{"id":1017328,"date":"2021-11-15T22:59:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T03:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1017328"},"modified":"2021-11-15T22:59:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T03:59:06","slug":"watch-prosecution-kyle-rittenhouse-too-cowardly-to-use-his-own-fists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-prosecution-kyle-rittenhouse-too-cowardly-to-use-his-own-fists\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH\u2013 Prosecution: Kyle Rittenhouse &#039;Too Cowardly to Use His Own Fists&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-prosecution-kyle-rittenhouse-too-cowardly-to-use-his-own-fists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1017328&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Assistant-Prosecutor-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The prosecution in the Kyle Rittenhouse case accused the teenager of being \u201ctoo cowardly to use his own fists\u201d when an enraged rioter and subsequent mob attacked him.<\/p>\n<p>During the rebuttal on Monday, shortly after the Rittenhouse defense offered the jury its closing arguments, Assistant District Attorney James Kraus repeated lead prosecutor Thomas Binger\u2019s line that Rittenhouse unfairly brought a gun to a fistfight:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>Clearly, if there is a provocation, he is guilty. But even outside of provocation, why do you get to immediately just start shooting. As Mr. Binger said, he brought a gun to a fistfight and he was too cowardly to use his own fists to fight his way out. He has to start shooting.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.28\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kenosha Assistant DA says Kyle Rittenhouse &#8220;brought a gun to a fist fight. He was too cowardly to use his own fists to fight his way out. He had to start shooting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What the actual fuck is this trial <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ng2PW0oH5r\">pic.twitter.com\/ng2PW0oH5r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1460385796951879681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Kraus had followed up on a previous line of argumentation from Thomas Binger, who lit up the internet when he employed an image from the 1980s Patrick Swayze movie <em>Road House:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p>Let\u2019s assume for a minute, yeah, Joseph Rosenbaum is chasing after the defendant because he wants to do some physical harm to him. He\u2019s an unarmed man. This is a bar fight. This is a fistfight. This is a fight that maybe many of you have been involved in. Two people. Hand to hand. Who are throwing punches or pushing or shoving or whatever.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBut what you don\u2019t do, is you don\u2019t bring a gun to a fistfight,\u201d Binger added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9948186528497\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PROSECUTION: &#8220;This is a bar fight. This is a fistfight\u2026What you don&#8217;t do is you don&#8217;t bring a gun to a fistfight.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TQ22DpkhL2\">pic.twitter.com\/TQ22DpkhL2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1460303717866119172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On August 25, 2020, then-17-year-old Rittenhouse traveled up from Antioch, Illinois, to Kenosha, Wisconsin, during the riots over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, hoping to aid a local business owner in defending his car dealership that had suffered $1.5 million in damages.<\/p>\n<p>As the night unfolded, Rittenhouse, armed with an AR-15, was allegedly attacked by rioters, during which time he fatally shot two people and wounded one. Several witnesses have testified that Rittenhouse fired his gun only after being pursued, with one prosecution witness admitting that Rittenhouse shot him only after he had pointed a gun at the minor.<\/p>\n<p>After closing arguments on Monday, Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed the jury for the evening; they are expected to begin deliberation on Tuesday morning. Should Kyle Rittenhouse be found guilty of intentional homicide, he could face life in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prosecution in the Kyle Rittenhouse case accused the teenager of being \u201ctoo cowardly to use his own fists\u201d when an enraged rioter and subsequent mob attacked him. 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