[76] The bill, which would award Rittenhouse the Congressional Gold Medal, had no co-sponsors. Cue Twitters wrath. He has also been charged with attempted intentional homicide in the shooting of Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, a paramedic from suburban Milwaukee. Armed with an AR-15 rifle, Mr Rittenhouse fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded 27-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz, testifying that he opened fire in self-defence. [10][11][12] Rittenhouse fled and was pursued by a crowd. Kenosha County assistant district attorney Thomas Binger, the lead prosecutor in the case, released a statement after Fridays verdict saying in part while we are disappointed with the verdict, it must be respected.. Inside the courtroom, the 18-year-old was visibly shaking as he heard the jury clear him of all five charges, including intentional homicide. In December 2018, Rittenhouse started a fundraiser through Facebook for Humanizing the Badge, a nonprofit. VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote, How a baffling census delay is hurting Indians, How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. Rittenhouse's prosecution became a cause clbre for right-wing organizations and media. Did OJ Simpson's Son Jason Kill Nicole Brown & Ron Goldman? It's Boston local news in one concise, fun and informative email. I did think that this jury having taken that long to deliberate were attempting to come up with some compromise as to the less important charge or the less severe charges and I thought they would come back with something on the reckless counts. The law considers whether Mr Rittenhouse believed himself to be in imminent threat of harm, but it does not factor in the choices he made in the hours and days beforehand that put him in the middle of a volatile situation, with guns drawn and tempers flaring. 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[77] Taylor Greene said, "Kyle Rittenhouse deserves to be remembered as a hero who defended his community, protected businesses, and acted lawfully in the face of lawlessness. [43][44], Former President Trump announced on Sean Hannity's show that Rittenhouse had requested a meeting, saying, "He called. Kyle Rittenhouse shot 3 people during protests against the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, USA in August 2020. 2023byTango Publishing Corporation All Rights Reserved. Today in 2014, Officer Timothy Loehmann murdered 12-year-old #TamirRice while he was playing with a toy gun.As a contrast to what we are witnessing today, Kyle Rittenhouse had a charge of possession of a dangerous weapon dropped although there is video & camera footage. I support the BLM movement and peacefully demonstrating.. 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Kendi Among Advocates For Early Colon Cancer Screening, What we know about the 3 men who were shot by Kyle Rittenhouse. In response, Rittenhouse accused the brewery of censoring him.[82]. . He was 17 when he brought a semi-automatic rifle and a medical kit to Kenosha in what he said was an effort to protect businesses as riots broke out over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man who was left paralyzed from the waist down, on Aug. 23. These right-wing lunatics continue to not understand what censorship is. Inside the courtroom, the 18-year-old was visibly shaking as he heard the jury clear him of all five charges, including intentional homicide. Rittenhouse shot and killed two men and severely wounded a third in confrontations that he claims were acts of self-defense. This case had nothing to do with race, had to do "[4] On his TikTok profile description, Rittenhouse had written, "BLUE LIVES MATTER " and "Trump 2020 ". 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Kyle Rittenhouse's acquittal hinged on the specific details of Wisconsin's self-defence laws, taking into account Mr Rittenhouse's state of mind at the moment of shootings. [65], The same week, speculation on a book deal began. [46], Rittenhouse has appeared at several events run by Turning Point USA, a conservative nonprofit organization,[47] including a panel called "Kenosha on Camera" at Turning Point USA's conservative youth conference AmericaFest in December 2021. The story was false. 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Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) November 13, 2021. with prospective jurors, Kyle Rittenhouse participated in a game-show-style process on Tuesday of randomly selecting the 12 jurors to decide his fate. "No black teenager who kills two people and leaves one seriously injured, would be treated, no matter what the law says about self-defence, like Rittenhouse. Was he acting in self-defence or was he a dangerous vigilante provoking an already volatile situation in a city he did not belong to? RELATED:Joy Reid Explains The Power Of White Male Tears In Kyle Rittenhouse & Brett Kavanaugh Trials. [32][33] During the tour, he was represented by publicist Jillian Anderson, a former contestant on season 19 of the reality TV show The Bachelor. Americans react to Kyle Rittenhouses full acquittal. Its been a rough journey but we made it through it. The Role of Race in the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial. [40] It was watched by 4.942 million viewers (the show averages 3.16 million viewers) and had more than four times the viewers of any other network, leading TheWrap to state that the interview "crushed the rest of cable news" on the night it aired. Kyle Rittenhouse holds up his hands demonstrating how he did so while approaching police on Aug. 25, 202, as he testifies during his trial at the Kenosha County He also said he wouldn't set a time on when deliberations needed to end on any given day. If a Black teenager had arrived at a protest armed with an AR-15, police would not have let him walk past them, and they wouldnt have asked if he needed water either. