The Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

In another place and time, Kyle Rittenhouse wouldn’t be on trial. Instead, he’d be back in school like any other 18-year-old. Or in college, or working at his job. And he’d be hailed as a hero — as an American kid who took up arms on behalf of a desperate community, and took a stand against anarchy, mayhem, and wanton destruction of private property.

Today, though, Rittenhouse is on trial for his life in a Kenosha, Wisconsin, courtroom. He’s charged with six crimes related to the events of August 25, 2020, the third night of a Black Lives Matter protest-turned-riot that had already wrecked the city and its downtown businesses.

Those crimes? First-degree reckless homicide, first-degree intentional homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide, two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment, and misdemeanor possession of a weapon by a person under age 18. Cumulatively, they’re more than enough to put him away for life.

The trial is a litmus test for a deeply divided nation, and its outcome will have a monumental impact on those who believe they’re free to riot and destroy private property, and those who believe they have a right to protect that property and, if necessary, to defend themselves with deadly force.

Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time, was an aspiring law enforcement officer. He was a lifeguard, had trained in advanced life support, and had done hundreds of hours of volunteer work in the Antioch community. In Kenosha, he carried an AR-style rifle and a first aid kit. Earlier that day, he’d helped remove graffiti from the walls of a local high school, and he’d befriended a local businessman, a car dealer desperate for help defending his property against the rioters.

Did Rittenhouse make a mistake by getting involved in the unrest of Kenosha, the town where the criminal Jacob Blake had disobeyed a policeman’s lawful order and reached for a knife, thereby forcing that cop to shoot him multiple times in self-defense? Yes. And he’d probably agree were he asked that question. Did he make a mistake by toting a semiautomatic rifle across state lines as a 17-year-old? Yes. But when he shot those three attackers, did he believe that he was in danger of death or great bodily harm? For those who understand the facts of the case, it’s all but impossible to argue otherwise.

Rittenhouse crossed the border from his home in Antioch, Illinois, to Kenosha, which is about 20 miles away. He brought with him an AR-style weapon — a weapon that a friend had bought for him because, as a 17-year-old, Rittenhouse wasn’t legally allowed to own it or carry it in public.

It’s difficult to appreciate the charged and chaotic environment that Rittenhouse found himself in that night, but this 11-minute video, which was produced by his defense attorney from available footage that night, gives us a sense of it. It also tells a more complete story of the two separate deadly altercations than the brief, cherry-picked footage of the mainstream media reports. This 23-minute video, compiled by The Washington Post, provides plenty of additional background into the lives of Rittenhouse and one of the two men he killed. Both videos contain graphic language and footage.

Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, had been released earlier that day, August 25, from a psychiatric hospital in nearby Milwaukee. Rosenbaum had engaged in arson and rioting that evening, and he might’ve mistaken Rittenhouse for a guard who’d earlier put out one of his dumpster fires with a fire extinguisher. The deeply troubled Rosenbaum’s drug abuse and his multiple prior convictions — which included sexual misconduct with a minor and crimes against children — have no bearing on the case. But his pursuit of Rittenhouse and his threats to kill him most definitely do.

Just before midnight, Rittenhouse was being chased by a maniacal Rosenbaum across a parking lot when he heard gunshots nearby. Fearing he himself may have been under fire, Rittenhouse spun to face Rosenbaum and fired four shots at him as he reached for the barrel of his weapon. One of those shots was fatal.

Shortly thereafter, as a frightened Rittenhouse was trying to make his way out of the area, a group of Rosenbaum’s fellow rioters began chasing him. Rittenhouse, running down the middle of the street, tripped and fell, and was quickly set upon by the mob. First, an unidentified man — the luckiest man in Kenosha — attempted a flying kick at Rittenhouse’s head. Rittenhouse fired his weapon at the man but missed, and the man ran away.

Then came Anthony Huber, 26, whose priors include domestic abuse, use of a dangerous weapon, battery, strangulation and suffocation, and 2nd-degree reckless endangerment. Huber swung his skateboard edgewise at Rittenhouse’s head while he was still down on the ground. Rittenhouse fired once, hitting Huber with a fatal shot to the chest.

And then came Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, who had a phone in one hand and a pistol in the other. He appeared to put his hands up as if surrendering, then he lunged at Rittenhouse, who fired one shot, hitting Grosskreutz in the right biceps. Grosskreutz told a friend later that his “only regret was not killing the kid and hesitating to pull the gun before emptying the entire mag into him.”

Rittenhouse, having defended himself against his attackers, then got up and continued his retreat, eventually making his way to a police line to surrender. The Kenosha cops, though, were not aware of his involvement in what had taken place, told Rittenhouse to keep away, and he eventually returned home and turned himself in to Antioch police. He’s since been called a far-right radical, a vigilante, a militia member, and a white supremacist by the mainstream media. There’s no proof of any of that — indeed, there’s a conspicuous absence of it.

