WISCONSIN - Milwaukee, Wisconsin. - It's been a year since Kyle Rittenhouse was charged with killing two people and injuring a third during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after police shot Jacob Blake.
Since then, the case and its protagonists have sparked a constant stream of interest, outrage and propaganda in both mainstream and peripheral conservative media, where he is portrayed as a patriot, a symbol of the right to arms, a hero. self-defense and a boy. -The door next to it.
August events. On February 25, 2020, Rittenhouse, now 18, faces five felonies, misconduct and a curfew. He killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded Gyge Grosskreutz with an AR-15 weapon. His lawyers say he acted in self-defense.
Rittenhouse is also accused of threatening the safety of a Daily Caller reporter who was filming from a nearby location when Rosenbaum was shot and Rittenhouse kicked an unnamed guy.
Then and Now: What Kenosha looks like a year after protests and riots caused chaos.
So what exactly happened in this case? There are many, although there are still several months before the final result.
Kenosha's trial is scheduled to begin on November 1.
When the donations went to Free Kyle, Rittenhouse posted a $ 2 million bond.
After surrendering to local police in Antioch, Illinois, where he was living at the time, Rittenhouse was arrested. During the first months of his arrest, he was held in an Illinois juvenile prison while his lawyers tried to prevent his extradition to Wisconsin.
Rittenhouse was taken to Kenosha County Jail on October 30 after it didn't help.
His legal team and others began asking for contributions to defend him almost immediately after his indictment. 27. Money started to flow from all over the country. Despite spending most of that money in a failed extradition battle, lawyers were able to raise $ 2 million to secure Rittenhouse's release on November 20, 2020.
Since then, Rittenhouse has lived in unknown places in Indiana and Wisconsin. Prosecutors tried to take him into custody for failing to include his exact address on the public trial transcript, but the judge agreed it was a security concern and agreed to keep him under seal. , which only a few officials knew.
Despite a rough start, Rittenhouse fans continue to sell Free Kyle merchandise to raise money to protect it.
How did he get his hands on an assault rifle? Was it legal in Kenosha for him?
Prosecutors say Dominic Black, who was 18, bought a gun at a Wisconsin hardware store in May, but his pal Rittenhouse, who was only 17, was too young to buy one legally. Rittenhouse, who worked as a lifeguard in Kenosha, told the Washington Post he bought a Smith & Wesson M&P 15 rifle for around $ 800, plus the increase in unemployment money he received during the pandemic.
Rittenhouse and Black said they were protecting the dealership from vandalism. Rittenhouse also said anyone injured during the protests will receive first aid.
On the one hand, Wisconsin law explicitly prohibits people under the age of 18 from “arming,” but Rittenhouse's lawyer points to the language of the law that appears to make an exception for 17-year-olds if the weapons they carry are not real. have an illegally short barrel. In September, the court is due to rule on the defense motion to dismiss the charge of possession of a firearm by an 18-year-old minor.
During the preliminary inquiry in December, the court commissioner rejected the defense position on the case.
Dramatic visuals should play an important role in the trial.
Both the prosecution and the defense argue that several videos of the shooting work in their favor. However, as many other cases have shown, even video evidence can be analyzed and interpreted in different ways by the jury.
The video makes it clear that Rittenhouse shot the victims, and he admitted it, but claims to be in self-defense. His previous lawyers have argued that the defense is so clear that the charges are politically motivated.
Only if a person "reasonably believes such action is necessary to prevent imminent death or serious injury to himself" can he legally use lethal force in Wisconsin.
To determine if necessary, the jury can assess whether Rittenhouse could have stepped down or stepped down further. Before shooting Rosenbaum, he obviously ran away. Defenders for Rittenhouse said he was surrounded by protesters and had no choice but to open fire when Rosenbaum attempted to steal his guns.
After being shot in Rosenbaum, he was attacked by others as he walked towards the police. Rittenhouse got up and approached the police with his hands raised after killing Anthony Huber and shooting Geige Grosskreutz in the arm, but they ordered him to get off the road.
Black took him back to Antioch, Illinois, where his mother and sisters lived. He then surrendered to local authorities.
Prosecutors will have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that self-defense is not applicable, that Rittenhouse's assumption that he would be killed or seriously injured was unfounded in the circumstances.
According to Rittenhouse's attorney, he was especially scared when talking to Rosenbaum, because someone shot a pistol right before he decided to shoot.
That man is Joshua Ziminsky, who stood by Rosenbaum shortly before pursuing Rittenhouse and now faces his own charges arising from that night.
Kenosha County District Judge Bruce Schroeder, the state's oldest judge, is reviewing the Rittenhouse case as well as Black, the man accused of supplying the guns to Rittenhouse.
He has been a circuit judge since 1983, making him the oldest circuit judge in the state.
Prosecutors asked Schroeder to arrest Rittenhouse and increase his bail by $ 2 million, but Schroeder refused. Activists demanded the judge's resignation as part of the bail decision, but he refused.
The lawyers' merry-go-round has turned into a spectacle.
From the outset, the story of Rittenhouse's legal team became secondary to this case.
