It seems prosecutors have officially thrown in the towel in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, effectively hammering the last nail in the coffin of the media narrative against the teen.
Last week a plea deal was reached with the man who allegedly provided the weapon that Rittenhouse used during the protests in Kenosha, Wis. in 2020. Dominick Black “plead no contest to a non-criminal citation of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and will have two felony counts dismissed as part of the agreement,” The Hill reported.
But the move seemed to reveal a lot more than what the headlines and reports simply noted. The 20-year-old, who had reportedly purchased the weapon because Rittenhouse was too young to do so at the time when he was 17 years old, had been facing two felony charges of delivering a dangerous weapon to a minor, resulting in death.
While Judge Bruce Schroeder has yet to accept the plea deal, doing so will mean that Black will pay a $2,000 fine and have the more serious charges dropped.
Remember the guy who bought Kyle Rittenhouse the AR-15? Dominick Black? Was facing felony charges? He’s reached a proposed plea deal. No felonies. No jail time. $2K fine for ‘contributing to delinquency of a minor.’ Judge Schroeder must sign off.
— Don Lewis (@DonLew87) January 9, 2022
“The hefty charges were clearly meant to force his cooperation in the prosecution of his friend. With Rittenhouse now acquitted, the prosecutors have thrown in the towel and agreed to a fine of $2000 in exchange for dropping the two counts,” legal scholar and George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley wrote.
He added:
A conviction on each count could have brought a sentence of three years in prison plus three years of supervision. Notably, there were even threats that the Biden Administration was considering bringing federal charges to increase his possible incarceration.
The plea exposes a common tactic of prosecutors to leave major charges hanging over the heads of witnesses to induce them to cooperate. It also makes them less likely to make public statements or assist in the defense of another defendant like Rittenhouse.
“Media narrative now destroyed completely,” journalist Tim Pool tweeted in response to the latest development.
Small fine paid for buying the rifle Rittenhouse used
Media narrative now destroyed completely https://t.co/S8qOwXD5GD
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) January 9, 2022
Twitter users weighed in on the latest challenge to prosecutors.
Should be against the law to do things like that.
— Loren Trainor (@LorenTrainor) January 9, 2022
At what point does this cross into prosecutorial misconduct?
— HawkeyeDoc99 (@HawkeyeDoc99) January 9, 2022
It’s a shakedown, pure and simple. It should be illegal.
— Kandy Korn (@KandyKorn9) January 10, 2022
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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