Posted on 11/09/2021 7:53:17 AM PST by SeekAndFind
As Kyle Rittenhouse's prosecutors go into their grand facepalms, following the trial revelation from their star witness that just supported the 17-year-old murder defendant's claim to self-defense, it's pretty obvious the wretched case is now over. AT deputy editor Andrea Widburg has an excellent post today on that here.
The short story here is that the kid was beset by Antifa thugs during the Kenosha, Wisconsin arson-and-looting riots last summer and ended up killing a couple of menacing Antifa-linked thugs who seemed to be trying to kill him first. The argument stands up, and even the guy who'd been aiming the gun at Rittenhouse at close quarters admitted it. The case obviously should have never been brought to trial, and the kid should not have been held in jail, been subject to a Red Queen–style trial by press, nor held up as a pariah in the months that followed. These prosecutors had no case whatsoever and are now on record as junk prosecutors who bring trash cases premised on the direction of the political winds. The kid should be acquitted promptly.
But the prosecutors weren't the only creeps in this case. A hell of a lot was done by corporate and Big Tech America to demonize the kid without trial and shut the kid's ability to defend himself from a public that wanted to help him out well before the trial.
On the tech front, several of these entities shut down Rittenhouse's capacity to raise funds to defend himself.
Start with Facebook. According to this Aug. 30, 2020 Wall Street Journal editorial:
The social-media giant seems to have declared Kyle Rittenhouse's fatal shooting of two people amid riots in Kenosha, Wis., a mass murder. Mr. Rittenhouse's lawyer says his client was attacked and acted in self-defense,
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Since Facebook didn’t like him, they decided that he wasn’t to be allowed due process, which is what Antifa members get. So much for that “democracy” these leftists are always pontificating about. Impunity for leftists, Red Queen “justice” for right-wing Rittenhouse. It’s vile and disgusting. They jumped to their conclusions early, made bad ones, and now owe the kid at a minimum an apology.
In fact, the investigation had barely begun.
FROM THE WASHINGTON TIMES:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/27/kyle-rittenhouse-gofundme-campaigns-removed/
GoFundMe confirmed Thursday it removed fundraisers created on its site in support of Kyle Rittenhouse, a teen arrested for murder following a deadly shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The popular crowdfunding company told The Washington Times it pulled fundraisers made for the 17-year-old murder suspect and refunded all donations contributed to those campaigns.
GoFundMe said the campaigns were taken down for violating its terms of service but did not specify further. Its terms prohibit “activity that GoFundMe may deem in its sole discretion to be unacceptable.”
Then we have this:
https://gizmodo.com/paypal-dumps-givesendgo-the-christian-crowdfunding-sit-1846035526
This morning PayPal confirmed to Gizmodo that it has cut ties with GiveSendGo, the Christian crowdfunding platform which hosts fundraisers for, among other causes, Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse and Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio.
AND THIS:
n Monday, PayPal stopped providing payment tools to GiveSendGo, a Christian crowdfunding site that helped raise money for people who attended last week’s Capitol riots, said PayPal spokesperson Justin Higgs. GiveSendGo also raised money for the legal defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, charged with killing two protesters last August in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio.
Higgs said that the company works “to ensure that our services are not used to accept payments for activities that promote hate speech, violence or other forms of intolerance” and that it regularly reviews accounts for prohibited activity. The company is currently reviewing accounts associated with last week’s riots for possible termination, he added.
GiveSendGo’s founder Jacob Wells said PayPal’s account of what happened was not accurate and that GiveSendGo decided to stop using PayPal after receiving a request from the payment processor to “censor” some campaigns.
Well, The prosecution’s case took an even bigger hit on Monday when Gaige Grosskreutz, the prosecution’s star witness, admitted that he was aiming a loaded gun at Kyle when the latter shot him.
I must give Grosskreutz points for testifying honestly, although he could hardly do otherwise, given the video evidence showing two important things:
(1) when Grosskreutz held his hands up in the universal surrender position, Kyle did not fire, and
(2) when Grosskreutz aimed a loaded gun at Kyle from three feet away, Kyle fired a shot disabling Grosskreutz’s gun arm.
Grosskreutz also admitted that Kyle never fired an offensive shot at anybody. His only shots were fired defensively. His control was such that he held fire if people attacking him backed off.
This incident and testimony alone shows that Kyle, despite his age, showed a lot of restraint in using his firearm.
On those facts, all elicited during the prosecution’s case, the defense should move for a directed verdict, ending the case immediately. To continue would be an even greater travesty of justice.
I hope after he is acquitted he brings a billion dollar law suit against these tech companies.
I hope after he is acquitted he brings a billion dollar law suit against these tech companies.
GiveSendGo no longer accepts funds for Kyle.
https://www.givesendgo.com/GUCZ
117%
Goal : $500,000
Raised : $585,940
This Campaign is currently disabled and can not receive new donations.
We should set up a fund for Kyle AFTER the trial, regardless of the outcome, since he will be targeted the rest of his life. Plus, he should run for mayor of Kenosha —> then guvner —> then president.
He also has a multi million dollars lawsuit that he wanted to lie about
He also has a multi million dollars lawsuit that he wanted to lie about
He also has a multi million dollars lawsuit that he wanted to lie about
He will be rich in the near future.
He will be rich in the near future.
BINGO
I believe it was George Floyd’s nephew (?) that threatened the jury members if they voted Not Guilty. Where are the authorities on that one?
I think, in a way, this is "democracy in action." The people in control of FB got their way, the minority on FB did not. Democracy.
Salem Witch Trials - more democracy in action.
Dachau - more democracy in action.
Just FWIW, Motion for Acquittal following prosecution presentation is standard operating practice in criminal trials. One of these is always filed.
Where are the authorities on that one?
***The lines of authority are pointed in one direction: downhill.
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