Lyn Wood, an Atlanta-based defamation lawyer, was the first to take over the family, bringing John Pearce, a civil litigation officer from Los Angeles, with a train of personal baggage. According to Wendy Rittenhouse, Kyle's mother, the couple used social media and conservative posts to raise funds, some of which were used to bail out Rittenhouse, but some are still missing.
In February, Wood dropped the Rittenhouse case and the family fired Pierce.
Robert Barnes, an attorney based in Los Angeles, claims to be responsible for civil and public relations at Rittenhouse.
Hearings and motions were handled by Wisconsin criminal defense attorneys Mark Richards and Corey Chirafisi, who will side with Rittenhouse at the trial.
So far, the case has been handled by Deputy Prosecutors Thomas Binger and Jason Zapf of Kenosha County. However, since Zapf recently stepped down, another prosecutor is likely to work with Binger in the future.
Do you want a conversation? Yes. How is it going? Me dai cest excéllant, it is hot.
Prosecutors wanted to provide proof that Rittenhouse went to lunch with the other Proud Boys after the January hearing and then to Miami, where he was picked up at the airport by Enrique Tarrio, the group's commander, according to The New Yorker. .
Rittenhouse supporters claim he was not affiliated with the Proud Boys or any militia group, and simply went to Kenosha with a friend to protect the auto store from further vandalism .
August On February 25, 2021, Schroeder must also decide on protective measures to dismiss the allegation that Rittenhouse illegally carried a weapon as a minor.
Is it possible that Rittenhouse acted in self-defense?
Rittenhouse supporters cite the footage as evidence that he acted in self-defense and should not have been charged. According to a former lawyer, this case is the most important in the history of Anglo-American law, concerning self-defense and the Second Amendment.
Prosecutors, on the other hand, saw the same footage as evidence of reckless murder, including an attempted and successful premeditated murder.
Joseph Rosenbaum, Rittenhouse's first victim, pursued Rittenhouse but was unarmed. Anthony Huber, her second victim, attacked Rittenhouse and hit him with a skateboard, while Gyge Grosskreutz, her third victim, was armed with a gun as she approached Rittenhouse.
The prosecutor's office must convince the jury that Rittenhouse was not afraid for his life when he shot the men.
In Wisconsin, a person can use force to stop "unlawful interference with himself that he reasonably considers unlawful."
It was only if Rittenhouse "reasonably believed" that this was the only way to prevent his death or grievous bodily harm that he could use lethal force.
If prosecutors can convince the jury that Rittenhouse instigated further attacks by walking around with a rifle and then shooting Rosenbaum, he must show not only that he reasonably believed he was in danger of being killed or seriously injured, but also that he had exhausted all other reasonable means to avoid or avoid this danger.
Since then, the case and its protagonists have sparked a constant stream of interest, outrage and propaganda in both mainstream and peripheral conservative media, where he is portrayed as a patriot, a symbol of the right to arms, a hero. self-defense and a boy. -The door next to it.
August events. On February 25, 2020, Rittenhouse, now 18, faces five felonies, misconduct and a curfew. He killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded Gyge Grosskreutz with an AR-15 weapon. His lawyers say he acted in self-defense.
Rittenhouse is also accused of threatening the safety of a Daily Caller reporter who was filming from a nearby location when Rosenbaum was shot and Rittenhouse kicked an unnamed guy.
Then and Now: What Kenosha looks like a year after protests and riots caused chaos.
So what exactly happened in this case? There are many, although there are still several months before the final result.
Kenosha's trial is scheduled to begin on November 1.
When the donations went to Free Kyle, Rittenhouse posted a $ 2 million bond.
After surrendering to local police in Antioch, Illinois, where he was living at the time, Rittenhouse was arrested. During the first months of his arrest, he was held in an Illinois juvenile prison while his lawyers tried to prevent his extradition to Wisconsin.
Rittenhouse was taken to Kenosha County Jail on October 30 after it didn't help.
His legal team and others began asking for contributions to defend him almost immediately after his indictment. 27. Money started to flow from all over the country. Despite spending most of that money in a failed extradition battle, lawyers were able to raise $ 2 million to secure Rittenhouse's release on November 20, 2020.
Since then, Rittenhouse has lived in unknown places in Indiana and Wisconsin. Prosecutors tried to take him into custody for failing to include his exact address on the public trial transcript, but the judge agreed it was a security concern and agreed to keep him under seal. , which only a few officials knew.
Despite a rough start, Rittenhouse fans continue to sell Free Kyle merchandise to raise money to protect it.
How did he get his hands on an assault rifle? Was it legal in Kenosha for him?
Prosecutors say Dominic Black, who was 18, bought a gun at a Wisconsin hardware store in May, but his pal Rittenhouse, who was only 17, was too young to buy one legally. Rittenhouse, who worked as a lifeguard in Kenosha, told the Washington Post he bought a Smith & Wesson M&P 15 rifle for around $ 800, plus the increase in unemployment money he received during the pandemic.
Rittenhouse and Black said they were protecting the dealership from vandalism. Rittenhouse also said anyone injured during the protests will receive first aid.
