{"id":1022827,"date":"2021-11-17T09:59:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1022827"},"modified":"2021-11-17T09:59:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:59:12","slug":"kyle-rittenhouse-lawyers-request-mistrial-argue-prosecution-withheld-video-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyle-rittenhouse-lawyers-request-mistrial-argue-prosecution-withheld-video-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Rittenhouse Lawyers Request Mistrial, Argue Prosecution Withheld Video Evidence"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fkyle-rittenhouse-lawyers-request-mistrial-argue-prosecution-withheld-video-evidence%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=1022827&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 class=\"subheading\">The defense team for 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse has once again requested Judge Bruce Schroeder declare a mistrial with prejudice, arguing the prosecution withheld video evidence \u201cat the center of their case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the prosecution\u2019s closing arguments on Monday,&nbsp;Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger showed members of the jury high-definition drone video footage of the incident wherein Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum in an attempt to demonstrate that Rittenhouse was allegedly \u201cpointing his gun\u201d at people to provoke the encounter.<\/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<div id=\"attachment_18785370\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"41\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236485351.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18785370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236485351-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Kyle Rittenhouse, front, his attorney, Mark Richards, middle, and Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger watch an aerial video of the moments where he shot Joseph Rosenbaum at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 10, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Sean Krajacic-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to documents obtained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10210087\/Prosecutors-Kenosha-shooter-trial-WITHHELD-evidence-defense.html\"><em>Daily Mail<\/em><\/a>, Rittenhouse\u2019s defense attests that the high-definition video footage was markedly different from the low-quality version played earlier in the trial, meaning the prosecution withheld high-definition footage until two days before closing arguments.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">On November 5, 2021, the fifth day of trial on this case, the prosecution turned over to the defense footage of a drone video which captured some of the incident from August 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The problem is the prosecution gave the defense a compressed version of the video. What that means is the video provided to the defense was not as clear as the video kept by the state.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The video provided to the defense was 3.6MB while the prosecution\u2019s was 11.2MB \u2013 a dramatic change in quality and resolution. According to the defense, this video was not revealed \u201cuntil after the trial concluded.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.1779661016949\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And here is the HD version that was withheld from the defense team <\/p>\n<p>The HD version clearly shows Kyle did not aim his rifle at the Ziminskis <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQRxfhrlE1\">pic.twitter.com\/DQRxfhrlE1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacek Posobiec \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1460817948596183044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cDuring the jury instructions conference, the defense played their version of the video for the court to review,\u201d the motion states. \u201cThe state indicated their version was much clearer and had their tech person come into court to have the court review their clearer video. The video is the same, the resolution of that video, however, was not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018The video footage has been at the center of this case,\u201d it continued. \u201cThe idea that the state would provide lesser quality footage and then use that footage as a linchpin in their case is the very reason they requested and were granted the provocation instruction by the Court.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.6601941747573\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Cont&#8217;d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JJf97z5VSI\">pic.twitter.com\/JJf97z5VSI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacek Posobiec \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1460822630337028097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Citing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/law-and-order\/2021\/11\/10\/defense-moves-for-mistrial-in-kyle-rittenhouse-case-judge-berates-prosecutor-but-reserves-judgment-believe\/\">various times <\/a>in which Judge Schroeder rebuked the prosecution for its overreach, the Rittenhouse defense team explained that Binger\u2019s ongoing misconduct has been \u201cclearly intentional\u201d and \u201cprejudicial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cThe failure to provide the same quality footage in this particular case is intentional and clearly prejudices the defendant,\u201d the motion said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defense team for 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse has once again requested Judge Bruce Schroeder declare a mistrial with prejudice, arguing the prosecution withheld video evidence \u201cat the center of their &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1022827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1022827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1022827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1022827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1022827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}