Jacob Poller Week 8- The Rittenhouse Trial is a Trainwreck

    I’m sure many of you have already seen and made up your minds about the trial of one Kyle Rittenhouse. But we’re not here to talk about his potential guilt or innocence. But what we hopefully all can agree on, is that this trial is an absolute mess.

    The first thing that I find somewhat hilarious is the incompetence on all sides. Within the first 15 minutes of the trial, the prosecutor attempted to use Kyle’s silence as a talking point for his guilt. But herein lies a problem. Our 5th amendment right grants us the ability to stay silent, so the prosecutor trying to use that as a talking point for Kyle’s guilt was seen as an infringement on his 5th amendment right. Another very infamous part of the trial was when testimony was given by Gaige Grosskreutz. When asked whether or not Rittenhouse was acting in self-defense, he was asked whether or not he chased Rittenhouse down with a pistol. Grosskreutz had said no. When prompted with video evidence he maintained his point, saying he rather ran in Rittenhouse’s direction… with a Glock in hand. But what I think was the best point to leave this off on, was the defense’s closing argument. The ending argument had the prosecutor holding a rifle aiming at the jury. This was the most blatant disregard of firearm safety.

    No matter your ideals on this rather controversial trial, it’s always good to be ale to take a step back and admire the humor in situations.