Rittenhouse shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, on August 25, 2020, near 63rd Street and Sheridan Road in Kenosha during civil unrest sparked by the Jacob Blake police-involved shooting. “If you’re the one who’s threatening others, you lose the right to claim self-defense,” Binger said during closing arguments. Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger had painted Rittenhouse as a “fraud” and “active shooter.”īinger argued Rittenhouse provoked the shootings by threatening others. Prosecutors and the defense finished closing arguments Monday evening. Protesters and civil-rights groups said Friday they are outraged but not surprised at the not-guilty verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse’s racially charged homicide trial. Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, formerly of Antioch, (left – Twitter, right – Facebook).Įarlier in the trial, Schroeder dismissed Rittenhouse’s count 7, failure to comply with an emergency management order. A jury has found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts in the shooting in Kenosha last summer in which the then-17-year-old shot and killed two people and injured a third person amid protests. Prosecutors objected to the request and Schroeder granted the dismissal of the charge due to state law that says people ages 16 and 17 can carry long-barreled rifles, but not short-barreled rifles. Man ordered held without bond for allegedly murdering neighbor over use of leaf blower near Antioch One of the dismissals came Monday morning when Rittenhouse’s defense team requested Schroeder dismiss count 6, possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18. Rittenhouse had originally faced seven different charges, but Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed two of them before the jury began deliberations. The trial came to a close 18 days after it started on November 1. Rittenhouse trembled and broke down in tears while the verdict was being read and then dropped to the desk. Friday following approximately 25 hours of deliberations. The jury returned the verdict around 12 p.m. Rittenhouse, 18, who previously lived in Antioch, was found not guilty on charges of first-degree intentional homicide, two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, first-degree reckless homicide and attempted first-degree intentional homicide. A jury on Friday found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges in connection with the Kenosha shootings that left two men dead and one injured last year.
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