A judge dropped felony charges linked to the purchase of an AR-15-style rifle.
Using videos verified by ABC News, we tracked Kyle Rittenhouse’s actions the night of Aug. 25, 2020, two nights after Jacob Blake’s shooting sparked protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.the AR-15-style rifle he used as a 17-year-old to shoot three people, two fatally, during a 2020 protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, pleaded no contest on Monday to contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Black agreed to plead no contest to a non-criminal county ordinance citation of contributing to the delinquency of a minor stemming from his purchase of the semiautomatic weapon. Rittenhouse claimed he used the gun in self-defense when he fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and severely wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, 27.Dominick Black looks at a group photograph including himself, Kyle Rittenhouse and others, held by Assistant D.A.
Just hours before closing arguments in the high-profile case, Judge Bruce Schroeder threw out a misdemeanor charge against Rittenhouse of being a minor in possession of a dangerous weapon. Rittenhouse's attorneys cited an exception in Wisconsin law that allows minors to possess shotguns and rifles as long as they’re not short-barreled."I do believe it is a serious offense to purchase a firearm for someone who is not legally able to do so.
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