Deep Concerns Arise Regarding Problematic Judge Bias in Rittenhouse Trial

The Kyle Rittenhouse lawsuit has dominated a ample swath of large media this week. And wherefore wouldn’t it? The lawsuit is not lone important (Do civilians get to hunt protestors deemed rioters, too?), but it is besides astir symbolically perfect, representing the governmental disagreement successful this country. With respect to this matter, the disagreement arose retired of the protests of the George Floyd murder, which led to protests astir different incidents of racially biased policing and much general, protests. Trump fought the question with a dripping, palpable, disdain and spite for those wanting to beryllium heard, adjacent going truthful acold arsenic looking into whether helium could telephone retired the military.

Given that the lawsuit was calved retired of governmental and taste biases, including racism, it was astir apt incorrect to ever anticipation that the tribunal could assistance itself supra the fray and supply some sides (especially the prosecution) a existent accidental to marque their case.

But the agonizing rulings against the prosecution started aboriginal successful evidentiary matters, peculiarly 1 regarding statements Rittenhouse made to friends, astir wanting to sprout looters. Furthermore, the justice won’t let the deceased to beryllium called “victims” due to the fact that the justice says it implies they did thing wrong, it’s excessively “loaded” a word., But the justice did let the defence to present a representation successful which the constabulary were affable toward Rittenhouse aft the incident.

The ongoing concerns roseate dramatically yesterday erstwhile the justice sent the assemblage retired of the courtroom to pass the prosecution that it was getting precise adjacent to a prohibited area. (Prior statements astir shooting looters). Some even believe that the prosecution mightiness beryllium trying to marque a “mistake” truthful large that the justice indispensable telephone a mistral and prosecutors tin commencement each over… with a antithetic judge., and a better-organized lawsuit – immoderate of this is connected them.

Rittenhouse “cried” truthful hard that the justice had to interrupt the proceedings for 10 minutes, contempt the information Rittenhouse was composed astatine each different point. The near is suspicious that the outburst was thing much than a mediocre effort astatine manipulation without sincerity.

But yesterday besides saw a genuinely bizarre development, 1 that is truthful unusual that nary 1 truly knew what to marque of it, overmuch little whether to bash thing astir it oregon what 1 even could bash astir it if 1 believed it truly mattered.

The Judge’s telephone went disconnected successful the mediate of a treatment with the defence during the trial. Judges tin flip radical from the courtroom, with humiliating snarls if a telephone rings among those attending. Lawyers get a informing and the consequences emergence from there. Most judges won’t adjacent bring their phones into the courtroom retired of fearfulness of looking similar the world’s biggest hypocrite. Those that do, cheque their “silent” relation aggregate times and mostly support the telephone retired of sight. But arsenic said, the judge’s telephone went disconnected and the ringtone was Lee Greenwood’s opus “Proud to Be an American.”

The words to the opus are politically neutral, but each American knows that it has go the anthem of the Right. One volition astir ne'er it played astatine a Democratic run function, and 1 cannot debar it astatine a Republican-MAGA event, particularly a Trump rally. So the telephone rings, it plays a snippet of Trump’s run anthem, and – portion ringing, the telephone happened to beryllium sitting connected the judge’s seat desk, close adjacent his microphone.

It is each astir apt a coincidence. But it is conscionable truthful unusual that possibly it is irresponsible to not see the anticipation it mightiness person been intentional. Most radical simply focused connected the euphony itself and the Trump association, what the judge’s allegiances meant for the trial. Most did not interest themselves with asking if there’s immoderate accidental the connection was intentional. Watch below:

The justice successful the Rittenhouse proceedings had his cellphone ringing during the trial, and the ringing code is simply a Trump run taxable opus 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/QOHFEdDr1g

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) November 11, 2021

We cannot cognize wherefore that telephone was sitting connected the desk, adjacent the microphone. Nor tin we cognize wherefore it wasn’t silent, We don’t adjacent cognize wherefore a justice would prime what has go a polarizing opus arsenic his ringtone.. We lone cognize it happened and it is yet different ominous motion for a prosecution that was warring uphill from the beginning..What if it was a message?

Progressives did not statesman with precocious expectations. Now, fixed each the rulings, immoderate made weeks ago, immoderate yesterday, each coming from a justice that seems astir disdainful of the prosecutors, makes it precise hard to person religion that the verdict is just, nary substance what the assemblage finds. In a lawsuit this tough, a assemblage could legitimately find Rittenhouse “Not Guilty” based connected the grounds and load of proof. But fixed the case’s absorption and astir undeniable bias? A not blameworthy verdict would beryllium intolerable to trust.

And that phone… truthful odd….