Men shot by Rittenhouse can't be called 'victims' at trial, judge rules

[Jilly_in_VA]

A Monday decision from a Wisconsin judge about terms lawyers could use in Kyle Rittenhouse's trial is again drawing national attention to the case.

Rittenhouse will go on trial next week for shooting three people, two fatally, during a protest against police brutality last year in Kenosha, about 40 miles southeast of Milwaukee.

Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder has a standard rule prohibiting use of the term "victim" until someone is convicted of a crime, and Schroeder said the people shot by Rittenhouse could not be called victims.

Schroeder was also not swayed by a request from Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger seeking to bar defense lawyers from calling the men "looters, rioters, arsonists or any other pejorative term."

While looting, rioting and arson occurred in the two nights before the shooting, Binger argued that unless there's specific proof the people shot by Rittenhouse engaged in any of those actions, and that Rittenhouse had seen it, the labels are even more "loaded" than what judge ascribes to "victim."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/10/26/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-judge-victims/8557603002/
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This proves what I have always known about Kenosha (I grew up in Madison). We always knew that Kenosha was corrupt, even back in the 1950s and 60s when it was called "Little Chicago" or "Chicago North"

[samnsara]

1. another state to avoid

[Sneederbunk]

2. However Rittenhouse can be referred to as A-Hole.

[louis-t]

3. Fine, then call them "the people the defendant murdered".

I'm ok with that.

[global1]

5. Or Just 'The Deceased Men'....nt

[Walleye]

7. Or, people torn apart by high powered ammunition

I keep wondering if the victim testifies, will he be allowed to call himself a victim

[Best_man23]

8. Or "the people the defendant permanently maimed"

Don't see where referring to the people shot by the tRump Youth member as being "murdered" or "permanently maimed" is less inflammatory than calling them victims.

[Ray Bruns]

4. They might as well stop right now.

Dismiss the charges and Let the little Hitlerjunge go. Save everyone a lot of time and money. This judge is incredibly biased. Same judge who wouldn't revoke Rittenhouse's bond when told the he wasn't living at the address listed on the bond papers.

[geardaddy]

6. That is fucked

[Orrex]

9. Can we refer to Rittenhouse as "the defendant," or is that to prejudicial?