Kyle Rittenhouse trial: Teen argues self-defence as case takes an unusual turn

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There were angry demonstrations across the United States Friday night — a show of outrage over the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. A jury found the 18-year-old not guilty of murdering two men he shot last year during an anti-racism protest in Kenosha, Wis.

acquitted in two killings that he said were self-defense, armed civilians patrolled the streets near the Wisconsin courthouse with guns in plain view.In Georgia, testimony in the trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers showed that armed patrols were commonplace in the neighborhood where Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was chased down by three white men and shot.The two proceedings sent startling new signals about the boundaries of self-defense as more guns emerge from homes amid political and racial tensions and the advance of laws that ease permitting requirements and expand the allowable use of force.RELATED: Kyle Rittenhouse verdict: Protests continue into weekendAcross much of the nation, it has become increasingly acceptable for Americans to

KENOSHA, Wis. - The Rev. Jesse Jackson is scheduled to join his Rainbow PUSH Coalition and other groups on a march in Kenosha on Sunday afternoon to demand criminal justice reform following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse.The march is set to trace the route Rittenhouse took the night in August last year when he shot and killed two people and wounded a third during protests over police brutality in the southeastern Wisconsin city, according to a news release.The march comes two days after a jury cleared Rittenhouse of all charges.

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A difficult political atmosphere for President Joe Biden may have become even more treacherous with the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse.Biden was already facing sliding poll numbers with an electorate worn down by the coronavirus pandemic and increasing inflation.

NEW YORK - A FOX News executive said Saturday the network did not pay Kyle Rittenhouse’s family for any special access during Rittenhouse’s murder trial or after his acquittal, after it was announced that he would speak to Tucker Carlson for an interview to air on Monday.The comment came after Rittenhouse’s trial attorney, Mark Richards, said that a Fox documentary crew was embedded with Rittenhouse’s team against his wishes. Richards told The Associated Press on Saturday that he didn’t think the filming was appropriate and that he had tossed the crew out of meetings several times."It was not approved by me, but I’m not always in control," he told the AP.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Law enforcement in Portland Friday night declared a riot as about 200 demonstrators protested the acquittal of a teen who killed two people and injured another in Wisconsin.The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office said the protesters were breaking windows, throwing objects at police and talking about burning down a local government building in downtown Portland, KOIN TV reported, but the crowd had dispersed by about 11 p.m. Several people were given citations, the Portland Police Bureau said, but only one person who had an outstanding warrant from another matter was arrested.The protesters gathered following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

GoFundMe issued a statement following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on Friday, explaining that fundraisers for the teen would now be allowed on the site – more than a year after the company pulled down every defense fund for him on its platform.In its statement, GoFundMe said that its terms of service "prohibit raising money for the legal defense of an alleged violent crime," so "once charges for violent crime were brought against Kyle Rittenhouse in 2020," they removed all of them."If someone is acquitted of those charges, as Rittenhouse was today, a fundraiser started subsequently for their legal defense and other expenses would not violate this policy," the statement went on to say.

KENOSHA, Wis. - Mark Richards, Kyle Rittenhouse's lead defense attorney, offered his reaction after a jury found his client not guilty on all counts Friday, Nov. 19."This is the longest jury I've had out," Richards said.Rittenhouse was charged with five counts, including homicide and attempted homicide, in connection to the shooting of three people – two of whom died – with an AR-style rifle in 2020.

Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two men and injured another during Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha, Wisc. was acquitted by a jury on Friday.

KENOSHA, Wis. - Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation’s debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice. Reaction to the news poured in Friday afternoon. While the verdict in Kenosha will leave many Americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included, we must acknowledge that the jury has spoken.

KENOSHA, Wis. - Following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, who plead self-defense in the fatal shooting of two men and wounding of a third during a night of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., called for a federal review of the verdict by the U.S. Department of Justice. "This heartbreaking verdict is a miscarriage of justice and sets a dangerous precedent which justifies federal review by DOJ.

KENOSHA, Wis. - David Hancock, the Kyle Rittenhouse spokesperson, spoke at length with the media after Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges against him in Kenosha on Friday, Nov. 19.Rittenhouse, 18, began to choke up, fell to the floor and then hugged one of his attorneys upon hearing the verdict.Kyle Rittenhouse cleared on all charges He had been charged with homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangering after killing two men and wounding a third with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle during a tumultuous night of protests over police violence against Black people in the summer of 2020.

WASHINGTON - Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings in the summer of 2020. Celebrities and politicians were quick to voice their opinion after the ruling, some standing with the court’s decision, while others expressed their opposition to the ruling. President Joe Biden answered a few questions from reporters in the wake of the verdict, saying he stands by the jury’s decision. He said he had just heard about the verdict."I stand by what the jury has to say.

Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two men and injured another during Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha, Wisc. was acquitted by a jury.

