Podcasts

Rittenhouse: What If Grosskreutz Was Making A Citizens Arrest?

Welcome, Law of Self Defense Members to today’s members-only content, and, yes, it’s once again on the Rittenhouse case. An interesting thought-experiment question was posed by one of our Platinum members. That is, what if the intent of Gaige Grosskreutz, the man who approached Kyle Rittenhouse in the street with a gun in hand and

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Rittenhouse: Gun Possession, Even if Unlawful, Irrelevant to Self-Defense Claim

Welcome Law of Self Defense Members to today’s members-only content—once again, focusing on the case of Kyle Rittenhouse. So, I received an inquiry from my good friend Dan recently, asking my thoughts on the oft-repeated claim on social media that Kyle Rittenhouse lacks any self-defense justification for his use of force the night of August

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Rittenhouse: Admissibility of Attackers’ Violent Criminal Backgrounds

Welcome, Law of Self Defense Members, to today’s members-only content, which focuses on an issue of law particularly relevant to the Kyle Rittenhouse case. I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca for Law of Self Defense, thanks for joining me on our collective journey to be as hard to convict as we are to kill.

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Rittenhouse: Gaming the Law: Why Prosecutor Charged Recklessness

Welcome, Law of Self Defense Members, to today’s members-only content! Today I’d like to explore with you the possible motivations for why prosecutors in the Kyle Rittenhouse case might have chosen to base so many of the charges against Kyle on recklessness, rather than on intent. This will be a little bit nuts-and-bolts and more

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Rittenhouse Attorney John Pierce Interviewed on Tucker Carlson

Hey folks, The following is not my own content, of course, but rather is an embed of the interview of Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney John Pierce being interviewed on Tucker Carlson.  I post the embed here for purposes of completeness of our coverage, and for educational and informational purposes. All copyright in this substantive content is,

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Rittenhouse: What Prosecutors Must Disprove to Convict

Hey Law of Self Defense Members, welcome to the final day of August 2020! In today’s members-only content, I want to share with you a statement from Pierce Bainbridge, the law practice representing Kyle Rittenhouse. In effect, this statement presents Kyle’s narrative of innocence, his narrative of lawful self-defense, of legal justification for his uses

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Kyle Rittenhouse: Attacked! In-Depth Legal Analysis

Welcome, Law of Self Defense Members, to today’s members-only content! This will, I’m sure, be a popular post that generates much comment, because of the tremendous media coverage it’s acquired—and that is the Kyle Rittenhouse use of defensive force in Kenosha earlier this week. You may have heard that Kyle has been charged with murder

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