15 months ago are not in dispute. Kyle Rittenhouse was in Kenosha carrying an AR-15 and a medic kit. He was there to help protect property and to provide medical assistance to those in need during the riots that were occurring due to a police shooting.
At some point during the evening Kyle became separated from his group and was then chased by several men despite Kyle yelling that he was “a friendly.”. He was hit with a skateboard several times and had at least one man “jump kick” him while he was down on the ground. Another man pointed a loaded Glock at his head.
When you back someone into a corner and threaten that person’s life, the only remaining course of action available is to neutralize the threat. The result was the death of two of the assailants and significant injury to a third when Kyle fired his AR-15. Rittenhouse indicated that he fired in self-defense.
From the outset the media tried to portray Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old at the time, as some deranged, MAGA, white supremacist who went to Kenosha to hunt down and kill people. There are people across this country that believe to this day that Rittenhouse was out hunting black men to kill and that he succeeded in doing that. This is despite volumes of video that show that Rittenhouse was the hunted one and that he only fired as a last resort to save his own life. And, of course, that his assailants were white.
The reality is that Rittenhouse was a young man, a good citizen, who went to Kenosha to help defend property. He carried a med kit to help those who might need it. The authorities (that’s includes the feckless governor) had decided to order the police to stand down from enforcing the law. This led to rioting, arson and the destruction of private property. The government abandoned its responsibility to protect businesses from rioters. Rittenhouse assumed part of that responsibility to defend them. The rule of law had been replaced by the rule of the jungle.
The trial has shown through prosecution testimony that Rittenhouse was doing what he said he was doing defending his life from vicious criminals who were determined to do great bodily harm. If there has ever been an open and shut case of self defense, it is what happened in Kenosha that fateful night.
This has not dissuaded Big Media from continuing to paint Rittenhouse as the aggressor and his three assailants as victims. The American media wants an innocent man to go to prison for life. CBS ran an article that stated that Kyle “murdered” the two men who died trying to separate Kyle from his place on this planet.
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In 2021 one is not convicted by a jury of your peers but rather by “elite” journalists who follow a pre-scripted narrative.
Another bobblehead went so far as to state:
“Every time there’s a Rittenhouse, it moves the window of what’s acceptable. I think Rittenhouse has moved the window.”
“Moved the window?” Did this bobblehead even look at the video of what happened that night? Rosenbaum had threatened to “f*****g” kill Rittenhouse if he got him alone. He was running at Rittenhouse when he was shot. Anthony Huber was trying to de-capitate Rittenhouse. Grosskreutz was pointing a glock at Rittenhouse’s head when he was injured. There is no acceptable claim of self defense if this is not judged to be self defense.
Prosecution witnesses have proved beyond any shadow of a doubt that Rittenhouse acted in self defense. So, why the trial? Current and former prosecutors are asking that question.
Daniel Adams, a former Milwaukee County assistant district attorney who isn’t involved in the trial, described Binger’s case as “incredibly underwhelming.” Adams said, “He’s got nothing. I just don’t understand it. What are we doing here? We’re all kind of scratching our heads.”
Assuming ADA Binger did not get his law degree as some sort of participation trophy, why has ADA Binger taken this to trial?
Admitting Rittenhouse acted in self-defense would lead to admitting that the riots last summer were not ‘mostly peaceful.’ Blocks of communities were destroyed by fires, looting, and violence. It puts the lie to the idea that these were “protestors, mostly peaceful. It also shows that concerted action by citizens can destroy Antifa’s protest strategy. The woke progressives cannot allow this to happen.
I am going to speculate a bit here. I have watched some of the trial. ADA Binger’s conduct in the courtroom seems to suggest that the rules of the court are only for the defense and do not apply to the prosecution. Binger has been severely admonished twice by the judge for his conduct. It was so far outside the bounds of acceptable conduct that the defense filed a motion for a mistrial with prejudice. That would mean that Rittenhouse could not be tried again. And the judge indicated that any more of such activities might bring about that result.
Is ADA Binger trying to “make his bones,” to build his “street cred?” Does he think that pursuing this case will lead to more lucrative jobs within the woke progressives who believe that they are about to take over the country?
Or Is this about trying to end the second amendment? Does ADA Binger believe that this case will lead to a demonization of people who carry for the purposes of self defense? Does ADA Binger believe that somehow he is the forefront of a wave of anti-gun mania?
The events that have unfolded in the Kenosha courtroom prove that this trial is a political one. Regardless of Binger’s motives, it is clear that this prosecution has not been about justice. The facts of the case are against the prosecution. The law is against the prosecution. All the prosecution has is the ability to pound the table.
The only question left is will the rule of law prevail or will the rule of the mob have the final say? The case should go to the jury by Tuesday.