A Columbia professor has accused the judge in the Kyle Rittenhouse case of using 'racist stereotypes' because he joked about A...
A Columbia professor has accused the judge in the Kyle Rittenhouse case of using 'racist stereotypes' because he joked about Asian food for lunch being delayed by the supply-chain crunch.
Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History at Columbia University Mae Ngai said: 'All I can say is, Ugh. Old Racist stereotypes die hard'.
Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder had said: 'I hope the Asian food isn't coming... isn't on one of those boats from Long Beach Harbor'.
Schroeder appeared to be referencing the queues of boats waiting to dock at Long Beach Harbor that have exacerbated the supply-chain crunch across the US.
A Columbia professor has accused Judge Bruce Schroeder (pictured), who is presiding over the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, of using 'racist stereotypes' because he joked about Asian food for lunch being delayed the US' supply-chain crunch
Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History at Columbia University Mae Ngai said: 'All I can say is, Ugh. Old Racist stereotypes die hard'
The defense in Kyle Rittenhouse's trial rested its case it its eighth day Thursday
Civil rights activists DeRay Mckesson reacted in outrage, saying: 'It's pretty clear that this man should not be the judge of anything'.
While John Yang, president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice, said: 'It harms our community and puts us in the crosshairs of micro aggressions as well as actual physical violence'.
'Maybe I'm supposed to applaud him for not saying "Oriental food".
'Seriously, this remark can only be seen as a joke at the expense of Asians/Asian Americans. During a trial that clearly has race implications, no less. Definitely not okay.
'This is a great illustration of how Asian Americans are not immune from racial bias and discrimination in our criminal justice system,' Yang said.
Meanwhile Eric Feigl-Ding, a health economist and fellow at the Federation of American Scientists, said: 'Racist, me thinks, the judge, is... What a complete joke and circus this #KyleRittenhouseTrial now is.'
He added: 'And yes it is RACIST. The boats in the harbor are majority boats from Asia. And he said Asian food - which further connects the Asian boats. It’s racist c’mon.'
It comes after Judger Schroeder revealed yesterday the court has been been inundated with communications from members of the public during the trial – many in the form of offensive emails, some calling the judge a racist.
He added the attorneys have also been recipients of hateful messages during the course of the trial. Speaking ahead of the start of testimony, Judge Schroeder said he would deal with all such things adding, 'I wouldn't want to be those people.'
With the jury out of the room, Assistant District Attorney James Kraus, Judge Schroeder, and defense attorney Corey Chirafisi look over a video monitor to examine photographic evidence during a dispute over the reliability of enlarged digital images during Kyle Rittenhouse's trial
Rittenhouse breaks down on the stand as he testifies about his encounter with the late Joseph Rosenbaum during his trial at Kenosha County Courthouse on Wednesday, November 10
The defense rested yesterday after two and a half days of explosive testimony and high courtroom drama in which Rittenhouse's lawyers insisted he acted in self defense.
The attorneys will be back in court Friday to finalize charges and agree on jury instructions but the jurors will not be back until Monday when closing arguments and jury instructions will take place. Names will be drawn to pick the 12 jurors who will deliberate.
The defense rested yesterday after two and a half days of explosive testimony and high courtroom drama in which Rittenhouse's lawyers insisted he acted in self defense
Judge Schroeder has informed both the defense and the prosecution that they must limit their closing arguments and rebuttal statements to no more than two and a half hours.
He had originally put a cap of one and a half hours on arguments but relented on Binger's request with the warning, 'I will be tough. I may tell you to sit down mid-sentence if you keep going and I did it to one of the DAs [recently].'
Earlier he had quoted a former US District Judge who said, 'The brain cannot absorb what the seat cannot endure.'
He added, 'And if you don't like that advice President Roosevelt one of the renowned speakers of the 30s and 40s when asked by his son for some advice on speaking said, 'Be sincere. Be brief. And be seated.'
The case, which began on November 2, has been noted for clashes between Judge Bruce Schroeder - at 75, the longest-serving circuit court judge in the state - and Thomas Binger, prosecuting.
In pre-trial hearings Schroeder disappointed Binger by preventing him from introducing information to the court, such as Rittenhouse's prior remarks about wanting to shoot someone with his AR-15, and refused to allow Binger to refer to the people Rittenhouse shot as victims.
Rittenhouse fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, with an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle after Rosenbaum chased Rittenhouse across a parking lot and threw a plastic bag at him shortly before midnight on August 25, 2020.
Moments later, as Rittenhouse was running down a street, he shot and killed Anthony Huber, 26, a protester from Silver Lake, Wisconsin.
Rittenhouse also shot Gaige Grosskreutz, who appeared as the state's star witness, and almost entirely blew away his right bicep.
Rittenhouse fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum (left), 36, with an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle after Rosenbaum chased Rittenhouse across a parking lot and threw a plastic bag at him shortly before midnight on August 25, 2020. Moments later, as Rittenhouse was running down a street, he shot and killed Anthony Huber (right), 26, a protester from Silver Lake, Wisconsin
Gaige Grosskreutz was shot by Kyle Rittenhouse on August 25, 2020 and his right bicep was almost entirely blown away. Grosskreutz, the state's star witness, took the stand Monday morning
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