Were Rittenhouse’s actions reckless? Probably so. The situation in which he put himself quickly overwhelmed him. But did he act reasonably in self-defense when a man who’d threatened to kill him kept pursuing him, even as shots were being fired nearby? And did he act reasonably in self-defense when one man tried to take his head off with a skateboard and grab his weapon, and when another man, brandishing a pistol, also tried to take his rifle? Those are the questions that will determine the course of Rittenhouse’s life.

Prominent Colorado attorney and author Andrew Branca believes Rittenhouse should be acquitted based on the facts. Then again, he noted that the high-profile case is not entirely predictable, adding, “Innocent people get convicted all the time.”

As the Associated Press reported, “Rittenhouse’s motives for being in Kenosha are irrelevant to whether he had a legal right to shoot when threatened, some legal experts say. What matters is what happened in the minutes surrounding the shooting.”

Of Rittenhouse’s decision to go to the rioting area to help business owners, Branca put it this way: “If I had a 17-year-old-son, I would not encourage him to engage in this kind of behavior. But poor judgment is not a crime.” He noted that the defendant has a “strong case for self-defense.”

As jury selection got underway last week, presiding Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder stressed repeatedly that jurors must decide the case solely on the facts, solely on what they hear in the courtroom, and he cautioned: “This is not a political trial.”

No, it’s not a political trial. But it might just as well be. The gun-grabbing Left wants to send a message, and they want 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse’s scalp. Regardless of the outcome, though, the verdict will be of monumental importance to the doctrine of self-defense, and monumental importance to the essential and time-honored belief that an American citizen may use deadly force when he believes his life is in danger.

https://patriotpost.us/articles/83973-the-kyle-rittenhouse-trial-2021-11-05

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Actor Alleges He Was Fired Over His Christian Faith, Files Lawsuit Against Producer

Tony Award-nominated Broadway performer Chad Kimball has filed a lawsuit that alleges his bosses fired him from a hit show because he is openly Christian.

The actor, 45, had been working on the production of the show “Come From Away” for several years when he publicly criticized COVID-19 policies in his home state of Washington for preventing choirs from singing in limited church services on social media.

In a post on Twitter late last year, he accused Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee of behaving tyrannically over a policy which targeted church choirs.

“Respectfully, I will never allow a Governor, or anyone, to stop me from SINGING, let alone sing in worship to my God. Folks, absolute POWER corrupts ABSOLUTELY. This is not about safety. It’s about POWER. I will respectfully disobey these unlawful orders. #inslee #Tyranny #truth,” Kimball wrote online last November.

The tweet was not well received by many, Kimball said.

“I was confused as to why people would be so egregiously vitriolic in their responses,” he told the New York Post. “Some people told me to take the [first] tweet down or apologize. But I wasn’t going to do that. I did nothing wrong.”

When “Come From Away” returned to the stage this year, the Christian actor was no longer a member of the cast.

He told the Post he was fired because the tweet aimed at Inslee outed him as a Christian.

Kimball said his tweet created a ruckus online, and that by the time he contacted show producer Susan Frost to inform her of the online controversy, she was already aware of it.

After the Jan. 6 Capitol incursion in Washington two months after the tweet, he said Frost told him there were “concerns” that the “events at the Capitol, Josh Hawley and the Conservative Christian movement were tied together and implied a connection between Mr. Kimball, by virtue of his faith, to the ideas and actions of the January 6, 2021 events at the US Capitol.”

Frost, according to the lawsuit, told Kimball on Jan. 22 that he was being let go.

He also spoke of a conversation he said happened with “Come From Away” director Christopher Ashley after his termination: “Chris is a friend who has a brilliant theatrical mind. I asked him if the termination was because of the feelings within the cast or because of my religious beliefs. He said it was everything.”

But Kimball has vowed to fight.

“Jesus never commanded us to not defend ourselves,” he told the Post. “As Christians, we are commanded to seek out justice, truth and restoration. The law gives us opportunities to do all of those things.”

Kimball has filed a lawsuit through the firm Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins, and he said he was discriminated against for his faith. His legal filing partially states he was “unlawfully terminated … because [his] religious beliefs simply made [his employers] uncomfortable.”

The lawsuit, which seeks an undisclosed sum of money, is directed at “Come From Away” production company Kiss The Cod Broadway and its parent firm Alchemy Production Group.

The actor is currently not having any luck finding work in his field, but said he prays for those he worked with on Broadway.

https://flagandcross.com/actor-alleges-he-was-fired-over-his-christian-faith-files-lawsuit-against-producer/

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Why Did F-22 Pilots Suddenly Walk Off the Job?

Never in my lifetime did I think any of us would see fascism spread like wildfire in our country. Many of us learned in high school the dictators that rose to power and took control of nations, but we could not fathom how that happened. How did these people rise to power and then were so easily able to transform a nation into total control?

It seemed farfetched and impossible at the time, but today we are seeing just how it works firsthand, and it is terrifying.

People are begging to give over their freedom just for a small snippet of security. Our friends and family are willing to turn on those they are close to just to keep their lives comfortable, and how did this occur?

