Susan Hughes, a great-aunt of one of the men killed by Kyle Rittenhouse, spoke about her great-nephew on Weekend TODAY, a day after a verdict was announced in Rittenhouse's trial.
"None of them deserve the treatment they've received on the wild web, and frankly from some of the national media, who have different political views," Hughes said."I want Anthony to be remembered as a person who really was just trying to get on with his life after some early difficult years, and was making real, real progress in that regard.
"In some of the photos of Anthony, you see he's wearing a cap and it has the word 'bacon' on it," Hughes began."When his grandmother was very ill ... Anthony had a marvelous sense of humor ... He asked his grandmother, 'If you believe in reincarnation, what do you want to come back? What animal do you want to be?' And she said 'A warm, fuzzy bunny. I just want to be cuddled in the next life, I don't want any pain.
While Rittenhouse was found not guilty of all charges, Huber's family is still involved in legal battles related to his shooting. The family filed a federal civil lawsuit against Kenosha law enforcement in August 2021, alleging thatThe federal lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages,and names Kenosha law enforcement officials including the county's sheriff, the city's former and acting police chiefs, and other unnamed officers.
“The police are supposed to serve and protect,” John Huber said in a statement obtained by the AP at the time. “But that’s not what the Kenosha police did. They walked away from their duties and turned over the streets of Kenosha to Kyle Rittenhouse and other armed vigilantes. If they had done their job, my son would still be alive today.”
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