BREAKING NEWS: Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all charges in the 2020 fatal shooting of two men during protests in Kenosha, Wisc.
A Wisconsin jury on Friday found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges in the fatal shooting of two men during protests in Kenosha nearly 15 months ago.
Rittenhouse, 18, from nearby Antioch, Illinois, was charged with reckless homicide in the slaying of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and intentional homicide in the death of Anthony Huber, 26, on Aug. 25, 2020, during protests overBlake was paralyzed from the waist down. The shooting led to days of at times violent protests in Kenosha and across the country. Rittenhouse and other armed men said they went to Kenosha to protect private property during the protest.
, a 27-year-old paramedic from suburban Milwaukee who was there that night volunteering his medical services. Rittenhouse was also acquitted on two counts of recklessly endangering safety. He attempted to shoot an unknown person, known in court as “jump kick man,” who tried kicking the defendant in the face and prosecutors said Rittenhouse could have wounded another man when he opened fire on Rosenbaum.
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