Julie Bosman

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RT @EllenBarryNYT: Last night, @wutrain, a 36-year-old progressive city councilor without the neighborhood base that generally drives city… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jialynnyang: Excited to share three fantastic job openings on @NYTNational. Come work with us! Editor Overseeing the West https://t.co… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MitchKSmith: Happy Election Day from sub-freezing Minneapolis, where voters will decide whether to replace the police department with a… — PolitiTweet.org

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Mark Richards has begun his opening statement. This isn't a whodunit, Richards says; this is a question of whether Rittenhouse's actions were privileged under the law of self-defense. — PolitiTweet.org

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As Mark Richards, a defense lawyer, prepares to make his opening statement, ADA Binger objects to Richards' stated plan to introduce videos and photos to the jury during his statement. — PolitiTweet.org

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Binger's opening statement is finished and the court will take a 10-minute break. — PolitiTweet.org

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"You will get the full story in the courtroom," Binger tells the jury. "We will show you as much as we can about the events of that night." — PolitiTweet.org

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Rosenbaum was shot four times, Binger says, and the fatal shot hit him in the back. After that shooting, Rittenhouse flees and is chased by other people. "They clearly believe he’s an active shooter and they try to stop him," Binger says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Binger methodically describes the events of Aug. 25, 2020, as Rittenhouse joined a group including protesters in downtown Kenosha, and his encounter with Joseph Rosenbaum, who was the first person he shot. — PolitiTweet.org

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ADA Thomas Binger has begun his opening statement. He talks about the protests and destruction in Kenosha in Aug. 2020. "Hundreds of people were on the street experiencing chaos and violence, and the only person who killed anyone was Kyle Rittenhouse," he says. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Examine the evidence and search for the truth," Judge Schroeder says, wrapping up his instructions. Prosecution opening statement is next. — PolitiTweet.org

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Judge Bruce Schroeder is reading instructions to the jury on self-defense. Rittenhouse, seated next to his lawyers, is watching the judge closely and occasionally yawning. — PolitiTweet.org

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After a lightning-quick day of jury selection on Monday, opening statements are expected to begin in court in Kenosha this morning. https://t.co/qG5tR6yO9S — PolitiTweet.org

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Essential follow for news on Rittenhouse trial: no reporter knows Kenosha courts better than @deneenknews — PolitiTweet.org

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From Kenosha: Jury selection in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial began this morning, and in an unusually swift process, finished this evening. https://t.co/T1RojCFyKj — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytimes: A judge in Chicago blocked the city on Monday from enforcing a Dec. 31 vaccine mandate for police officers until the issue can… — PolitiTweet.org

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A reflection of the enormous attention on the Rittenhouse case in Kenosha: More jurors are dismissed because they say their views on this case are too strongly held. “My opinion is set in stone on this,” one man said. — PolitiTweet.org

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Judge Schroeder addresses a juror who says he can't be fair because he believes in the 2nd Amendment. "I want this case to reflect the greatness of Kenosha and the fairness of Kenosha," the judge says. "I don’t care about your opinions on the Second Amendment." — PolitiTweet.org

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He is also talking to potential jurors about the First Amendment, judicial bias, the history of democracy and the fall of Rome — PolitiTweet.org

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Judge Schroeder, who is presiding over the Rittenhouse case, is telling potential jurors that they must disregard media coverage of the trial -- often sloppy and biased -- and pay attention to what they will hear in the courtroom. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ad_quig: As of Friday, there were roughly ~60 Chicago police and fire employees on no-pay status. In NYC... — PolitiTweet.org

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Kyle Rittenhouse has arrived here at the Kenosha County courthouse with his lawyers this morning as jury selection begins in his murder trial. https://t.co/ARdu7XHZQI — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @elizabethjdias: Two years after her sudden death at age 37, @rachelheldevans has one more message. Thank you @danieljonce & @jeffchu f… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nickconfessore: 1/ Earlier this year, a group of my colleagues set out to understand the forces and patterns that led to so many deadly… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NYTNational: Minneapolis have a choice on Tuesday: Should the Police Department be replaced with a Department of Public Safety? And sho… — PolitiTweet.org

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This video reconstruction is key to understanding what happened in the Rittenhouse shootings last August. https://t.co/TFNkznx9gp — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytimes: In the coming days, a trial will begin to determine whether the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed Black man, by two… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KristenBarbar: Alright. Thread time. "Judge in Rittenhouse case says men killed can't be called victims" is making for some grabby head… — PolitiTweet.org