It’s been a tough time so far in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial…for the prosecution.
As we noted, the prosecution lost in an early ruling that they could not refer to the people shot by Rittenhouse as “victims” because the Rittenhouse team was arguing self-defense and that could be prejudicial to their case.
During the lead prosecutor Thomas Binger’s opening statement, he claimed that Joseph Rosenbaum — one of the people that Rittenhouse shot — was being chased by Rittenhouse into the parking lot before the shooting. The videos prove that Rittenhouse chased Rosenbaum immediately prior to the shooting.
Yesterday’s prosecution may have been able to put a wrench in their cases. Now granted, it’s a tough case, to begin with — with all the facts indicating self-defense.
Binger was trying to get the Daily Caller’s Richie McGinniss to say that Rosenbaum was already falling to the ground when he was shot. Keep in mind — McGinniss is supposed to be the prosecution’s witness. McGinniss said that wasn’t his testimony, maintaining that Rosenbaum was “lunging” at Rittenhouse.
This is how weak their case is — their own witnesses are providing golden evidence that helps the defense. That embarrassment should have been enough for Binger. But he didn’t. He then did the one thing that lawyers are taught never to do — never ask a question to which you don’t know the answer.
McGinniss kept asking Binger questions about Rosenbaum’s thoughts during the encounter with Rittenhouse. “So your interpretation of what he [Rosenbaum] was trying to do, what he was intending to do, or anything along those line, is complete guesswork?”
Prosecutor@RichieMcGinnisHe said, “Fuck you” and reached out for [Kyle Rittenhouse’s]”Waffe”
This will continue to be taught at law school for many decades. This is what the prosecutor wanted to do. pic.twitter.com/qh1iqE3brw
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) November 4, 2021
McGinnis looked at the prosecutor as though he was out of his mind and replied, “Well, he [Rosenbaum] said ‘fuck you’ and then he reached for the weapon.”
Oh, my. If the prosecutor was trying to help the defense, he couldn’t have done any better. You can actually hear Rosenbaum shout that on the video right before the shot, confirming McGinniss’ testimony at about 1:48 of this video.
BREAKING: Human Events Daily has obtained never-before-seen FBI footage of the Kyle Rittenhouse Shootinghttps://t.co/QFAfI7mmJp pic.twitter.com/J8vOOoD3rg
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) November 2, 2021
Binger continued digging deeper.
Ryan Balch, another eyewitness of the events on that night, was present for Binger. Balch testified Rosenbaum had threatened him and Kyle Rittenhouse.
Eyewitness testifies that Rosenbaum told him and Rittenhouse, “if I catch any of you guys alone tonight I’m going to f-cking kill you” pic.twitter.com/Z8uOkWoZRW
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) November 4, 2021
Balch recounted what happened with Rosenbaum, “He said, ‘If I catch you guys alone tonight I’m gonna f–king kill you.’” Balch said that Rosenbaum had been acting in a violent manner and had been trying to set dumpsters on fire.
This demonstrated Rosenbaum’s threat, which was another aid to defense.
Now, of course, the problem here with which Binger is faced is that this is, in fact, a case of self-defense, so that’s just what the facts are and you can’t get around it. It’s almost like you are just going to blow up your case. One wonders if Binger would ever lose.
How to fillet your own case in two quick videos — Binger just put on a case study.
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