Judge Rules Prosecutors Can't Show Kyle Rittenhouse Link To Proud Boys At Trial In Kenosha Shootings

[Nevilledog]

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors won’t be allowed to argue at trial that a man who shot three people during a Wisconsin protest against police brutality believes in the Proud Boys’ violent tactics or was affiliated with the white nationalist group the night of last year’s shootings, a judge ruled Friday.

Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder’s decision marks a victory for Kyle Rittenhouse as he prepares for his trial in November. The ruling removes a line of attack for prosecutors who had hoped to show that Rittenhouse, as Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger described him in court, was a “chaos tourist” drawn to Kenosha “like a moth to a flame.”

It was among several requests that Schroeder was considering Friday, including whether jurors will see video that prosecutors say shows Rittenhouse talking about wanting to shoot people.

Rittenhouse traveled from his home in Antioch, Illinois, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) to Kenosha on Aug. 25, 2020, after seeing a post on social media for militia to protect businesses. The city was in the throes of several nights of chaotic protests that began after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, during an altercation as police tried to arrest him on an outstanding warrant. The shooting left Blake paralyzed from the waist down.

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Good

This little racist needs to be convicted

[Nevilledog]

2. Why good? This was a win for the Defense.

[2naSalit]

3. Need to find a different judge, this one...

seems compromised.

[Ponietz]

6. The ruling was correct

[link:https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2801712

[2naSalit]

7. Huh...

I think any connections or intent on his part, like social media comments, to become a member would be fair game but I guess I don't know enough details.

Thanks for pointing that out.

[uponit7771]

8. Unnnn, a violent guy supported a violent group and set out to do violent things why isn't that ...

... important?

[BoomaofBandM]

4. Like the conservatives on the supreme court

He says he won't let it get political. Right.

[Midnight Writer]

5. Can they show the video of him in a bar with his fans celebrating?

They also will not be able to show video of him beating up a girl.

[Fullduplexxx]

9. The white kind of "Justice"