Charges Dropped Against First Kenosha Shooter Who Fired Into Air
BY Herschel Smith
3 years, 11 months ago
On October 13, 2020, the Gateway Pundit broke the story that the person who fired the first shot the night Kyle Rittenhouse was forced to defend his life, Joshua Ziminski, was arrested and charged.
The man who fired the first shots from behind Kyle Rittenhouse during the fatal incident in Kenosha has been charged.
Joshua Ziminski, 35, has been charged with disorderly conduct and use of a dangerous weapon for firing his weapon during the incident on August 25.
On the face of it, that would appear to bolster Rittenhouse’s self-defense claim. He was being attacked at the time by Joseph Rosenbaum and someone fired a gun. Sane people would accepted that he had reasonable cause to fear for his life. Apparently the prosecutors think so as well.
The only charge that remains is disorderly conduct; the felony recklessly endangering safety charge for firing the handgun will not proceed. Having to argue in one case that Ziminski fired the first shot that night might have proved embarrassing while trying to prosecute the Rittenhouse case, where their story is that Kyle started all the trouble. So Ziminski’s inconvenient gun charge has simply gone away.
Also an oddity in the Ziminski situation: the lack of any charges for possession of a firearm. Per a Wisconsin Right Now report, Ziminski has multiple convictions for violating harassment orders, which may make him a prohibited person for domestic violence. He also has a 2005 marijuana conviction which definitely gave him prohibited status.
The Ziminski charging document, as seen above, makes it clear that not only do the police have video evidence of Ziminski in possession of a firearm, but Ziminski and his wife both admitted that he had a gun. Other people have been convicted of unlawful possession on weaker evidence, but the Wisconsin prosecutors cannot admit that a bad guy had and used a gun that night before Rittenhouse did.
It appears that the prosecutors prefer to let a violent criminal off rather than lose the chance to persecute Kyle Rittenhouse.
The people who made this decision are called “Officers of the court.” They swore oaths, promised to serve justice, and will one day be judged by God for their actions.
But for now, they’d rather stick it to the only one there that night who did the right thing. Because darkness is light and light is darkness.
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A New Dark Ages has begun.
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On January 8, 2021 at 8:14 am, Milton said:
It is said that history repeats, or some such. Seems like whiskey rebellion II, the sequel, is destined for a theater in and around Kenosha.
On January 8, 2021 at 8:47 am, Wes said:
It is also telling that, right after the evening in Kenosha, Ziminski can’t produce the gun because it was “stolen” from his apartment.
The article referenced is still very old.
Currently the DC charge, with Modifier of “Use of a Dangerous Weapon” is still on the court books. Final pre-trial conf is scheduled for 13 January. Jury selection is scheduled for 1 February. He remains out on $1,000 cash bond.