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? [52] On that show, he expressed fear of harassment and said he was afraid to run errands. In Wisconsin, a defendant asserting perfect self-defense against a charge of first-degree murder must meet an objective threshold showing that the defendant reasonably believed that the defendant was preventing or terminating an unlawful interference with the defendant's person and that the force used was necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm. [91], In October 2021, Rittenhouse started taking online classes at Arizona State University as a non-degree seeking student, and wanted to transition to in-person classes. Protests broke out in several large cities over the weekend including Portland, Oregon, Chicago and New York City but nothing major in Kenosha, Wisconsin after the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. Kyle Rittenhouse is a product of both the racist justice system, and the society that enables it. Follow her on Instagram. [71] In a social media advertisement for the game, Rittenhouse described the media as "nothing but a bunch of turkeys with nothing better to do than to push their lying agenda and destroy innocent people's lives. You have been subscribed to WBUR Today. It was that shooting which sparked the violent protests in the first place. Funniest part of this story is that the planned event was a Rally Against Censorship.. Kyle Rittenhouse's acquittal hinged on the specific details of Wisconsin's self-defence laws, taking into account Mr Rittenhouse's state of mind at the moment of shootings. [93] By the next month, he had withdrawn. Kyle Rittenhouse walks during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 19, 2021. [48], Rittenhouse also appeared onstage at a Turning Point Young Women's Leadership Summit in 2022, introduced as "the kind of man you should want to be attracted to" who would "protect [his] family" and "stand strong in the face of opposition from culture and evil". Kyle Rittenhouse pulls numbers of jurors out of a tumbler Tuesday. A teenager who was cleared of murder during racial unrest in the US has said his case "has nothing to do with race". 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(The) judge has been biased the entire time, from not allowing Kyle Rittenhouse to go back to jail after not disclosing his address, to interrupting him on the witness stand, to his behavior throughout the entire trial, said Pope, This judge has shown his bias and shown this has been about him this entire time., Another concern raised during the trial was the makeup of the jury. They are worried that by being cleared of the charges, Mr Rittenhouse's case now sets a precedent - that anyone can turn up to angry protests with a gun, but without facing any consequences. Gun rights groups and supporters of former President Trump are celebrating the Rittenhouse acquittal. RELATED:The Problem With Predominantely White Juries Deciding On Both Ahmaud Arbery And Kyle Rittenhouse Trials. So I want to hold them accountable for what they did to me, because I don't want to see anybody have to go through what I went through. [87][88], Rittenhouse launched a YouTube channel focusing on guns and the Second Amendment on October 16, 2022. We've received your submission. Rittenhouse also faces two counts of recklessly endangering safety. "[75], At least two laws, a bill, and a proclamation have been proposed in different states which have been named after Rittenhouse. "[84][85], Rittenhouse's announcement drew a comparison by The Tennessee Star to Nicholas Sandmann, a Covington Catholic High School student from Kentucky who became known for the January 2019 Lincoln Memorial confrontation. ", "Rittenhouse says Biden defamed his character", "Kyle Rittenhouse and the New Era of Political Violence", "Right-wing memes praising Wisconsin protest shooter surge online", "What's in a Meme? Even his choice of mobile phone ringtone, the patriotic anthem God Bless the USA - a staple of Donald Trump rallies in recent years - made headlines as possible evidence of his political proclivities. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. He had faced five charges, including intentional homicide. January 2019 Lincoln Memorial confrontation, "People have just discovered Kyle Rittenhouse and Greta Thunberg were born on exactly the same day", "Wisconsin protest shootings trial delayed at least 7 months", "Who is Kyle Rittenhouse? Rittenhouse started the media accountability project to hold the media accountable and take them to court for the lies they perpetuate against Americans. Mr Blake said in an interview that if Mr Rittenhouse had been of a different ethnicity, "he'd be gone". [58] In a study of his image being used as a meme on Twitter, the Global Network on Extremism and Ideology found thousands of instances of Rittenhouse's face and commentary on his actions shared through a variety of different hashtags. On November 17, 2021, two days before the jury's decision, Florida House Representative Matt Gaetz offered him an internship. 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