I Know a Prosecutor who Needs an Ethics Course

In case you’re wondering what’s happening with Kyle Rittenhouse, the young man whom a Kenosha prosecutor is railroading for using a rifle to defend himself against at least three armed attackers plus a deranged, child-raping ex-con who tried to yank the rifle away from him, here it is: the prosecution’s star “victim” witness appears to be proving him innocent.

Rittenhouse was at the Kenosha riots…sorry, I mean “mostly peaceful protests”…guarding businesses from arsonists and offering people first aid when he was attacked by Jojo Rosenbaum, a child-raping felon with a history of committing violent infractions while in prison. Rosenbaum threw a bag at Rittenhouse and tried to pull his rifle away, and Rittenhouse shot and killed him.

The mob turned on Rittenhouse. At some point, a leftist fired a pistol behind him. He was chased as he ran to the police to turn himself in. He was knocked down, hit with a skateboard (or, as honest prosecutors call it, “deadly weapon”), kicked in the upper body, and assaulted by one Gaige Grosskreutz, who approached him and pointed an illegal pistol at him.

He killed one attacker and blew off 90% of Grosskreutz’s right bicep. A friend of Grosskreutz later went on social media, posted a picture of himself with Grosskreutz in a sling, and claimed Grosskreutz said he wished he had emptied his gun into Rittenhouse.

So far, the trial has established that 1) Rosenbaum committed assault and battery on Rittenhouse, begged people to shoot him (Rosenbaum), and tried to grab the rifle; 2) a leftist rioter who has been identified fired a pistol behind Rittenhouse while he was being attacked, and 3) Grosskreutz pointed his gun at Rittenhouse just before Rittenhouse crippled him.

Grosskreutz appears to be somewhat stupid, which is not surprising. He had a gun permit, but it had expired as of the day of the riot, and he decided to display his illegal gun and pursue and threaten a man who was not trying to harm him, knowing he was surrounded by cell phones with cameras. Grosskreutz himself says he pointed the gun at Rittenhouse, so there goes his attempted murder claim.

Grosskreutz claims the social media post in which he demonstrated a clear desire to kill (not apprehend) the victim is bogus. So evidently, one of his best buds used his photo on social media and attached a defamatory statement about Grosskreutz, and Grosskreutz didn’t tell him to take it down or otherwise form an intelligent response. Sure.

Someone explain it to me. How did this case ever get filed in America? Why hasn’t Grosskreutz, who clearly committed more than one serious crime, been charged with anything? As for the defendant, how much evidence do you need to convince a prosecutor you can’t be convicted?

It’s as if the Dallas Police had watched the Oswald shooting and then arrested Oswald instead of Jack Ruby.

Grosskreutz, in his brilliance, testified that he didn’t mean to point his gun at Rittenhouse. Being a stupid and dishonest person, he doesn’t realize it doesn’t matter what his intent was. If I point a gun at you while we’re having a dispute, it doesn’t matter what my intent is. You can kill me legally. All that matters is REASONABLE APPREHENSION OF DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY, with some variations in different states. When a hostile person runs toward you and points a gun at you, the only reasonable conclusion is that you are about to be hurt or killed.

The law does not require you to give your assailant a polygraph.

Grosskreutz is a soulless liar, and he’s not good at it, either. He told the softballing prosecution his hands were down as he approached Rittenhouse. Hello? There’s video! The defense asked the obvious question. They made him admit he eventually pointed the gun at Rittenhouse. We all know this. If the jurors didn’t know it, they would have found out. The videos will be introduced as evidence, if they haven’t already. Grosskreutz can be seen on video pointing his gun at Rittenhouse. He and the prosecutor should have admitted this up front.

Grosskreutz is done. Well, he should be. He confessed to two crimes from the witness stand, and he proved Rittenhouse had every right to shoot him. But if the right prosecutor would put this garbage trial in front of a jury, the right jury will convict. Remember O.J. Stone-cold murderer. Two people dead. His ex-wife’s throat cut all the way back to the spine. A jury of racist black women didn’t care.

Assuming the jury isn’t utterly deranged, which is a big assumption, the Grosskreutz case is over, and that only leaves the other two attackers. A young man is lying on the ground, being mugged by a crowd shouting things like, “Get him!” He hears pistol shots. He has been attacked by a nut case who tried to take his rifle away, presumably so he could use it. The prosecution has to convince the jury the young man on the ground has no reasonable fear of great harm. They would have to be sociopaths in order to go along with it.

Rittenhouse’s only problem, assuming a sane jury, is the gun charge. He was 17 when he defended himself, but he didn’t have the legal right to carry a rifle in Kenosha. Hmm. So the prosecutor is hot to prosecute people who violate firearms laws.

Like Gaige Grosskreutz?

How will she be able to push for a gun conviction for Rittenhouse when the man who threatened him illegally, with an illegal pistol, is being treated like a national hero? Call me optimistic, but I think that may draw attention even in deranged 2021 America.

If he is convicted, what’s a reasonable sentence? Crimes like this are routinely pleaded down to misdemeanors, especially for young people with no previous criminal history. How will this crooked prosecutor get the judge to make an exception in this case, while sending Grosskreutz home with a hug and her sincere thanks?

Grosskreutz already has a 2016 conviction for carrying while drunk. You would think a brazen repeat offender would attract a prosecutor’s attention.

It’s this simple: if the jury is reasonable and the judge admits all the evidence he should, Rittenhouse will walk, and hopefully, his misfortune will turn into a reliable source of income for several years. If the juries are idiots and the judge is a martinet, things will go badly for him.

Simply put, Kyle Rittenhouse fought his way out of one lynching, and the prosecutor is trying to lynch him again.

On the one hand, I can’t wait to see this kid walk. On the other, I’m glad I don’t own a business in Kenosha. The usual suspects will surely work to assure social justice by setting fires and carrying off free TV sets. Nothing says, “I care about justice,” like looting a Best Buy.

Final, distantly related question: has anyone asked why the FBI carried out the ridiculous, press-intimidating Ashley Biden raids on a weekend? Don’t forget: the DC crowd started hiding dirty laundry on weekends when Dick Morris was doing flak for Bill Clinton. He knew the press was too lazy to stay at work and cover weekend stories, so he always had Bill release unfavorable news on Fridays. The FBI, which is supposed to be politically neutral (*cough cough* *Strzok* *Page*) is now playing the same game.

Lavrentiy Beria would be proud.