Fear.

The government and mainstream media worked hand in hand to create such panic and fear over this virus that people are begging for a medical takeover.

Everything our brave men and women have sacrificed for in ensuring our freedom is now for nothing and that is just not alright with me or anyone else who respects our service members.

Joe Biden’s speech yesterday crossed the line for many people in our country and for all the right reasons, and now we are seeing people stand up to medical tyranny.

Upon hearing Dictator Biden’s mandate, 12 F-22 pilots immediately walked off the job.

Twenty-seven active-duty U.S. Air Force pilots have resigned their commissions over the unconstitutionality of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s mandate requiring all Armed Forces members to at once receive a Covid-19 vaccination, Real Raw News has learned.

The exodus began on August 27, with 12 pilots from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, submitting to their commanding officer letters of resignation only hours after they received a 4:00 a.m. text message instructing them to submit to mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations by 10:00 a.m. that same day. It’s unknown whether the pilots collaborated ahead of resigning, but all 12 resignations were handed in within a 90-minute period.

One officer, a 29-year-old F-22 Raptor pilot, said of the situation, “We undergo routine physicals and must meet rigorous fitness standards to stay on flight duty. I think it’s safe to say all Air Force pilots are in good physical condition. We must be to endure extreme G-force stress on our body. There is no reason we should be at risk of Covid-19 or becoming sick from it. I know I’m not alone in rejecting this potentially dangerous and soundly untested shot.”

Pilots at other airbases apparently joined him in solidarity.

A day later, 15 pilots of the 2nd Bomb Wing in Barksdale, Louisiana tendered letters of resignation after they, too, received orders to get the jab. The orders stated explicitly that any officer refusing a Covid-19 vaccination would lose his flight status and be subject to disciplinary action, including a potential dishonorable discharge from the service.

A pilot with the 2nd Bomb Wing told RRN that he and his fellow pilots marched into their commanding officer’s office and dropped the resignation letters on his desk. He added that airmen and maintenance crews—enlisted persons who cannot simply resign from the service—are also furious about the mandatory vaccination requirement. Several of them, he told RRN, have sent hardship letters asking for early dismissal from the Air Force, mainly because they don’t have faith in a vaccine that has killed thousands of healthy people, military and civilians alike.

“This is only the beginning. A lot more of us will be turning in our wings,” he said.

https://dailyheadlines.net/why-did-f-22-pilots-suddenly-walk-off-the-job/

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Democrats up to old tricks in New Jersey – republican winning largest county with 100% of votes counted then vote magically flips

Anyone paying attention to the obvious appreciates how many strange events led to Joe Biden somehow defeating America’s most-successful president. Despite getting more votes than he earned in his 2016 victory, President Trump lost his 2020 reelection bid.

Logic says he did not lose. Audits and peculiar vote counts continue to point to fraud. The Democrats can’t win using their radical socialist policies. They have to cheat. Well, it seems that they’ve pulled off another one of their “trick plays”.

This time, they had to fabricate votes in New Jersey’s largest county. Eventually, these crooked liberals are going to get caught. In all honesty, they have been exposed, but no jurisdiction has the backbone to stand up to them.

Just like all the mysterious middle-of-the-night lead shifts in the 2020 Presidential Election for Joe Biden, incumbent crook Phil Murphy flipped Bergen County. Bergen County’s total vote count has a huge effect on the final New Jersey outcome.

It is the Garden State’s largest county. At a point during the evening of the election, Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli had built a surprising lead over his competitor Phil Murphy. With 83 percent of the vote counted, Ciattarelli held a 42,000 vote lead statewide.

Ciattarelli’s lead vote count included winning Bergen County 52 percent of the vote. The county reported 100 percent of the votes had been counted. However, Democrats said not so fast. Suddenly, as the vote count totals pushed to 87 percent, Murphy was announced as the winner in New Jersey’s most populated county.

Once again, like a crafty magician, the Democrat Party seems to have pulled votes out of thin air. If all the votes were counted, how did Murphy flip the final total? Where did these votes come from? In the confusion, Ciattarelli’s 42,000 lead eroded.

Within minutes, the front-running Republican had his margin over Murphy whittled down to 1,600 votes. When did this all happen? Well, conveniently in the middle of the night when no one was looking. The Bergen County overnight transformation for Murphy went down at 1:54am (EDT).

Just like the middle-of-the-night suitcases unearthed in Georgia, plus the many suspicious vote total flips in the middle of the night on November 4, 2020, something sneaky and underhanded went down in New Jersey.

No one needs to be a mathematical genius to figure out something is seriously wrong here. One hundred percent means ALL votes had been counted. However, suddenly in the wee-hours of the morning, some 40 thousand votes conveniently appear to flip the county.

https://steadfastclash.com/the-latest/breaking-democrats-up-to-old-tricks-in-new-jersey-republican-winning-largest-county-with-100-of-votes-counted-then-vote-magically-flips/

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