1/ A friendly reminder that none of us should be shocked if Kyle Rittenhouse comes out of this trial completely unscathed. Even if you set aside our long history of a failed justice system, look no further than the actions of Judge Bruce Schroeder leading up to this trial.
2/ In Sept. the judge ruled that prosecutors can’t argue that a man who shot 3 people during a protest against police brutality is affiliated with the Proud Boys. Rittenhouse was at a bar with members of the white nationalist group’s Wisconsin chapter hours after posting bond.
3/ Days later, Rittenhouse traveled to Miami to meet & have lunch with the Proud Boys’ national president. Prosecutors argue that Rittenhouse has adopted the Proud Boys’ philosophy and was looking to perpetuate violence in Kenosha. The judge denied allowing this info in trial.
4/ Prosecutors also submitted video from 15 days before the shootings in which Rittenhouse watches people leave a CVS and comments “Bro, I wish I had my f*cking AR, I’d start shooting rounds at them.”
The judge isn’t letting the jury hear that either.
The judge isn’t letting the jury hear that either.
5/ So what is the judge allowing the jury to see? He’s allowing a video that shows police telling Rittenhouse and other armed militia members on the streets that they appreciated their presence and tossing Rittenhouse a bottle of water. apnews.com/article/wiscon… 
6/ Judge Schroeder also ruled that prosecutors can’t refer to people Rittenhouse murdered as “victims” during the trial, stating that victims is too “loaded” a term. Legal scholars may argue that this is common. Would this be the case if a Black man shooting into a maga rally?
7/ One of the reasons it’s so problematic for Judge Schroeder to not allow the term “victims” for people who were murdered is that he is allowing defense to refer to those same people as rioters,” “looters,” and “arsonists.”
8/ Judge Schroeder has a long history of botched and controversial rulings. From requiring convicted sex workers to test for aids to shaming a woman convicted of theft by forcing her to notify management at ever store she enters that she is on supervision for retail theft.
9/ Because you’ve heard far too much from this white woman, I’m going to let @TheConsciousLee and Jacob Blake’s father sum it all up. They both say it a million times better than I ever could.
https://twitter.com/TheConsciousLee/status/1455604948855627782
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