WI v. Theodore Edgecomb Trial Day 6 - Prosecution Closing Argument by Grant Huebner
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- Theodore Malcolm Edgecomb, 31. Black. Charged with first-degree reckless homicide, with a modifier of use of a dangerous weapon. He also charged with felony bail jumping, and misdemeanor bail jumping.
victim: Jason Cleereman, 54. Milwaukee immigration attorney and activist. White. Shot in the left eyebrow.
According to victim Jason Cleereman’s wife, she was driving her husband westbound in Milwaukee on Sept 22, 2020, Edgecomb rode his bike eastbound in her lane (wrong direction), and she had to swerve out of the way to miss him. The victim then yelled “what the heck!” out the window. Edgecomb then pulled over at a red light next to the victim’s window and asked if he was talking to him and he said yes. Edgecomb then punched Cleereman causing him to bleed and fled. The punch from Edgecomb is captured on video, this has not been released to the public yet, but the judge ruled it will come into trial.
The couple then drove after Edgecomb, Jason Cleereman exited the car at an intersection and approached Edgecomb, his wife says she yelled to him about Edgecomb having a gun, but he didn’t react and Edgecomb shot him, and then looked like he would shoot her too, but fled with his bicycle. The victim died of his injuries and was found lying facedown on a staircase. This was also captured on CCTV footage (we have the footage).
His attorneys say Cleereman’s car almost hit him on his bike, that Jason rolled down his window (passenger side) and yelled a racial slur at him, they claim Cleereman was drunk. They say his toxicology level indicated he was legally drunk. (We do not have the autopsy report). The defense then says the Cleermans followed Egdecomb on his bike with their car (on video), Jason got out and went toward Edgecomb. They say he shot in self-defense. There is mention of Cleereman having a folded pocket knife in his pocket but no mention of if Edgecomb saw/knew this. Defense announced after seeing self-defense expert, John Black, testified on behalf of KYLE RITTENHOUSE, they will call him as a witness in this trial, “Theodore Edgecomb deserves the same right that Kyle Rittenhouse got.
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Guilty no doubt about it!
After hearing all the evidence and testimonies, I now believe he’s 100% guilty.
Too right Sis 😁😁
I think the wife was scrutinized totally unfairly. I react so strange in shock and I know from personal experience I would not be instantly hysterical. I don't know. I listened with an open mind. I cannot buy the defense.
Totally agree. They were together over 30 years, NOBODY knows what they'd do looking at their spouses corpse.
My grandmom made the bed with my grandpop still in it, dead. My ex wanted to prove the person who ran over his mom was a criminal, so he slept in his car outside the guys house & followed him for 2 days. A girl from my school screamed that her sister moved in the casket, right in the middle of the funeral.
But we're supposed to think taking the wallet would qualify her for a psychiatric hospital...
This is typical of the defense, trying to mitigate the circumstance of the murder. That's right . . . MURDER!
should be a law against lawyering under the influence of 200 diet cokes.
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Prosecutor: “This has taken longer than you were told it would.”
Jurors in Halderson Case: Really bro?🙄
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I don't think I've ever been so grateful to have somebody in the comments posting timestamps so that I could quickly and efficiently skip over, what, half the video?!
Have not kept up with this trial but handguns do not go off without you pulling the trigger.
You do not pull a handgun on another person unless you intend to kill if you do otherwise you should never own a gun.
Exactly. And that is his claim of self-defense. Mr. Edgecomb initially said he shot Mr. Cleereman because he was in fear for his life and that he knows that it was no accident, that they were deliberately hunting him down. According to the video it should be not guilty.
True !
@@annebfaith6373 I think you've gravely misunderstood this comment. He's saying that Edgecomb is lying. There is no such thing as "accidental self defense " it's absurd.
And if you're concealed carry, you best not initiate the situation that causes you to """self defense"""".
I’ll say what I always say. It’s almost like a violent felon should not have access to a loaded firearm. 🤦♀️.
@@worsethanjoerogan8061 Tend to? No, they BREAK it!
