Rittenhouse judge asks prosecutor about his expression as they discuss Wednesday's heated exchange

[orangecrush]

Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder asked the jury to leave the room while he and the attorneys talked over the prosecution’s objection to specific portions of video analysis from John Black, the defense's witness, on Thursday, saying it was outside the court’s order.

“It certainly was my impression that we were talking about video of the entire episode and ... certainly in my mind is not limited to the specific numbers on this observation point list that you're talking about,” Schroeder said to Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger.

“I am a little bit challenged when you say — is there something that I'm saying that draws the face that you're making?”
“I have to say, your honor, yesterday, I was the target of your ire for disregarding your orders. Today the defense is disregarding your order,” Binger replied.

Yesterday’s heated exchange between the judge and Binger came up again a few minutes later with the prosecutor saying, “yesterday, as I said, I was under the court’s ire” and Schroeder cutting him off saying, “you know, I don’t want to talk about” it.

“I think it's a fundamental fairness issue, your honor, if I'm being held to obey the court's orders, I'm asking that the defense be held to that too,” Binger persisted.



https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-11-11-21/index.html

[2naSalit]

1. Does anyone...

Have the authority to shut down this shitshow? If so, they need to act NOW.

[maxsolomon]

3. The Judge does.

No one beyond that.

[rkleinberger]

22. The Chief Justice of this regional court has the authority.

The Judge's cell phone went off in the court room, itself unprofessional, and it was playing Trump's theme song. Also, he made some racist ant-Asian comment regarding Asian food. So, not sure why this Judge has not been removed. The prosecution needs to file a mistrial in this case.

[2naSalit]

29. Absolutely.

[LiberalFighter]

35. Does Wisconsin have regional chief justice over Kenosha County courts?

The judge is likely not concerned about any consequences as an elected official. And probably intending not to seek reelection.

[leftieNanner]

2. Not only should this "judge" be take off this case

He should be removed from the bench entirely!

Apparently, the prosecution has made some mistakes, but this guy is toxic.

[greenjar_01]

4. Rittenhouse Fanclub will be here shortly to tell us how the judge is right on this

[Ligyron]

5. You may have just given some of them pause.

[greenjar_01]

6. Never that. It's always the Double Down

[groundloop]

17. Does DU have a Rittenhouse fan club? I kinda' doubt it.

Social media, on the other hand, is gonna' be full of them.

[TwilightZone]

27. People with legal knowledge and experience have chimed in on various issues.

It tends to go against the grain of the conventional wisdom here, so it's met with scorn.

Personally, I'd like to understand the legal challenges this case faces rather than blindly hoping for the best. I expect him to walk and hope that I'm wrong.

[Zeitghost]

40. No

Just people who value facts over blind emotion. Many seem to want to dismiss key pieces of evidence because it doesn't fit their chosen narrative of the case.

[Johonny]

42. there are paid GOP bumper on DU all the time

It's the Internet, you can completely avoid them.

[localroger]

7. This thing has MISTRIAL written all over it in six foot high letters.

[ancianita]

8. Looks like this judge is itching for a mistrial.

[wnylib]

23. What would the judge gain from a mistrial?

The prosecution might gain from it if they get assigned to a different judge for the retrial.

[ancianita]

24. Oh, I didn't mean the judge wants it, but that he's behaving in a way that will make the prosecution

prove that he's made a procedural error.

I'm no lawyer but getting to mistrial status might not have to depend on a hung jury.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/mistrial

[wnylib]

30. I looked it up, too, to see what qualifies as a mistrial.

It does not have to be a hung jury. And, so long as the defendant has not been acquitted or convicted yet, a mistrial can lead to a retrial. An NPR news report on this trial this morning questioned why the defense requested a mistrial since it .would give the prosecution a chance to appeal and retry the case, with a different judge.

[ancianita]

38. Cool. Which would likely be for the better outcome, given how biased this judge is.

[wnylib]

43. Yes. If anyone should ask for a mistrial,

it's the prosecution on the basis of the judge's obvious bias. I'm not sure how that would be done. Seems the prosecutor would need to file a request or complaint with another judge or court. I'm not a lawyer so I don't know what the procedure would be. Maybe one of our DU legal experts could explain it to us.

