{"id":1019660,"date":"2021-11-16T12:59:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T17:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1019660"},"modified":"2021-11-16T12:59:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T17:59:29","slug":"updates-from-rittenhouse-trial-jury-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/updates-from-rittenhouse-trial-jury-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates From Rittenhouse Trial: Jury Is Out"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fupdates-from-rittenhouse-trial-jury-is-out%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=1019660&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--><p>KENOSHA, Wis.&nbsp;\u2014 After dismissing six members of the jury, the remaining 12 jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse case have been released to deliberate. In their instructions, Judge Schroeder reminded the jury that the decision is theirs alone. He cautioned them not to factor in anyone\u2019s opinions, even the opinions of President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will pay no heed to the opinions of anyone, even the President of the United States or the President before him,\u201d Schroeder told the jury.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, news vans line the streets outside the Kenosha courthouse, and reporters far outnumber protestors. As of Tuesday morning, a small group of Black Lives Matter activists had gathered outside the building chanting slogans. Among them was Justin Blake, a prominent activist, and the uncle of Jacob Blake, the man shot and wounded by police while in possession of a knife and resisting arrest in August of 2020, the event which precipitated widespread rioting in Kenosha during which Rittenhouse shot three men.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We spoke to Justin Blake about his thoughts on the case. Blake characterized the case as an example of \u201cwhite supremacy,\u201d alleging that Rittenhouse\u2019s defense is directly funded by \u201cthe clan.\u201d While Blake was severely critical of Judge Schroeder, accusing him of \u201cracism\u201d \u2014 evidenced by the judge\u2019s ringtone (\u201cGod Bless The USA\u201d), which Blake characterized as \u201cTrump\u2019s theme song\u201d \u2014 he reserved his most potent criticism for President Joe Biden, who he claims has abandoned the black voters who put him in office. \u201c[President Biden] has failed us,\u201d Blake proclaimed emphatically. \u201cWe\u2019ve heard nothing from them\u2026 We will never, in my life, vote for another Democrat again. We helped flip this state blue. What did we get? What African Americans always get, nothing.\u201d Blake insisted that now may be the time to start looking to \u201ca third party.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both the prosecution and the defense gave closing arguments in the Kyle Rittenhouse case Monday. As of Tuesday morning, the jury was instructed to begin deliberations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Case Against Kyle<\/p>\n<p>In their closing, the prosecution relied heavily on the \u201cactive shooter\u201d narrative, claiming that the three men Rittenhouse shot were acting in self-defense. Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger claimed that the men who pursued and were eventually shot by Rittenhouse were \u201cheroes\u201d for attempting to subdue Rittenhouse out of alleged concern that he was an active shooter threat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution attempted to frame Rittenhouse as the initial aggressor, and paint the three<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KENOSHA, Wis.\u00a0\u2014 After dismissing six members of the jury, the remaining 12 jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse case have been released to deliberate. In their instructions, Judge Schroeder reminded the jury that the decision is theirs alone. He cautioned them not to factor in anyone\u2019s opinions, even the opinions of President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump.\u201cYou will pay no heed to the opinions of anyone, even the President of the United States or the President before him,\u201d Schroeder told the jury.Meanwhile, news vans line the streets outside the Kenosha courthouse, and reporters far outnumber protestors. As of Tuesday morning, a small group of Black Lives Matter activists had gathered outside the building chanting slogans. Among them was Justin Blake, a prominent activist, and the uncle of Jacob Blake, the man shot and wounded by police while in possession of a knife and resisting arrest in August of 2020, the event which precipitated widespread rioting in Kenosha during which Rittenhouse shot three men.\u00a0We spoke to Justin Blake about his thoughts on the case. Blake characterized the case as an example of \u201cwhite supremacy,\u201d alleging that Rittenhouse\u2019s defense is directly funded by \u201cthe clan.