😂😂IKR~We need to send them to prison for 5 yrs each time because they get a fine while legit owners like myself are hit with changing laws. My state became a 2A sanctuary a couple of yrs ago and for those who do break the few gun laws the sentences are harsh.💙👮♂👨⚖⚖💪🐎🤠
If you can't trust I violent felon to own a gun, then they should still be in prison. if they are dangerous enough not to trust with a free man's rights, they shouldn't be free.
Mr. Huebner YOU ARE. EXCELLENT in your taking Theodores case. You are telling us exactly event to event what HAPPENED.
What a great prosecution, well done
The State attorney is great!! A rockstar
“If you ditch it, they won’t find you.”
Incredibly underrated line.
And did you notice the judge smiling after he heard that phrase? It was priceless!
“When the victims said words, he punched him, when the victim gets ready for a fight, he kills him”
Another high profile criminal off the streets that like others like him destroyed so many others life's forever.
Quilty, your honor.
Theo was a beta coward. He uses a gun, too scared for hand to hand combat.
Excellent closing.
Agreed,prosecutor is so nice to listen to, so organized and tells the facts, no vague statements or inspirational quotes like the defense attorney.
He is just as good as the prosecutor in the Chandler Halderdon trial , he did a great job also, and both jury’s barely needed to deliberate after seeing the great presentation of evidence
I’m surprised the defendant didn’t say he tried to push him down the stairs
He had 6 months to come up with 'any' story.
Edgecomb was the worst person to ever put on the stand. After his performance, I can't see how they would ever find him not guilty. His lawyers should have strongly suggested that he not take the stand. It was hard to watch him.
Attr. Huebner can't say enough GOOD about you!
How can anybody say self-defense when the coward couldn't fight with his fists head up he had to shoot the man
Closing argument sponsored by Diet Coke.
This guy Theo needs soooo very much help. Theo brought that gun because he was DETERMINED to use it. So he did what a --------- waste.
2 hour deliberation?
I was thinking 5 hours. They may struggle to know exactly what fits best. I kept an open mind for the entire case but I would find him guilty of the top charge. I found his own testimony to be very damaging and didn’t find him credible at all.
@@jnnlis Based on the video it should be not guilty. A prosecutor cannot entrap a defendant into the response they want due to the defendant's inexperience. Mr. Edgecomb was pursued by the Cleereman's.
@@annebfaith6373 he didn’t entrap him imo. He gave him enough rope to hang himself. How can you claim you were in threat of your life and shot in self defense and also call it an accident and that you didn’t even mean to squeeze the trigger?
@@jnnlis Absolutely. TERRIBLE! No doubt - guilty.
@jhaton Watson haha you're silly. I don't need to. I'm not some young pup here talking out my a&&....I was married 25 years, divorced 10, 5 married kids, 14 grandkids, and a lot of life experience under my belt. Way outside of that though, I read the discovery, watched every minute of the trial, heard every objection and ruling, and studied the law on this case. He was found guilty of First Degree Reckless Homicide (covered in Section 940.02 of the Wisconsin Statutes) which carries a penalty of 60 years in prison. Mitigating circumstances could have reduced the penalty to 40 years in prison, but there are no mitigating factors. Add the bail jumping and weapons charges to consider as well.
All that to say…I wasn't wrong.
Under the influence with a retaliatory mindset never ends well and the wife was guilty for driving her husband to retaliate and unfortunately getting murdered
Yeah that's not a crime. Edgecomb is about to get 60 years
@@valerierodger7700 nah but he's losing his life too. Kids will grow up without him, if he ever gets out he will be too old to work but have no pension, etc
I want to see the defense closing
Watched it on the channel that must not be named. It was bad. Bad bad, not good bad.
@@jcadult101 not good bad. Lmao
Kinda short closing argument.
He did the work during the trial
Well, the defendant already admitted to shooting and killing his victim with an illegal gun and that he fled the state and got rid of the murder weapon, so what else is there to say?
@@kwakester haha exactly! It's hard for me to believe anyone could see this guy as anything but guilty. Those who are just aren't looking at the facts, OR they're skipping over the things the guy did on the shooting and after the shooting.