On the one hand, Wisconsin law explicitly prohibits people under the age of 18 from “arming,” but Rittenhouse's lawyer points to the language of the law that appears to make an exception for 17-year-olds if the weapons they carry are not real. have an illegally short barrel. In September, the court is due to rule on the defense motion to dismiss the charge of possession of a firearm by an 18-year-old minor.
During the preliminary inquiry in December, the court commissioner rejected the defense position on the case.
Dramatic visuals should play an important role in the trial.
Both the prosecution and the defense argue that several videos of the shooting work in their favor. However, as many other cases have shown, even video evidence can be analyzed and interpreted in different ways by the jury.
The video makes it clear that Rittenhouse shot the victims, and he admitted it, but claims to be in self-defense. His previous lawyers have argued that the defense is so clear that the charges are politically motivated.
Only if a person "reasonably believes such action is necessary to prevent imminent death or serious injury to himself" can he legally use lethal force in Wisconsin.
To determine if necessary, the jury can assess whether Rittenhouse could have stepped down or stepped down further. Before shooting Rosenbaum, he obviously ran away. Defenders for Rittenhouse said he was surrounded by protesters and had no choice but to open fire when Rosenbaum attempted to steal his guns.
After being shot in Rosenbaum, he was attacked by others as he walked towards the police. Rittenhouse got up and approached the police with his hands raised after killing Anthony Huber and shooting Geige Grosskreutz in the arm, but they ordered him to get off the road.
Black took him back to Antioch, Illinois, where his mother and sisters lived. He then surrendered to local authorities.
Prosecutors will have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that self-defense is not applicable, that Rittenhouse's assumption that he would be killed or seriously injured was unfounded in the circumstances.
According to Rittenhouse's attorney, he was especially scared when talking to Rosenbaum, because someone shot a pistol right before he decided to shoot.
That man is Joshua Ziminsky, who stood by Rosenbaum shortly before pursuing Rittenhouse and now faces his own charges arising from that night.
Kenosha County District Judge Bruce Schroeder, the state's oldest judge, is reviewing the Rittenhouse case as well as Black, the man accused of supplying the guns to Rittenhouse.
He has been a circuit judge since 1983, making him the oldest circuit judge in the state.
Prosecutors asked Schroeder to arrest Rittenhouse and increase his bail by $ 2 million, but Schroeder refused. Activists demanded the judge's resignation as part of the bail decision, but he refused.
The lawyers' merry-go-round has turned into a spectacle.
From the outset, the story of Rittenhouse's legal team became secondary to this case.
Lyn Wood, an Atlanta-based defamation lawyer, was the first to take over the family, bringing John Pearce, a civil litigation officer from Los Angeles, with a train of personal baggage. According to Wendy Rittenhouse, Kyle's mother, the couple used social media and conservative posts to raise funds, some of which were used to bail out Rittenhouse, but some are still missing.
In February, Wood dropped the Rittenhouse case and the family fired Pierce.
Robert Barnes, an attorney based in Los Angeles, claims to be responsible for civil and public relations at Rittenhouse.
Hearings and motions were handled by Wisconsin criminal defense attorneys Mark Richards and Corey Chirafisi, who will side with Rittenhouse at the trial.
So far, the case has been handled by Deputy Prosecutors Thomas Binger and Jason Zapf of Kenosha County. However, since Zapf recently stepped down, another prosecutor is likely to work with Binger in the future.
Do you want a conversation? Yes. How is it going? Me dai cest excéllant, it is hot.
Prosecutors wanted to provide proof that Rittenhouse went to lunch with the other Proud Boys after the January hearing and then to Miami, where he was picked up at the airport by Enrique Tarrio, the group's commander, according to The New Yorker. .
Rittenhouse supporters claim he was not affiliated with the Proud Boys or any militia group, and simply went to Kenosha with a friend to protect the auto store from further vandalism .
August On February 25, 2021, Schroeder must also decide on protective measures to dismiss the allegation that Rittenhouse illegally carried a weapon as a minor.
Is it possible that Rittenhouse acted in self-defense?
Rittenhouse supporters cite the footage as evidence that he acted in self-defense and should not have been charged. According to a former lawyer, this case is the most important in the history of Anglo-American law, concerning self-defense and the Second Amendment.
Prosecutors, on the other hand, saw the same footage as evidence of reckless murder, including an attempted and successful premeditated murder.
Joseph Rosenbaum, Rittenhouse's first victim, pursued Rittenhouse but was unarmed. Anthony Huber, her second victim, attacked Rittenhouse and hit him with a skateboard, while Gyge Grosskreutz, her third victim, was armed with a gun as she approached Rittenhouse.
The prosecutor's office must convince the jury that Rittenhouse was not afraid for his life when he shot the men.
In Wisconsin, a person can use force to stop "unlawful interference with himself that he reasonably considers unlawful."
It was only if Rittenhouse "reasonably believed" that this was the only way to prevent his death or grievous bodily harm that he could use lethal force.
If prosecutors can convince the jury that Rittenhouse instigated further attacks by walking around with a rifle and then shooting Rosenbaum, he must show not only that he reasonably believed he was in danger of being killed or seriously injured, but also that he had exhausted all other reasonable means to avoid or avoid this danger.
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