Kyle Rittenhouse, center, enters the courtroom after a break at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 11, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Photo by Sean Krajacic-Pool/Getty Images) KENOSHA, Wis. - The Kenosha County jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of all charges against him.

KENOSHA, Wis. - The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial was to return Friday for a fourth day of deliberations, after a quiet day behind closed doors that ended with one juror asking if she could take home the jury instructions.Thursday's court session was notable largely for Judge Bruce Schroeder banning MSNBC from the courthouse after a freelancer was accused of following the jurors in their bus.Rittenhouse, 18, is on trial for killing two men and wounding a third with a rifle during a turbulent night of protests that erupted in Kenosha in the summer of 2020 after a Black man, Jacob Blake, was shot by a white police officer.Even as the jury weighed the evidence, two mistrial requests from the defense hung over the case, with the

KENOSHA, Wis. - Battered and burned during last year's unrest, Kenosha's uptown neighborhood felt the brunt of the destruction, including the destruction of local businesses, but there's no rush to board up while waiting on a verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.As neighboring businesses went up in flames during unrest in August 2020, Aro Lock and Door Manager Joshua Curtis was stunned to see his shop untouched."I was worried I was coming down here to rubble, essentially, but luckily, we were the one unit on this block that didn't even get a broken window," said Curtis.Some of his uptown colleagues weren't as fortunate.SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News"It was like, half the neighborhood's just gone

KENOSHA, Wis. - Kenosha police say a person that was taken into custody Wednesday evening, Nov. 17 was trying to photograph jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder said in court on Thursday morning, Nov.

KENOSHA, Wis. - The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial began deliberating for a third day Thursday with a new defense request for a mistrial hanging over the politically and racially fraught case.The mistrial bid was sparked by a jury request Wednesday to re-watch video evidence, including drone footage that prosecutors used to try to undermine Rittenhouse’s self-defense claim and portray him as the instigator of the bloodshed in Kenosha in the summer of 2020.Prosecutors said the video showed him pointing his rifle at protesters before the shooting erupted.Kyle Rittenhouse But the defense team said Wednesday that it had received an inferior copy of the potentially critical video from prosecutors, prompting its second mistrial motion in

KENOSHA, WISCONSIN - NOVEMBER 10: Kyle Rittenhouse testifies about Gaige Grosskreutz holding a gun toward him during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 10, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse shot three demonstrators, killing KENOSHA, Wis. - The Kyle Rittenhouse trial has gripped southeast Wisconsin and the rest of the nation for two weeks straight.

Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial Monday dismissed a count of possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18, a misdemeanor that had appeared to be among the likeliest of the charges to net a conviction for prosecutors.The judge then launched into 36 pages of legal instructions to the jury, explaining the charges and the laws of self-defense. After that, the two sides were expected to deliver closing arguments, the final word before the jury was to begin deliberations.Rittenhouse, 18, killed two men and wounded a third in the summer of 2020 during a turbulent protest against racial injustice, in a case that has underscored bitter division in the U.S.

Kyle Rittenhouse, now 18, is on trial for killing two men and wounding a third with a military-style rifle during protests last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin.Before the killings, Kenosha had endured two nights of chaotic protests over the police shooting of a local Black man, Jacob Blake. Several businesses were burned to the ground and there were incidents of looting.

The Kyle Rittenhouse trial was in jeopardy on Wednesday after the teen’s defence lawyers asked for a mistrial over what they argued were out-of-bounds questions asked of him by the chief prosecutor.

Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand on Wednesday in his ongoing trial for multiple murders in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year. Rittenhouse broke down as he described the events of the shooting, in which he is arguing he acted in self-defence.

Kyle Rittenhouse broke down in tears on the witness stand at his murder trial Wednesday as he described how he was being pursued by the first man he shot and killed during a night of turbulent protests in Kenosha.Rittenhouse, now 18, said he was walking toward a Car Source lot with a fire extinguisher to put out a fire when “I hear somebody scream, `Burn in hell!’ And I respond with `Friendly, friendly, friendly!”’ Drone video shows 1st shooting at close range in Kyle Rittenhouse trial He said Joseph Rosenbaum was running at him from one side and another protester with a gun in front of him, “and I was cornered.” He said that’s when he began to run.Rittenhouse began to sob, and the judge called for a break in testimony to allow him to

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KENOSHA, Wis. - The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, accused of shooting and killing two men while injuring a third during Kenosha unrest in August 2020, continued Friday, Nov. 5.During Friday's testimony, family members of the man who owns the car dealership destroyed during the unrest – and where the shootings took place – took the stand.

KENOSHA, Wis. - National attention comes to Kenosha on Monday, Nov. 1 as jury selection gets underway in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse.The jury will ultimately decide if Rittenhouse is guilty of homicide, or if he was acting in self-defense, when he shot three people – killing two – in August 2020.Three hundred people have been summoned for jury duty Monday at 9 a.m.