ADA Thomas Binger has been shooting his mouth off during his closing arguments in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial today. Thank goodness that’s the only thing he’s shot, at least so far.
Our earlier post on Binger’s insane “you lose the right to self-defense when you’re the one who brought the gun” included this tweet about Binger allowing himself to demonstrate to the jury exactly what it looked like when Kyle Rittenhouse pointed his AR-15 at Joseph Rosenbaum and pulled the trigger:
During his closing argument, prosecutor Binger demonstrates how #KyleRittenhouse put down the fire exinguisher and pointed his gun at Joseph Rosenbaum. He says #KyleRittenhouse can't claim self-defense when he created the danger. @LawCrimeNetwork pic.twitter.com/fmbjHJY384
— Cathy Russon (@cathyrusson) November 15, 2021
But that angle doesn’t do justice to the full awfulness of what Binger actually did:
Good God! Prosecutor takes the AR (an admitted exhibit), says his assistant has “ checked it to be sure it isn’t loaded.” Then, without himself opening the action to confirm unloaded, raises it and points it in the direction of the jury!
Inexcusable.
— pipermcq (@pipermcq) November 15, 2021
We may not have believed it ourselves had we not seen it:
https://twitter.com/digichud/status/1460323179927326724
Look at this goofball with his finger on the trigger pointed at a courtroom full of people. pic.twitter.com/th5eARTaPT
— Shane B. Murphy (@shanermurph) November 15, 2021
His finger is literally on the trigger:
— Alex VanNess (@thealexvanness) November 15, 2021
It’s on the trigger.
Truly amazing. He’s incredible at shooting himself in the foot. https://t.co/5VvdIXfpx2
— Shane B. Murphy (@shanermurph) November 15, 2021
Suppose that’s still better than shooting jurors in the face.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1460329658130513925
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1460329758198308874
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1460332934251139081
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1460334053954101248
Our jaws have dropped plenty of times during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, but this is just … this is on a whole ‘nother level.
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) November 15, 2021
— Evan Siegfried (@evansiegfried) November 15, 2021
Sweet Jesus help us.
— It's Only Words (@itsonlywords) November 15, 2021
Some people should, in fact, have their gun taken away.
how many people are gonna tag @StephenGutowski https://t.co/buZ7KuHUgD
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) November 15, 2021
Everyone. Everyone should tag Stephen Gutowski.
“Somebody else already checked it” he said as pointed the gun and pulled the trigger in a full courtroom
— John Hyde (@JohnFlippinHyde) November 15, 2021
Did Alec Baldwin teach the Rittenhouse prosecutor how to handle firearms? https://t.co/OMt9gYX8l4
— Spencer Brown (@itsSpencerBrown) November 15, 2021
Was going to say "He attended the Alec Baldwin school of firearm safety and usage…"
— Dav~ Wright (@dewright_ca) November 15, 2021
Guns don't kill people. Morons like this guy and Alec Baldwin kill people. https://t.co/tCjBveoYZF
— Tiana Lowe (@TianaTheFirst) November 15, 2021