![]() He pleaded not guilty to all, claiming he shot his victims in self-defense. Kenosha prosecutors also charged him with two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, one count of first-degree reckless homicide, one count of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, one count of possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18, and also for violating curfew. With Fox News personalities hailing him as a hero, and even the then-president defending him, Rittenhouse was charged with first-degree intentional homicide days later. Shortly after that, he shot and killed 26-year-old Anthony Huber, also injuring 26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz. ![]() And when a confrontation broke out, Rittenhouse fired at a group of people appearing to chase him, killing 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum. Rittenhouse - a former police cadet and a Trump supporter with a strong “Blues Lives Matter” social-media presence - told a right-wing media outlet that he was there doing his “job,” though he had taken it upon himself to help guard the car dealership. That week, Kenosha saw sustained protests after local police shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, in the back with his children watching. Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shooting, lived in Antioch, Illinois he crossed state lines, picked up an illegally obtained AR15 rifle from a friend’s stepfather, and embedded with a self-described militia purportedly protecting a local business from demonstrators out after curfew. ![]() After three and a half days of deliberation, a jury acquitted Rittenhouse of all felony counts, including first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide, and two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety. On Friday, a jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of charges he faced for killing two people and shooting another with an AR15 rifle at Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 25, 2020.
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