The judge overseeing Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial in Kenosha, Wisc., has become the subject of another controversy this week after he made an off-handed remark about “Asian food.”
As the court prepared to take a break for lunch, Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder said, “I hope the Asian food isn’t coming … isn’t on one of those boats along Long Beach Harbor.”
The judge appeared to be making reference to a backlog of cargo ships anchored off the California coastline waiting to be offloaded amid an ongoing supply chain bottleneck, but that’s not how some people decided to take his remark.
The judge in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial breaks for an hour recess for lunch:
“I hope the Asian food isn’t coming on one of those boats in Long Beach harbor.” pic.twitter.com/YqvwkYLlK8
— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) November 11, 2021
One of the judge’s critics is Howard Dean, a former governor of Vermont and Democratic presidential contender, who claimed Schroeder’s comment was an example of “how not to be a good judge.”
“The selection system in Wisconsin is also badly flawed,” Dean tweeted. “They are elected after initial appointment and there is no retirement age. This is why we have intemperate and unfit judges like this all over the country.”
In an interview with CNN, the president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice, John Yang, said that the remark lacked a cultural sensitivity and that it was an illustration that Asian Americans “are not immune from racial bias and discrimination in our criminal justice system.:
“It harms our community and puts us in the crosshairs of microaggressions as well as actual physical violence,” he added.
But others took to social media to push back on what they saw as a gross overreaction to Schroeder’s remark.
Am i missing something? He was kidding that lunch may be stuck on a container ship in the harbor? Because he called it asian food? Somebody help here. Seems like the agents of outrage just looking for something else. Mad that they trial isnt going their way.
— Neil deGrasse Junior High (@jride442) November 12, 2021
I agree. Just a simple joke that is not remotely in the space of distasteful. People are forgetting what a sense of humor is anymore. 😒
— Mike Kozlowski (@MikeKozlowski2) November 12, 2021
Judge has done a lot wrong with this trial, but this is literally a joke about current supply chains being slow. Not exactly a great/funny joke, but still a joke
— Matthew Blum (@MattTheHew) November 12, 2021
What’s the problem with it? there is a massive wait for ships to come into the harbor. Why are people mad.
— ShoresysTakesOnTheCanes(KK#1FAN) (@SGybat) November 11, 2021
Leftist observers of the trial were also triggered this week after Schroeder, on Thursday, recognized and applauded U.S. military members in observance of Veterans Day.
“I wanted to just observe that it’s Veterans Day, and, uh, any veterans in the room on the jury or anywhere else?” the judge asked.
“Well, that’s unusual not to have somebody in here,” Schroeder asserted. “Well, Dr. Black is — what branch?”
“Army, sir,” Black responded.
“I think we give a round of applause to the people who’ve served our country,” Schroeder said as members of the gallery and the jury joined in the clapping.
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Jon is a staff writer for BizPac Review with 30 years' worth of reporting experience, as well as an author and U.S. Army veteran. He has a BA in political science from Ashford University and an MA in national security studies/intelligence analysis from American Military University.
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