#Kyle rittenhouse not guilty trial
Kenosha business owners prepared for possible violence Monday, as closing arguments in the trial began. 1, Rittenhouse faced five felony charges: a single count each of first-degree reckless homicide and first-degree intentional homicide, two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, and a single count of attempted first-degree intentional homicide.Ī sixth criminal count, possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under age 18, was dismissed by the trial judge on several grounds Monday before jurors got the case. Those, in turn, led to a backlash among conservatives, including then-President Donald Trump, who condemned protestors.Īt the trial, which began Nov. The killings occurred during protests in Kenosha over the shooting two days earlier by a white police officer of a Black man, Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed from the waist down after being hit with seven rounds to his back.īlake's shooting came three months after the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, another Black man, ignited protests nationwide and demands for reform of police departments. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader, said, "It seems to me that it's open season on human rights demonstrators," according to the AP.
"Violence and destruction of property have no place in our democracy."īut the Rev. "I urge everyone to express their views peacefully, consistent with the rule of law," Biden said. President Joe Biden in a statement said, "While the verdict in Kenosha will leave many Americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included, we must acknowledge that the jury has spoken." The Antioch, Illinois, resident claimed he was acting in self-defense. Rittenhouse shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum after the man chased him in a parking lot during a confrontation-it’s alleged Rosenbaum reached for the rifle.That video, prosecutors say, showed Rittenhouse, who was then 17 years old, pointing his AR-15-style rifle at protestors shortly before he fatally shot Anthony Huber, 26, and Joseph Rosenbaum, 26, on Aug. Rittenhouse killed two men and shot and maimed a third with an AR-15 after going to Kenosha to protect a car dealership he thought could be harmed during the protests. Rittenhouse, now 18, faced charges of first-degree reckless homicide, two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, and two counts of reckless endangerment of safety after shooting and killing two men in August 2020 during protests against police brutality in Kenosha, Wisconsin. “You will be whisked out of here if you do anything,” he said. He warned the crowd that if there was a large reaction, there were plenty of county sheriffs in the room. Family members and loved ones of those he killed also populated the courtroom.īefore the verdict was read Judge Bruce Schroeder told the courtroom that he didn’t want any reaction to the jury’s decision. Rittenhouse, dressed in a dark blue suit, watched pensively as the jury read out his fate. After four days and over 25 hours of deliberation, the jury returned to the Kenosha, Wisconsin, courthouse on Friday to read out the fate of the teenager who killed two and injured a third in a shooting last summer.
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