As it It is with “medical expert” commentary, the state of legal analysis in the media is absolutely dire, as we’ve noted here previously.
One big reason why is thanks to the strong political biases of legal analysts like CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin. While it’s not necessarily a bad thing to be a politically opinionated legal analyst, what is wrong is allowing your biases to cloud your judgment as to the specific facts of the cases/trials on which you’re being asked to provide comment and analysis.
In Toobin’s case, his analyses about the Kyle Rittenhouse case have been so bad that even the trial’s judge – Bruce Schroeder, an evil man according to leftists because he’s got “God Bless the USA” as his phone’s ringtone – actually called Toobin out by name last week and proclaimed in so many words that Toobin had no idea what he was talking about.
You mean that it is really unacceptable for a judge in charge of an active trial to ask the bench to give bad legal commentary.
Regardless, Toobin is still out there sharing his thoughts on the case (and thankfully nothing more than that), posting this tweet last night wondering “what the verdict would be” in the Rittenhouse trial if the defendant were black:
What would the verdict be? #RittenhouseTrialWhat if the defendant was Black and seventeen years old, from another state?
— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) November 12, 2021
Well, obviously none of us can speak to what the jury’s thoughts are on the trial as it stands right now. We can only speak for ourselves as observers and commentators on the trial, as broadcasted on television and via social media.
First, even if Kyle Rittenhouse was black, and the facts of the case were the exact same, CNN, Toobin, and other legal analysts would be encouraging people to hear all evidence before making a decision.
This is exactly the opposite of what CNN types like Toobin and fellow legal analysts like high-profile South Carolina Democrat attorney Bakari Sellers, also a former state co-chair for Kamala Harris’ failed presidential campaign, who openly mocked Rittenhouse earlier this week for crying during his testimony, tweeting that “He went with the ugly cry to win this Oscar. Gives me Tropic Thunder vibes.”
Secondly, and I say this with complete confidence, conservatives would be defending him in exactly the same manner they’ve defended the white Kyle Rittenhouse. The facts are what they are, and his color does not – and should not change that.
Sadly, as we’ve seen with many liberals whether they are legal analysts or not, Rittenhouse’s race has indeed impacted their judgment of this case to their discredit, suggesting that racism is the motivation for some believing the way they do about Rittenhouse. That’s the elephant in the room that no one wants to discuss, but it’s there nevertheless and I have no qualms about calling it out.
What if Kyle Rittenhouse were black? Well, I dunno, maybe he’d have been treated differently Start at the beginningYou can find this link:
@JeffreyToobin pic.twitter.com/O32fvdRguo
— Mark Dunn (@MarkDunnGuitar) November 12, 2021
…or maybe he wouldn’t have even been charged at all – much less with murder, considering this was obviously a politically-motivated prosecution.
Of course, regarding the Toobin question, we’re talking a hypothetical here. The reality of the matter is that Rittenhouse is white and is being prosecuted not just for defending himself but also he’s being tried in the media and on the left primarily for being a white guy with a gun who used it during a racially-motived riot in Kenosha. As far as I’m concerned, that’s far more of a damning indictment of Rittenhouse’s persistent critics on the left/in the MSM than it is of Rittenhouse.
But considering that one supposed physician and “body language expert” (and also a CNN commentator, shockingly enough) on Twitter is now incredibly accusing RittenhousePerhaps the question is, what if Kyle Rittenhouse was Jeffrey Toobin and used a sexually charged hand gesture in his testimony?
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