The attorneys for Rittenhouse also alleged that the prosecutors interfered with Rittenhouse's right to remain silent and that Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger tried to introduce information already ruled inadmissible at a pretrial hearing, reported The Washington Examiner. Rittenhouse also gave emotional testimony in which he claimed he was surrounded and physically attacked by a group of people that included his victims.Īmid final arguments, the defense filed a motion for a mistrial with prejudice, claiming that the prosecution failed to provide important video evidence taken from a drone. The prosecution portrayed Rittenhouse as a dangerous vigilante, while the defense argued that the teenager had acted in self-defense and was trying to protect a local business from rioters.ĭuring the trial, Grosskreutz acknowledged during cross examination that he pointed a gun at Rittenhouse before he was fired upon, which many viewed as strengthening the defense’s argument. Judge Bruce Schroeder of the Kenosha County Circuit Court, who oversaw the case, dismissed two other charges against Rittenhouse, specifically possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor and failure to comply with an emergency order from the government.
Rittenhouse was charged with first-degree reckless homicide for Rosenbaum’s death, first-degree intentional homicide for Huber’s death and attempted first-degree homicide in shooting Grosskreutz. The rioting, which had destroyed numerous businesses in the city, followed the non-fatal shooting of African American Jacob Blake by police earlier in the month. 25, 2020 then-17-year-old Rittenhouse fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz in Kenosha. Rittenhouse became visibly emotional as the not guilty verdict was read, with the judge thanking the jurors for their service and telling them that they were not obligated to speak to the press. In a verdict reached Friday, a jury of seven women and five men found the 18-year-old not guilty on all charges put against him regarding his actions in August 2020.
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Kyle Rittenhouse puts his hand over his face as he is found not guilty on all counts at the Kenosha County Courthouse on Novemin Kenosha, Wisconsin.Sean Krajacic - Pool/Getty Images) | Getty Images/Sean Krajacic - PoolĪ jury has found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of homicide and attempted homicide charges for the fatal shooting of two individuals, plus wounding another, in self-defense during violent riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year.