Thread by @BryceWeiner

I only watched RIttenhouse's testimony and that day Binger was absolutely amazing and nuanced.

He was *so* good that I cannot help but wonder as I read various accounts of mistakes he made w/ other witnesses if he didn't throw the case.

It's like two different people.

https://twitter.com/BryceWeiner/status/1458502120403918852

Having facts excluded from evidence and then asking unnecessary questions which allow for those facts to be placed into evidence is just ... confounding.

That's beyond an unforced error, or even a fuckup. It's just stupid. How does that happen if not intentionally?

Another weird thing is that the judge said KR was illegally in possession of the weapon but that was not to be known to or considered by the jury

Clearly the judge wanted guilt to be answered in a narrow context, but the illegality was due to crossing state lines & thats federal

Also it's pretty evident I did not see what the jurors saw, so I'm super curious what all of that looked like to them.

I think my error was that the question had to be answered from Rittenhouse's mindset and he was clearly terrified.

https://twitter.com/grizzledcoder/status/1461927473717862400?s=20

It doesn't seem to factor in if the terror was justified or irrational.

That's the scary part. It would seem that irrational fear is justification for self defense.

There's also a weapon safety lesson everyone failed: do not brandish a weapon without the intention to shoot.

The moment Grosskreutz decided to draw down on KR he should have fired, but instead attempted to close the distance for whatever reason.

By all reasoning given the choices made up to that moment by all combatants, Grosskreutz should have shot him dead without hesitation.

Likewise KR was waving the weapon around at various people in a threatening manner and testified he wasn't trying to kill anyone.

Using the language of after-action reports doesn't change what it means to aim at the center of mass at point blank range w/ a high powered long gun.

And this is probably an unpopular opinion, but the OJ Simpson trial is in my living memory and I can't help but notice a few parallels between the two trials even though the circumstances and alleged crimes are totally different.

least commonality of all is both are divisive af

I made so many wrong calls on this I almost hesitate to say that I think the DOJ is gonna take a swing at this even if they don't want to, as public pressure will force federal charges.

I think wrongful death civil suits are definitely gonna happen.

That circus will satisfy.

I'm already at my Rittenhouse Fatigue Point given the commentary from liberals and conservatives.

The thought of more trials and more commentary and more hyperbole and more opportunity for people to succumb to enjoying being outraged is just exhausting.

Imma stop before I start ranting about the ideological limitations and logical falsehood of a forced binary political spectrum.

... and @xtina should have told her publicist to fuck off.