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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJudge Rules Prosecutors Can't Show Kyle Rittenhouse Link To Proud Boys At Trial In Kenosha Shootings
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) Prosecutors wont 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 years shootings, a judge ruled Friday.
Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeders 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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Judge Rules Prosecutors Can't Show Kyle Rittenhouse Link To Proud Boys At Trial In Kenosha Shootings (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2021
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LetMyPeopleVote
(144,890 posts)1. Good
This little racist needs to be convicted
Nevilledog
(50,986 posts)2. Why good? This was a win for the Defense.
2naSalit
(86,308 posts)3. Need to find a different judge, this one...
seems compromised.
Ponietz
(2,934 posts)6. The ruling was correct
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
(90,301 posts)8. Unnnn, a violent guy supported a violent group and set out to do violent things why isn't that ...
... important?
BoomaofBandM
(1,769 posts)4. Like the conservatives on the supreme court
He says he won't let it get political. Right.
Midnight Writer
(21,693 posts)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
(7,840 posts)9. The white kind of "Justice"