Rick Schroder posts bail for Kyle

[johngross]

Rick Schroder explains bail for Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse: 'It made me mad'

Last week, Rick Schroder helped post bail for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters in Kenosha, Wis., in August. Now the actor is explaining why.

"This was Kyles life being destroyed," Schroder told the New York Post Wednesday. "This is his freedom at risk. It infuriated me to see an innocent 17-year-old young man being tried and found guilty before trial."

The "Silver Spoons" and "NYPD Blue" star put up "hundreds of thousands" of dollars toward Rittenhouse's $2-million bail and his defense because he was upset that the teen was being tried in the media.

 

[S42N8]

What’s the over/under before this thread gets locked?

 

[Rustyt1953]

He's a very good actor. I like the guy.

 

[Tom Beavert]

IBTL
OK, I got in in time.

 

[VictorLouis]

So MANY bystanders took so MUCH cell video, there's very few seconds of those fatal few moments that weren't recorded. Well worth the 13mins to watch Colion Noir break this down on YouTube. Suffice to say, with a half-way cogent attorney, and a jury without entrenched bias, he should be found NG.

 

[sheepdawg]

Mike Lindell, the My Pillow guy, added a $200K.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Ruthie and I are 6 time repeat customers of Mike Lindell's.

Another good man.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Kyle deserves to rot in prison. That is the point, to destroy his life. An unbiased jury will convict him in ten minutes. I doubt that will happen. Jury nullification only takes one juror.

 

[Jack Flash]

I liked Rick Schroder in The Lost Battalion. Incredible what those guys had to go through. As an aside, as I recall, the WWI small arms were pretty correct.

 

[LVSteve]

I guess not everybody sees the videos the same way. Even assuming NG on murder, he's still going down for the "minor with a firearm not hunting" charge I believe applies in that state.

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

I haven't seen the videos, but, it appears he did show up carrying a rifle.
Wonder why.

 

[Doug M.]

The prosecution is knowingly frivolous and the prosecutors should be disbarred. (And I am a prosecutor ...)

While he violated the "stupid" rules (Farnam's commentary on going to stupid places with stupid people and being involved in stupid things), he was the victim of what appears to have been a violent assault and unlawful attempt to disarm him.

 

[ladder13]

He should get a key to the city.

 

[PatriotX]

I’ve heard the phrase “It’s better to be tried by twelve than carried by six.”. I prefer neither.

Cooler heads may have made better choices than those that led up to the shooting, but I know few who would have behaved differently when faced with being shot or beaten to death.

 

[Ruger 13]

If the bail was 2 million he only had to come up with 2 hundred grand!

 

[biku324]

It really all depends on what was reasonably known of the first shooting by victims 2 and 3. It could be they thought they were apprehending a murderer.

Stay away from angry groups of people.

 

[Jon651]

I guess not everybody sees the videos the same way. Even assuming NG on murder, he's still going down for the "minor with a firearm not hunting" charge I believe applies in that state.

I think his buddy who bought the gun for him might be in for some legal trouble as well. He was not a relation, he acted as a straw buyer, Kyle was a minor, and the sale was made out of state from where the kid lived. I don't know what the applicable state laws are where all this went down, but even in Florida every bit of that would be considered sketchy.

If the sale and transfer of the weapon is ever adjudicated to be a criminal act, then Kyle might be in jeopardy for transporting an illegally obtained firearm across state lines - or worse.

The only things I can predict with total accuracy is that the trial will be closely watched and the results hotly debated.

 

[Bugkiller99]

Silly me, I’m gonna go with

Innocent

Until proven guilty by a jury of his peers.

A quaint idea put forth by some folks 200+ years ago.

 

[vonn]

The whole situation is something I hoped I would never see happen here.

 

[biku324]

I think his buddy who bought the gun for him might be in for some legal trouble as well. He was not a relation, he acted as a straw buyer, Kyle was a minor, and the sale was made out of state from where the kid lived. I don't know what the applicable state laws are where all this went down, but even in Florida every bit of that would be considered sketchy.

If the sale and transfer of the weapon is ever adjudicated to be a criminal act, then Kyle might be in jeopardy for transporting an illegally obtained firearm across state lines - or worse.

The only things I can predict with total accuracy is that the trial will be closely watched and the results hotly debated.

The business owner has civil court exposure via respondeat superior (vicarious liability) as well if he/she asked for or approved amateur armed security.