{"id":1033076,"date":"2021-11-19T16:30:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T21:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1033076"},"modified":"2021-11-19T16:30:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T21:30:15","slug":"bad-facts-msnbc-analyst-says-rittenhouse-jury-verdict-unsurprising-but-it-may-send-wrong-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bad-facts-msnbc-analyst-says-rittenhouse-jury-verdict-unsurprising-but-it-may-send-wrong-message\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bad Facts\u2019: MSNBC Analyst Says Rittenhouse Jury Verdict Unsurprising But It May Send \u2018Wrong Message\u2019"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fbad-facts-msnbc-analyst-says-rittenhouse-jury-verdict-unsurprising-but-it-may-send-wrong-message%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=1033076&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>Although the facts virtually required that the jury acquit Kyle Rittenhouse of all charges, the \u201cnot guilty\u201d verdict may send \u201cthe wrong message\u201d to the world, an MSNBC legal analyst said shortly after the decision on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution\u2019s case was hampered by \u201cbad facts,\u201d said MSNBC legal expert Julius Kim, shortly after the 18-year-old\u2019s full acquittal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a tough case for the state to make, because we had what we call \u2018bad facts\u2019 in terms of the state\u2019s case,\u201d Kim said. \u201cKyle Rittenhouse was attacked; he was chased, and he was also approached by someone who had a handgun in his hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were a lot of witness problems for the state in this case,\u201d Kim added, noting that the prosecution\u2019s witnesses also strengthened Rittenhouse\u2019s case that he acted in self-defense in some instances. Even at its strongest, \u201cthere was a lot of gray\u201d in the prosecutors\u2019 case, he said. \u201cI think all of us who can see, we aren\u2019t terribly surprised by the verdicts that we now have in front of us. But I am concerned that the wrong message has been sent to other people in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moments earlier, MSNBC reporter Shaquille Brewster framed the issue by noting that a local left-wing protester and Unitarian Universalist minister named Monica Cummings had expressed \u201cfrustration\u201d and \u201cfear of what message\u201d the jury\u2019s unanimous verdict of not guilty sends to other people.<\/p>\n<p>Cummings expressed disbelief that anyone would have been armed during the arson-fueled&nbsp;conflagration that engulfed Kenosha, Wisconsin, last August 25, which caused more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenoshanews.com\/news\/local\/damage-due-to-rioting-unrest-in-kenosha-tops-50-million-2-000-guard-assisted-here\/article_26473ec9-c08a-5490-9d09-cc2b840b65f1.html\">$50 million<\/a> in damage to the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy&nbsp;would you have a military-style&nbsp;weapon at a peaceful protest?\u201d Cummings asked of the riot, which CNN famously described as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-cnn-claims-kenosha-protests-are-fiery-but-mostly-peaceful-as-city-burns-behind-reporter\">fiery but mostly peaceful<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cummings said she worried about \u201carmed men with military-style weapons&nbsp;showing up and now knowing that&nbsp;all they have to do is say, \u2018Hey,&nbsp;I felt fear\u2019 or \u2018I felt my life&nbsp;was in danger,\u2019 and they can shoot&nbsp;people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cummings added that right-wing protesters may want to shoot journalists.&nbsp;\u201cI\u2019m going to tell the media,&nbsp;you know, you could be in the&nbsp;crosshairs as well, with all the&nbsp;rhetoric about media being&nbsp;the enemy of the state and so&nbsp;forth and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour microphone could be&nbsp;mistaken for a weapon,\u201d she told Brewster.<\/p>\n<p>Cummings said Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s acquittal fits America\u2019s \u201chistory of vigilante justice in this country, all the way back to times of enslavement, when people would be deputized to go out and track down enslaved persons who ran away, to lynching<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the facts virtually required that the jury acquit Kyle Rittenhouse of all charges, the \u201cnot guilty\u201d verdict may send \u201cthe wrong message\u201d to the world, an MSNBC legal analyst said shortly after the decision on Friday.The prosecution\u2019s case was hampered by \u201cbad facts,\u201d said MSNBC legal expert Julius Kim, shortly after the 18-year-old\u2019s full acquittal.\u201cThis was a tough case for the state to make, because we had what we call \u2018bad facts\u2019 in terms of the state\u2019s case,\u201d Kim said. \u201cKyle Rittenhouse was attacked; he was chased, and he was also approached by someone who had a handgun in his hands.