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==Rush to judgement==
==Rush to judgement==
{{See also|Fake news in the 2020 presidential election}}
{{See also|Fake news in the 2020 presidential election}}
Rittenhouse was initially represented by Pierce Bainbridge, with help from [[Covington kids|Nicholas Sandmann]]’s lawyer Lin Wood.
Rittenhouse was initially represented by John Pierce, with help from [[Covington kids|Nicholas Sandmann]]’s lawyer Lin Wood.
[[File:Biden defamed Rittenhouse.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Socialist leader Joe Biden defamed Kyle Rittenhouse with unfounded racist smears.]]
[[File:Biden defamed Rittenhouse.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Socialist leader Joe Biden defamed Kyle Rittenhouse with unfounded racist smears.]]
The legal team said that “in a reactionary rush to appease the divisive, destructive forces currently roiling this country, prosecutors in Kenosha did not engage in any meaningful analysis of the facts, or any in-depth review of available video footage (some of which shows that a critical state’s witness was not even at the area where the shots were fired); this was not a serious investigation. Rather, after learning Kyle may have had [[conservative]] political viewpoints, they immediately saw him as a convenient target who they could use as a scapegoat to distract from the Jacob Blake shooting and the government’s abject failure to ensure basic law and order to citizens. Within 24-36 hours, he was charged with multiple homicide counts.”
The legal team said that “in a reactionary rush to appease the divisive, destructive forces currently roiling this country, prosecutors in Kenosha did not engage in any meaningful analysis of the facts, or any in-depth review of available video footage (some of which shows that a critical state’s witness was not even at the area where the shots were fired); this was not a serious investigation. Rather, after learning Kyle may have had [[conservative]] political viewpoints, they immediately saw him as a convenient target who they could use as a scapegoat to distract from the Jacob Blake shooting and the government’s abject failure to ensure basic law and order to citizens. Within 24-36 hours, he was charged with multiple homicide counts.”