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Stay Tuned with Preet

CAFE Insider Sample 11/23: Vigilantes

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal and the Ahmaud Arbery killing trial are making the headlines this week. In this sample from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet and Joyce discuss the strength of Rittenhouse’s self-defense arguments and the rise of vigilantism. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce break down the impact of video evidence at the Rittenhouse trial and the judge’s handling of the case, which has attracted some controversy. They also discuss the latest developments in the trial for the three men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery: the implications of Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law, the strength of the prosecutor’s closing arguments, and the meritless comment made by a defense attorney about the presence of Black clergy members in the courtroom. To listen to the full episode and get access to all exclusive CAFE Insider content, try the membership free for two weeks: www.cafe.com/insider Sign up to receive the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter: www.cafe.com/brief This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and Vox Media Podcast Network.  Tamara Sepper – Executive Producer; Matthew Billy – Senior Audio Producer; Jake Kaplan – Editorial Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey folks, we're watching Major Trials this week.

0:04.9

In Wisconsin, a jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse of charges for shooting and killing two men

0:09.8

and injuring a third man in 2020 during a night of protests following the police shooting

0:14.2

of Jacob Blake.

0:15.8

And in Georgia, the trial for the three men charged with killing them on Arbery, a 25-year-old

0:20.4

black man in 2020, is coming to a close.

0:23.7

Joyce Fantz and I discuss all of this and more on the Cafe Insider podcast.

0:28.4

Today, we're sharing a clip from the episode with listeners of Stay Tune.

0:31.8

To hear our full conversation and access all other Cafe Insider content, try the membership

0:36.8

free for two weeks.

0:38.7

You can do that at cafe.com slash insider.

0:41.8

That's cafe.com slash insider.

0:45.2

We look forward to having you as part of the insider community.

0:49.6

So let's talk about why he was acquitted.

0:55.3

Why it was not totally unreasonable for the jury to acquit, even though you at least thought

1:01.0

that given a particular instruction that they were given, there was a possibility of conviction.

1:06.0

And the main reason from a sort of 30,000-foot level is that what people don't always appreciate

1:13.0

is the law dictates certain things that are different from what Common Sense tells you.

1:18.8

So a lot of what this case came down to was a focused concentration on that narrow moment

1:26.2

with respect to his shooting three people.

1:29.7

And whether in that moment, notwithstanding, to some degree, notwithstanding, the decision

1:34.6

to come to another state, the decision to be carrying an AR-15, the decision to be in

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