\u201d While Blake was severely critical of Judge Schroeder, accusing him of \u201cracism\u201d \u2014 evidenced by the judge\u2019s ringtone (\u201cGod Bless The USA\u201d), which Blake characterized as \u201cTrump\u2019s theme song\u201d \u2014 he reserved his most potent criticism for President Joe Biden, who he claims has abandoned the black voters who put him in office. \u201c[President Biden] has failed us,\u201d Blake proclaimed emphatically. \u201cWe\u2019ve heard nothing from them\u2026 We will never, in my life, vote for another Democrat again. We helped flip this state blue. What did we get? What African Americans always get, nothing.\u201d Blake insisted that now may be the time to start looking to \u201ca third party.\u201d\u00a0Both the prosecution and the defense gave closing arguments in the Kyle Rittenhouse case Monday. As of Tuesday morning, the jury was instructed to begin deliberations.\u00a0The Case Against KyleIn their closing, the prosecution relied heavily on the \u201cactive shooter\u201d narrative, claiming that the three men Rittenhouse shot were acting in self-defense. Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger claimed that the men who pursued and were eventually shot by Rittenhouse were \u201cheroes\u201d for attempting to subdue Rittenhouse out of alleged concern that he was an active shooter threat.\u00a0The prosecution attempted to frame Rittenhouse as the initial aggressor, and paint the three men he shot, Joseph Rosenbaum, Gaige Grosskreutz, and Anthony Huber, as acting in self-defense. Their legal argument is that Kyle cannot claim self-defense if he initiated the dangerous situation.Prosecutors pointed to FBI drone footage they claimed shows Rittenhouse raising his gun in a threatening manner prior to the first altercation with Rosenbaum. The prosecution did not claim Rittenhouse pointed the gun at anyone specifically, rather that his posture was sufficiently menacing that it may have reasonably led others to think that Rittenhouse was an imminent threat. The defense disputed that characterization, saying the drone footage does not show Rittenhouse raising his gun. The defense argued that the footage shows the gun was situated on the wrong side of Rittenhouse\u2019s body for him to be aiming it forward.\u00a0The prosecution also questioned whether Rittenhouse should have resorted to deadly force, accusing him of \u201cbringing a gun to a fist fight.\u201d They argued that a skateboard is a children\u2019s toy and could not be reasonably interpreted as a \u201cweapon\u201d capable of deadly force. Regarding Grosskruetz\u2019s gun, the prosecution argued that it was not lifted and aimed at Rittenhouse the moment Rittenhouse discharged his weapon.\u00a0Overall, the prosecution focused on dressing down Rittenhouse\u2019s personal character for poor choices that evening. Prosecutors emphasized that he lied about being an EMT and when he initially claimed that Rosenbaum pulled a gun on him. They argued that at 17, Rittenhouse should not have inserted himself into a dangerous situation, and that the ensuing deaths were directly caused by Rittenhouse\u2019s actions.\u00a0The prosecution\u2019s strategy was not without notable missteps. Binger downplayed damage from rioters, which could potentially play poorly with a jury of Kenosha residents. Binger appeared to dismiss \u201cdumpster fires\u201d that occurred that night and insinuated that Rosenbaum, who was involved in arson that night, was harmless, comparing him to \u201ca little dog who barks.\u201d He also called the men Rittenhouse shot \u201cheroes\u201d several times despite their extensive criminal histories, and their behavior at the riot that night, a claim which may seem a stretch to some jurors.\u00a0The Case For KyleAfter the prosecution\u2019s closing arguments, the defense took over to deliver theirs. The defense\u2019s strategy was less methodical, but the video evidence appeared to cut in favor of the defense in multiple instances. The defense clearly established that Rittenhouse was being pursued during each instance in which he fired his weapon. One slow-motion video showed Rittenhouse first being pursued by Rosenbaum and then cornered between two cars, with Rosenbaum rapidly closing in on Rittenhouse to within 4 feet. Video footage also showed Rittenhouse being pursued by a group of protestors, before he was kicked in the head by an unidentified man and hit with a skateboard by Huber. The defense\u2019s objective was to prove that Rittenhouse was afraid for his life in the moment he used the firearm in self-defense, and much of the footage seems to corroborate that claim.\u00a0As of publication, the jury is deliberating whether Rittenhouse committed intentional homicide, or whether he acted in self-defense. Meanwhile 500 national guard service people are stationed to defend the city if additional rioting breaks out.\u00a0This is an emerging story and will be updated as details come to light.\u00a0The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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