On Monday, the prosecution’s case against an Illinois teen, 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, collapsed with a confounding unforced error. Watching the trial unfold, I now believe that a key witness’s calm, revelatory description of events, ensured Rittenhouse’s acquittal on five of the six charges in the controversial case.
The Kenosha saga began with the police shooting of knife-wielding Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 23, 2020. Following three days of fiery protests and property destruction, Rittenhouse, then a 17-year-old minor, traveled across state lines, armed with a Smith & Wesson M&P 15 rifle provided by a friend.
The prosecutors are some real pieces of💩.
They tried to get this witness to change his police statement to help their case against Kyle Rittenhouse.#RittenhouseTrial pic.twitter.com/Juj2kDDk57— Chuck (@VikeKang_) November 9, 2021
From bad to worse for Binger. pic.twitter.com/Ttr1DeEYDs
— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) November 10, 2021