[KS Toronado]

9. Beginning to look like Judge Bruce Schroeder

might have a white sheet and conehead hood at home. Anyone caught him flashing the KKK hand signal?

[ananda]

13. Sounds like he's auditioning for SKKKOTUS.

...

[Best_man23]

19. I mentioned in another thread this trial has shades of a 1950s Mississippi trial

Where the judge, prosecutor, and defense are all in cahoots to ensure the local yokel who just also happens to be Klan gets acquitted.

[NullTuples]

31. My spouse was questioning yesterday about the prosecutor

They said typically prosecutors are in good with law enforcement & may well be aiming at a mistrial with prejudice, too.

[Pepsidog]

10. This judge reminds me of the German Judges screaming who screamed and berated the

conspirators who tried to kill Hitler. And recall Kavanaugh screaming at the democrats during his confirmation hearing. Just a glimpse of the things to come when the radical right cheats its way to total control of all three branches of government.

[Best_man23]

18. That was Freisler's People's 'Court"

Adding this for any DUers not read up on that part of World War II history. Video has no subtitles, but is narrated by Walter Cronkite.

[Pepsidog]

26. Thank you for the clarification and video.

[Marcuse]

32. The 13 GOP members who voted for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill face the Republican Conference.

[erronis]

33. Amazing footage - thank you. How wonderful to hear Daniel Schorr's voice at the end.

[Grokenstein]

20. "Hurry Sundown" might be one of Otto Preminger's worst movies* but

Burgess Meredith's over-the-top performance as Judge Purcell, once thought to be cartoonish, seems to be the norm today. Perhaps we've become the cartoon.

Judge Purcell: "Don't you rattle your skeleton in my court! Your being here at all constitutes a treachery to the entire white community that's too colossal to be believed!"

*it has lots of competition from Skidoo and Rosebud

[ZenDem]

11. I'm guessing this judge...

...will have a summer home in Florida a few months after this trial along with a boat with Trump flags preinstalled.

I really just want this to end. It's sucking the life outta me.

This pasty, pudgy kid thought he could trek up to WI and get some cool pics to post on social media. Maybe THEN that girl would pay attention to him! Maybe THEN those bullies would stop pushing him around. He's a little loser that thought he could play grownup games and panicked after it became all to damned clear that he was way out of his element.

Little shit needs to suffer some type of punishment, but what he gets won't be nearly what he deserves.

[USALiberal]

28. Are there pudgy Democrats too? Nt

O

[ZenDem]

34. I would assume so.

Probably some pasty ones, along with little shits and losers. I mean, if you're going to choose yer battle might as well pull out the entire arsenal.

[USALiberal]

36. I just don't get why weight matters to you? Nt

[ZenDem]

37. I just don't get...

...why you chose that one word in an entire post?

If you'd like a dissertation on how his physical appearance could be a background cause for his need to act like a tough guy...I don't have the time. He's a baby-faced (pudgy), pasty (doughy) little shit. Probably with very low self-esteem. This could be a major factor in why he thought playing cop would be a great way to improve his cred with his peers.

[ashredux]

12. This thing was "stacked" from the git go...

[BlueIdaho]

14. No one has exactly covered themselves with glory

In this shambolic trial, but the judge should be removed from the case post-haste

[Ray Bruns]

15. Will no one stop this farce?

[trof]

16. His ringtone is "God Bless The USA" by Lee Greenwood

Watch at link:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/bruce-schroeder-kyle-rittenhouse-judge-phone-b1955443.html

[George II]

21. I've never seen such a biased judge in decades of watching stuff like this. Even to the point...

....where the prosecutor was describing the purpose of different types of bullets, and the judge interrupted to give HIS explanation of bullet types.

[LiberalFighter]

25. What has been disturbing about this judge...

is other attorneys have made a point of getting a judge other than Schroeder for this case. And that apparently has put more of a load on other judges in the county.

That should indicate a problem with the judge.

[Hassler]

41. We know about jury nullification, now we get judicial nullification