Nancy Grace Does a Deep-Dive Into Rittenhouse Case: ‘How Did That Happen?’

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David Rufful
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Fox Nation host Nancy Grace is taking a closer look at the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse.

Grace brought in a panel of experts to weigh in on the case and reviewed the video seen at trial.

Grace asked the experts, “Will his claim of self-defense sway the jury?”

Showing a picture of Rittenhouse’s gun, Grace commented that it would be a “cold day” before her son would hold that type of weapon “at night, 25 miles away from home.”

“How did that happen?” Grace asked. “Why is he out… away from home, with that?”

Spencer Coursen, who is a threat management expert said, “We sometimes believe ourselves to be smarter than we are.”

Viewers took to social media to express outrage over Grace’s criticism of Rittenhouse:

The prosecution tried to claim Rittenhouse went to the riots and had a gun with him because he intended to use it.

On the other hand, Rittenhouse has pleaded not guilty to all charges and testified that he fired his weapon eight times in self-defense.

From Fox News:

Rittenhouse was charged with two counts of homicide for shooting Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, with an AR-15. The third person Rittenhouse shot, Gaige Grosskreutz, survived and testified last week. Rittenhouse was also charged with possessing a weapon by a person under 18, and multiple counts of reckless endangerment…

The criminal defense attorney on the panel, Toy Slaten, said the prosecution would attempt, at this point, to get any charges on the table. “They’ll take anything,” he said. “They’ll take any kind of conviction.”

Grace questioned whether it was possible to have two narratives be true: “a teen vigilante was out with a high-powered weapon looking for trouble, loaded for bear – and shoot in self-defense?”

In Kenosha, Wisconsin, protests and riots erupted after the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Blake, who was 29 years old at the time, was paralyzed from the waist down as a result of the injuries he sustained during the encounter.

Thursday was the final of eight days of evidence heard by the court; 31 witnesses from both sides took the stand.

On Monday, the defense and prosecution will begin closing arguments; each is allotted two and a half hours to persuade the jury for the last time.