OK, the “World’s Best Defendant” cup finished me, lmao.
Just a note, my ex-husband is a criminal defense attorney who worked for the Public Defenders in Philadelphia for many years. Literally every criminal attorney (including ex-prosecutors, once they no longer have skin in the game) will tell you that when judges appear to play favorites during a trial, they almost uniformly favor the prosecution. So the fact the judge in the Rittenhouse case is behaving as If he were lead counsel for the defense speaks absolute volumes.
What I heard of yesterday's judicial abomination is not terribly unlike a few racially charged trials I happened to cover: it was a better explication of the attitudes and world view of the white racists running and prosecuting it than the actual alleged crime.
Y'all notice the NRA tapes from their emergency meeting after the Sandy Hook killing? Their decision to feed the beast, the "hillbillies and nut cases", and double down to encourage the equation if manhood and gun ownership to scared power challenged dudes is what we are seeing play out with Rittenhouse and the Arbery trials, as well as the Insurrection prosecutions...
Sooo… this is yesterday’s verbatim transcript with just the slightest of editing, right?
Meanwhile, unlike all the young punks, this dotard remembers that George Zimmerman got off scot free. Of course, to protect the sensitivities of the true snowflakes, it was spun as Florida, what can you expect. But, the problem isn’t in any way limited to the Floridian pathology.
Then again, holding conservatives accountable is, eh, kind of verboten.
What I don't see anyone frankly addressing is that the right wing in this country is running the standard Latin American playbook for authoritarian rule. And when Trump, or whoever is installed as El Presidente de por vida in January 2025, takes over, there'll be a million Kyle Rittenhouses waiting in the streets for any commie pinko liberals who try to protest. And they'll gun us down while the cops watch over and protect them.
After the jury came in today, Judge Schroeder asked for a round of applause for our brave veterans, leading the courtroom in clapping. Later, he's going to ask for a moment of silence for the death of election integrity. If this trial lasts long enough, he'll be making his entrance from a cloud of dry ice smoke, like Trump did for his 2016 nomination.
We don't even need to imagine how if Rittenhouse was a BLM protestor, Schroeder would be channeling Roland Freisler.
Oh, I got another thing to say. All the stories where someone is going like "Why is Garland and DOJ sitting on its ass?"
The DOJ, the FBI, CIA and every other alphabet law enforcement agency is run by and for the benefit of Republicans. The overwhelming numbers of individuals staffing those agencies are
A) Republican
B) Trump voters.
So when you wonder why they're all dragging their goddamn feet... don't.
My wife and I went to college with the prosecutor in the Rittenhouse case. He was a good guy, and I can’t imagine what he’s going through in this kangaroo court.
You've got "Prospector" instead of "Prosecutor" in the next-to-last stage direction, but don't change it. He might as well be--panning for precious little nuggets of justice gold through all the slurry of the proceedings.
Dylan Roof demands a retrial with a change of venue.
This is fucked up beyond words.
Maybe Rittenhouse is one of those "Super predators " we used to hear about.
OK, the “World’s Best Defendant” cup finished me, lmao.
Just a note, my ex-husband is a criminal defense attorney who worked for the Public Defenders in Philadelphia for many years. Literally every criminal attorney (including ex-prosecutors, once they no longer have skin in the game) will tell you that when judges appear to play favorites during a trial, they almost uniformly favor the prosecution. So the fact the judge in the Rittenhouse case is behaving as If he were lead counsel for the defense speaks absolute volumes.
“Stand up, Scout, your daddy is passing.”
“But that man shot three people! Isn’t that bad?”
“No, child, those people were antifa rioters.”
“So I’m supposed to think my daddy is a good man for getting a murderer acquitted?”
“That’s no murderer, child, that’s a hero.”
“This is all fucked up. As soon as I’m old enough to drive, I’m out of this racist backwater.”
What I heard of yesterday's judicial abomination is not terribly unlike a few racially charged trials I happened to cover: it was a better explication of the attitudes and world view of the white racists running and prosecuting it than the actual alleged crime.
Y'all notice the NRA tapes from their emergency meeting after the Sandy Hook killing? Their decision to feed the beast, the "hillbillies and nut cases", and double down to encourage the equation if manhood and gun ownership to scared power challenged dudes is what we are seeing play out with Rittenhouse and the Arbery trials, as well as the Insurrection prosecutions...
Forget it, Jake. It's Kenosha.
Sooo… this is yesterday’s verbatim transcript with just the slightest of editing, right?
Meanwhile, unlike all the young punks, this dotard remembers that George Zimmerman got off scot free. Of course, to protect the sensitivities of the true snowflakes, it was spun as Florida, what can you expect. But, the problem isn’t in any way limited to the Floridian pathology.
Then again, holding conservatives accountable is, eh, kind of verboten.
"So the Defense would like to cite the case of 'White equals Right...'"
barely satire in our fucked up America
What I don't see anyone frankly addressing is that the right wing in this country is running the standard Latin American playbook for authoritarian rule. And when Trump, or whoever is installed as El Presidente de por vida in January 2025, takes over, there'll be a million Kyle Rittenhouses waiting in the streets for any commie pinko liberals who try to protest. And they'll gun us down while the cops watch over and protect them.
I've seen this before in newsreels.
After the jury came in today, Judge Schroeder asked for a round of applause for our brave veterans, leading the courtroom in clapping. Later, he's going to ask for a moment of silence for the death of election integrity. If this trial lasts long enough, he'll be making his entrance from a cloud of dry ice smoke, like Trump did for his 2016 nomination.
We don't even need to imagine how if Rittenhouse was a BLM protestor, Schroeder would be channeling Roland Freisler.
Oh, I got another thing to say. All the stories where someone is going like "Why is Garland and DOJ sitting on its ass?"
The DOJ, the FBI, CIA and every other alphabet law enforcement agency is run by and for the benefit of Republicans. The overwhelming numbers of individuals staffing those agencies are
A) Republican
B) Trump voters.
So when you wonder why they're all dragging their goddamn feet... don't.
My wife and I went to college with the prosecutor in the Rittenhouse case. He was a good guy, and I can’t imagine what he’s going through in this kangaroo court.
White Man's Tears, Contd.
You've got "Prospector" instead of "Prosecutor" in the next-to-last stage direction, but don't change it. He might as well be--panning for precious little nuggets of justice gold through all the slurry of the proceedings.
This is Harry Shearer-level satire. Would love to hear it performed.