@@kwakester To be fair, the illegal gun has no bearing on a self-defense claim.
I wish the States attorney was representing the defendant..why is no one saying if he intentially wanted to kill the guy he woulda killed him at the traffic light stop!! He didn't!! He killed him by accident when he was being chased down
I agree on it maybe being an accident, but self defense wasn’t proven. His attorney should of told Mr. Edgecomb not to take the stand.
Everyone agrees he did not want to kill him at the lights. He's not accused of that. The accusation is he shot him knowing the shot would kill him. But he did intend to kill him when he pointed the gun at his head and pull the trigger. It was not an accident, because guns cannot fire unless you pull the trigger. Unless you agree with the Alec Baldwin defense.👈🤣🤣🤣🤣
What was that comment whispered in the microphone at the end of prosecution closing argument by the judge
Carol, do you need a break? Or Carol, are we taking a break? Was what he whispered.
He said "Mr. Edgecomb is going to prison"
Why did he punch him tho… something happened
The defense lawyer is good an I was rooting for the lawyer but the prosecution did a flawless job what a case
The defense lawyer is terrible. His case was a disaster and the judge was ticked off because of it. The motions out of the sight of the jury were amateur at best. They were so bad that he may have a shot at appeal to be honest. IMO he's guilty as charged. We shall see...
@Christina Rosser the fact that he even has a chance to appeal, gives the defendant a chance. A defense attorney's job is to create doubt.. he created doubt In an open close case he had little to nothing to work with an put up a fight. The pressure of being a defense attorney when the judge is unprofessional and constantly sighing and complaining about everything sustaining every approach you take is highly skillful
It's true, if I was the defence at times with this judge I would have wanted to say... OK we rest our case... And run
@Helen the case is out of order but the prosecution did a good job of closing off every angle the defense tried to go he was a pit bull all trial
@@janehilliard4265 lol!!!
I feel sorry for Theo... His neighborhood let him get away with being a bully and turned him into a murderer.
PLEASE tell me this is a joke & you’re being sarcastic!
I hope this is a joke comment. Otherwise, you don’t believe that you are accountable for your own actions.
That's usually the job of parents. Not neighborhoods . I grew up in a really bad neighborhood, but my parents taught me character.
@@ronniekanauss6360 this is a minority problem, they endlessly stickin up for the trash, hiding and lyin about their family/friends bad behavior all weigh into the massive problems they're mostly responsible for.
Was it not this prosecutor that was complaining about the building and technology in it being outdated?! And then he himself closes with a flipover with a lot of written points on it. Not even slides or a powerpoint...
You again and your absolutely ridiculous comments that have NOTHING to do with the case. Keep them to yourself.
No one wants to watch a power point when he can tell you all the points.
Kayla: Yep! The prosecutor does such a good job of presenting (overwhelming) evidence that he doesn’t need technology at all, it’s unnecessary. We already saw the videos and heard the “great” testimony of the defendant
His masterful storytelling is way more engaging than a power point. Power points are crutches for people who can’t do what this prosecutor can.
This case is gonna be famous for the whole World to see just how one sided the American un-justice system really is!
Definitely
Unfair ? Do you mean when the TRUTH is told , it sucks.
This was like the most ethical prosecutor I've seen, especially compared to *others* in his stste
I have no clue why this man ever could become judge. He is just totally antisocial. His attitude is like poison in this trial. And his remarks like e.g. facebook being "downfall of society" are totally unacceptable. This JUDGE should be fired.
Waaaaaaah FB is trash and so is Mr. "Can you repeat the question" "Remedial" Newman.
The prosecutor has annunciation problems and screams at the defendant and cut him off when he tried to answer. You cannot entrap someone into the response you want especially when their life is on the line, which is what he did. In this case, and because the state has the burden, it was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Either Not Guilty or Mistrial. The video does support the self-defense claim.
It's a hostile witness, you get to cut them off and require y/n answers. Do you know nothing about court? Only 1 of them had deadly force and the one with the gun initiated the fight. Good luck with reasonable doubt.
You’re a step above an OJ juror and plant life
Annie-b faith you sound ridiculous... this criminal was found guilty hooray