\u201d\u201cThere were a lot of witness problems for the state in this case,\u201d Kim added, noting that the prosecution\u2019s witnesses also strengthened Rittenhouse\u2019s case that he acted in self-defense in some instances. Even at its strongest, \u201cthere was a lot of gray\u201d in the prosecutors\u2019 case, he said. \u201cI think all of us who can see, we aren\u2019t terribly surprised by the verdicts that we now have in front of us. But I am concerned that the wrong message has been sent to other people in the community.\u201dMoments earlier, MSNBC reporter Shaquille Brewster framed the issue by noting that a local left-wing protester and Unitarian Universalist minister named Monica Cummings had expressed \u201cfrustration\u201d and \u201cfear of what message\u201d the jury\u2019s unanimous verdict of not guilty sends to other people.Cummings expressed disbelief that anyone would have been armed during the arson-fueled\u00a0conflagration that engulfed Kenosha, Wisconsin, last August 25, which caused more than $50 million in damage to the city.\u201cWhy\u00a0would you have a military-style\u00a0weapon at a peaceful protest?\u201d Cummings asked of the riot, which CNN famously described as \u201cfiery but mostly peaceful.\u201dCummings said she worried about \u201carmed men with military-style weapons\u00a0showing up and now knowing that\u00a0all they have to do is say, \u2018Hey,\u00a0I felt fear\u2019 or \u2018I felt my life\u00a0was in danger,\u2019 and they can shoot\u00a0people.\u201dCummings added that right-wing protesters may want to shoot journalists.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m going to tell the media,\u00a0you know, you could be in the\u00a0crosshairs as well, with all the\u00a0rhetoric about media being\u00a0the enemy of the state and so\u00a0forth and so on.\u201d\u201cYour microphone could be\u00a0mistaken for a weapon,\u201d she told Brewster.Cummings said Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s acquittal fits America\u2019s \u201chistory of vigilante justice in this country, all the way back to times of enslavement, when people would be deputized to go out and track down enslaved persons who ran away, to lynching mobs.\u201dMSNBC midday host Katy Tur then asked Kim about \u201cthe safety of peaceful protesters, if somebody comes with a gun and says that they do feel threatened,\u201d thanks to\u201d the precedent of this case sets.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s definitely something to be concerned about,\u201d Kim replied. \u201cI think there is a real concern here that people are going to get the wrong message that they can come down to these protests with long guns and that it\u2019s a good idea, because somehow the law will protect them. But I think that\u2019s a mistake.\u201dMSNBC\u2019s \u201cMTP Daily\u201d host Chuck Todd also warned that \u201cgun owners with a certain ideology\u201d would be tempted to shoot protesters. \u201cYou know, it\u2019s pretty obvious to me, more people \u2014 the next time there\u2019s a protest of some sort and it may get politicized, that gun owners with a certain ideology may feel incentivized now, may feel even emboldened, and that does seem to be an uncomfortable message that may be received by some,\u201d Todd said.The threat of violence appears to emanate from the Left. Kenosha police announced last Thursday that they had prepared officers to deal with any violent backlash over the verdict. Interim Kenosha Police Chief\u00a0Eric Larsen\u00a0and Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth \u201csaid they\u2019re prepared for the verdict, no matter the outcome,\u201d\u00a0reported\u00a0the local ABC affiliate, WKOW-TV. The authorities\u2019 curt statement hid a mountain of concern:The Kenosha Police Department and the Kenosha County Sheriff\u2019s Department have been and will continue to monitor the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. We recognize that there are varying opinions and feelings that revolve around the trial that may cause concerns. Both of our departments have dedicated staff working in conjunction with local, State and Federal law enforcement partners to ensure the safety of our communities.No legal analyst on cable news quibbled with the not guilty verdict in the immediate aftermath of the Kyle Rittenhouse case. Shortly after the verdict, legal expert Bob Bianchi told CNN\u2019s Ana Cabrera that Rittenhouse had \u201ca strong self-defense case,\u201d and the prosecution engaged in \u201ca rush to judgment\u201d in prosecuting him in the first place.The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"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-1033076","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\/1033076","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\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033076\/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=1033076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}