All the testimony so far has been from prosecution witnesses and it's been nothing but beneficial for Rittenhouse. They've given him good reason for being there, good accounts of his behaviour, credible proof of threats that would have motivated him, evidence of police accepting his presence and role there among dozens of others doing the same thing as him, and that's on top of all the well known footage which clearly shows him defending himself (again - introduced by the prosecution)... The one thing the prosecution supposedly has is evidence of Rittenhouse chasing Rosenbaum, from a tape that shows nothing of the sort, from an FBI guy in closed testimony who supposedly deleted some other critical evidence.
I'm not even sure what the defence is supposed to be arguing against, since there's been basically no case presented. It's like the US election in how flagrant it is. Are they even trying to conceal the gaslighting? It's barely even gaslighting, it's more like 'you know you have to find this kid guilty; why else would we all be doing this?'
Eh . . . while I think there are similarities in how the court is treating an obviously innocent man, there are differences that will make this go very differently should the left follow through.
Chauvin was a jerk. He had a terrible record, no one likes cops and even with all the evidence you still end with a bored looking cop sitting on a dying man as he slowly suffocates. That he was not the cause of the death means very little to the public when you think about it. Right and Wrong are grey here. I don't think Chauvin was legally guilty but it's hard to not call him morally wrong for his cavalier attitude during the altercation.
Comparatively, Rittenhouse is a saint. The kid was there specifically to render medical aid and help people injured in political riots. No matter how you frame it, he was fighting against literal rioters, arsonists, and political dissidents who wished nothing but destruction on the community around them by their own admittance. Morally, Kyle is absolutely in the right and it will take some seriously fucked in the head jurors to convict. The prosecution is basically going to do everything they can to obfuscate this but it does not change the presentation to the world at large.
If the US public at large witnesses a child who was literally providing medical aid to others get railroaded, I have faith that there will be enough outrage to get the sleeping giant moving.
Rightly or wrongly, I think any of us who have had to deal with cops naturally reacted negatively to the douchebag bro with his knee on a suspect yelling at people to stay the fuck back. In that situation, the crowd appeared reasonable and concerned and he appeared to be the crazed authoritarian. (but honestly looks can be deceiving and I could understand his attitude working in that neighborhood)
All the testimony so far has been from prosecution witnesses and it's been nothing but beneficial for Rittenhouse. They've given him good reason for being there, good accounts of his behaviour, credible proof of threats that would have motivated him, evidence of police accepting his presence and role there among dozens of others doing the same thing as him, and that's on top of all the well known footage which clearly shows him defending himself (again - introduced by the prosecution)... The one thing the prosecution supposedly has is evidence of Rittenhouse chasing Rosenbaum, from a tape that shows nothing of the sort, from an FBI guy in closed testimony who supposedly deleted some other critical evidence.
I'm not even sure what the defence is supposed to be arguing against, since there's been basically no case presented. It's like the US election in how flagrant it is. Are they even trying to conceal the gaslighting? It's barely even gaslighting, it's more like 'you know you have to find this kid guilty; why else would we all be doing this?'
So far exactly like the chauvin trial.
Chillingly accurate
Eh . . . while I think there are similarities in how the court is treating an obviously innocent man, there are differences that will make this go very differently should the left follow through.
Chauvin was a jerk. He had a terrible record, no one likes cops and even with all the evidence you still end with a bored looking cop sitting on a dying man as he slowly suffocates. That he was not the cause of the death means very little to the public when you think about it. Right and Wrong are grey here. I don't think Chauvin was legally guilty but it's hard to not call him morally wrong for his cavalier attitude during the altercation.
Comparatively, Rittenhouse is a saint. The kid was there specifically to render medical aid and help people injured in political riots. No matter how you frame it, he was fighting against literal rioters, arsonists, and political dissidents who wished nothing but destruction on the community around them by their own admittance. Morally, Kyle is absolutely in the right and it will take some seriously fucked in the head jurors to convict. The prosecution is basically going to do everything they can to obfuscate this but it does not change the presentation to the world at large.
If the US public at large witnesses a child who was literally providing medical aid to others get railroaded, I have faith that there will be enough outrage to get the sleeping giant moving.
Rightly or wrongly, I think any of us who have had to deal with cops naturally reacted negatively to the douchebag bro with his knee on a suspect yelling at people to stay the fuck back. In that situation, the crowd appeared reasonable and concerned and he appeared to be the crazed authoritarian. (but honestly looks can be deceiving and I could understand his attitude working in that neighborhood)