Tag Archives: Kyle Rittenhouse

Media Matters has the transcript: MICHAEL SAVAGE (GUEST): I watched the videos very carefully in the closing arguments. This kid, Rittenhouse, showed the most amazing restraint I have ever seen, and the presence of mind of a warrior trained by special forces. He did not open up a machine gun blast. He shot occasionally, one, two, three when he was …

Mediaite reports: Tensions are high outside the Kenosha Courthouse where a jury deliberates the fate of Kyle Rittenhouse, currently on trial after killing two men and wounding a third in August 2020 during riots that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Reporting on the scene, Fox News reporter Alexis McAdams reported that a man was spotted outside the courthouse …

Reuters reports: The jury in the Wisconsin murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse will deliberate for a second day on Wednesday, attempting to reach a consensus on whether to convict or acquit the teenager for killing two men and wounding a third during racial justice protests last year. The jury of 7 women and 5 men from Kenosha, Wisconsin, deliberated for …

CNN reports: Wendy Rittenhouse issued a message on behalf of the Kyle Rittenhouse Defense Fund Tuesday as the jury in her son’s case continued deliberations. “Both the prosecution and my son Kyle’s defense team have finished their closing arguments and I am beyond nervous,” she wrote in the email. In the email, she asked for donations to pay for legal …

CNN reports: The jury in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse will begin deliberations on Tuesday, Judge Bruce Schroeder told the court Monday evening, following a full day of instructions and closing arguments in the case. The panel of 18 jurors — 8 men and 10 women — will be narrowed down to the 12 who will deliberate the case by …

CBS News reports: The judge at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial has dismissed a count of possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18. The charge is only a misdemeanor, but it had appeared to be among the likeliest to net a conviction for prosecutors. There’s no dispute that Rittenhouse was 17 when he carried an AR-style semi-automatic rifle …

NBC News reports: Closing arguments are scheduled to begin Monday in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial, with the case expected to go to the jury soon after. The jury that will decide Kyle Rittenhouse’s fate could be allowed to consider some lesser charges in addition to those prosecutors originally brought against him, after fierce debate by both sides on Friday. Closing …

The Associated Press reports:  The jury that will decide Kyle Rittenhouse’s fate will be allowed to consider some lesser charges in addition to those prosecutors originally brought against him, after fierce debate by both sides on Friday. The arguments over what would be in the jury instructions were contentious at times, with attorneys rehashing debates they had earlier in the …

Media Matters has the transcript: People say that Rittenhouse never should have gone to Kenosha. The dead guys shouldn’t have gone there either. One was a convicted pedophile who again had anally raped a child. Another other was a serial domestic abuser. They should not have been anywhere on a street right? They should have been in jail or in …

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: The defense rested its case Thursday at the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, setting the stage for closing arguments in the shootings that left Americans divided over whether he was a patriot taking a stand against lawlessness or a vigilante. The defense and prosecution asked the judge to hold closing arguments on Monday, and he said …

The Associated Press reports: The murder case against Kyle Rittenhouse was thrown into jeopardy Wednesday when his lawyers asked for a mistrial over what appeared to be out-of-bounds questions asked of Rittenhouse by the chief prosecutor. The judge did not immediately rule on the request. Rittenhouse lawyer Corey Chirafasi all but suggested prosecutors might be deliberately trying to cause a …

The New York Times reports: Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two people and wounded a third during last year’s unrest in Kenosha, Wis., took the witness stand Wednesday morning, a decision that could prove pivotal to the outcome of the closely watched homicide trial. The move is a risky legal calculation for the defense, which has centered its case on …

“This is actually referred to in the Bible. Saint Paul, when he was put on trial in  – I think it’s Caesarea – well, it was over in Palestine — uh, in Israel — he was  accused of some activity. “And he was a Roman citizen, which is not common, but he happened to have been a Roman citizen. So, …

The Daily Beast reports: The judge presiding over the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial in Wisconsin slammed media coverage of the highly-divisive case on Wednesday. “There are people on the media, on reputable sites, that are saying things that are totally bizarre,” Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder said in a sprawling rant after sending the jurors out of the …

The New York Times reports: A jury in Kenosha County was seated in the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse on Monday, an unusually swift process that was completed with a flood of questioning on a single day. A large number of prospective jurors — about 150 people — were summoned on Monday to the Kenosha County Courthouse downtown, a reflection …

The Associated Press reports: A Wisconsin judge laid out the final ground rules Monday on what evidence will be allowed when Kyle Rittenhouse goes on trial next week for shooting three people during a protest against police brutality, ruling he’ll permit testimony from the defense’s use-of-force expert and on how police welcomed Rittenhouse and others carrying guns during the demonstration. …

The Associated Press reports: A man who was shot in the arm by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest last year against police brutality in Wisconsin has filed a federal lawsuit alleging police enabled the violence by allowing an armed militia to have free run of the streets during the demonstration. The filing maintains police knew the militia was there to …

Law & Crime reports: Prosecutors in Wisconsin want jurors to know what admitted Kenosha killer Kyle Rittenhouse said about his gun in the weeks before he shot and killed two people and injured a third in August 2020. “Bro, I wish I had my fucking AR,” the 17-year-old allegedly says on a video some 15 days before the fatal incidents …

ABC News reports: The defense fund for Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager who is accused of fatally shooting two people and injuring a third at a protest sparked by the police shooting of Jacob Blake last August, has raised nearly half a million dollars as Rittenhouse gears up for his trial in November. Rittenhouse’s defense fund said it has raised …

Yahoo News reports: The crowdfunding site GiveSendGo has set up a fundraiser for a Virginia officer after he was fired for donating to Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense fund. Lieutenant William Kelly was fired from the Norfolk, Va., Police Department after it was revealed that he used GiveSendGo to donate $25 to Rittenhouse. “Regardless of how you feel regarding Kyle Rittenhouse, the …