#KYLE RITTENHOUSE FOUND NOT GUILTY TRIAL#
Prosecutors called 22 witnesses over the trial to demonstrate that Rittenhouse acted recklessly during the incident, arguing that Rittenhouse instigated the confrontation by first pointing a rifle at Rosenbaum. Rittenhouse’s actions came during a protest against police brutality that was intended as a response to the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black father who was left partially paralyzed after a white officer fired at him in front of his children. Justice Department said it didn't have enough evidence to prove Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey used excessive force against Blake.Last summer, Rittenhouse, a teenager from Antioch, Ill., used a semi-automatic rifle to shoot three men, killing Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounding Gaige Grosskreutz during an altercation in Kenosha, Wis. He also called for people to refrain from rioting, regardless of the verdict.īlake's shooting sparked further outrage during a summer marked by waves of protests against racial injustice. In an interview released by TMZ Thursday, Blake said he expected Rittenhouse to get off easy because of White privilege.
The 2020 protests in Kenosha where the shootings took place concerned Jacob Blake, an African American man who was left paralyzed after being shot by police. He said he did not intentionally point a handgun he was carrying at Rittenhouse during the confrontation. Grosskreutz, a paramedic from Milwaukee, had attended dozens of Black Lives Matter protests and gave key testimony during the trial. Videos played during the trial showed Rosenbaum throwing a plastic bag at Rittenhouse. "This justice system has once again showcased that there is a system within the system that consistently slaps 'other' communities on the wrist and sentences Black communities to profiling and despair," he said on Twitter.ĭuring four days of deliberations, the jury sent five notes asking the court for images and videos used in the trial.ĭuring the trial, Kariann Swart, Rosenbaum's fiancée, testified that they met in 2019 while they were homeless and living in a hotel, She told jurors Rosenbaum had recently been discharged from a hospital in Milwaukee and was carrying papers, socks, deodorant, a toothbrush and toothpaste in a plastic bag. NAACP President Derrick Johnson called the verdict a failure of the system. To call this a miscarriage of justice is an understatement." "The only reason they're not is because a violent, dangerous man chose to take a gun across state lines and start shooting people. They should be alive today," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted. "Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum are victims. Gaetz suggested Rittenhouse would make a good intern. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., celebrated the verdict.
Some conservative members of Congress, including Reps. "I hope everyone can accept the verdict, remain peaceful and let the community of Kenosha heal and rebuild." "I believe justice has been served in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial," U.S. Progressives have said Rittenhouse's case was emblematic of White privilege, unequal justice and problematic gun laws. We hope that decent people will join us in forcefully rejecting that message and demanding more of our laws, our officials and our justice system."ĭuring the politically divisive trial, Rittenhouse became a folk hero among conservatives who said he stood up to the unrest during last year's protests. "It sends the unacceptable message that armed civilians can show up in any town, incite violence, and then use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street. "Today's verdict means there is no accountability for the person who murdered our son," they said in a statement. Karen Bloom and John Huber, Anthony Huber's parents, said the verdict left them "heartbroken and angry," the Chicago Tribune reported. I wish they could have the same empathy for us and realize that all of us have been crying probably a lot worse than that." He's a kid and as a mother myself, it's difficult to watch your child go through things like that. "I don't think anybody there that night was not traumatized," she said. She also expressed sympathy for Rittenhouse. Hannah Gittings, the girlfriend of the slain Huber, told WISN 12 News earlier in the week that waiting for the verdict had been stressful. RELATED Judge, prosecutor clash during Kyle Rittenhouse trial defense rests
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