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Kyle Howard Rittenhouse (born January 3, 2003) is an American man who gained national attention at age 17 for shooting three men in Kenosha, Wisconsin—two fatally—in August 2020, amid protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. He had traveled to Kenosha during the unrest and joined a group of armed people who said they were ...
At the time of the shooting, Kyle Rittenhouse was 17 years old. Kyle's father was living in Kenosha, but Kyle lived with his mother in Antioch, Illinois , a community about 20 driving miles away. [ 31 ] [ 44 ] [ 45 ] Prior to the Kenosha unrest, he had participated in local police cadet programs and expressed support on social media for the ...
At around 11:45 pm, 17-year-old Illinois resident Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed two people and injured a third. [50] Footage of the first shooting was recorded by Drew Hernandez, [53] and that of the second and third shootings was recorded by Brendan Gutenschwager, an independent video journalist. [54]
17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse fatally shot two men and wounded another, using an AR-15 rifle; Rittenhouse claimed self-defense and was found not guilty [15] Waukesha Christmas parade attack: Waukesha: November 21, 2021: 6: Six killed and 62 injured when the perpetrator deliberately hit participants and observers with his SUV at Christmas parade
Thomas C. Binger [1] is an American lawyer and government official who has served in the role of Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney since 2014. [2] [3] He was raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where he attended the local Washington High School. [4]
Trial of Kyle Rittenhouse Bruce Edward Schroeder [ 1 ] (born c. 1946) [ 2 ] is a retired American lawyer and jurist from Kenosha County, Wisconsin . He served forty years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Kenosha County (1983–2023).
Several protests took place outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin during the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse between November 1, 2021, and November 19, 2021. Following Rittenhouse's acquittal on November 19, rioting broke out in Portland, Oregon. Large protests also occurred in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis.
Philosopher Susanna Siegel cites the case as an example of self-defense being mischaracterized as vigilantism, contrasting it with the cases of George Zimmerman and Kyle Rittenhouse. [37] According to Seigel and philosopher Ayanna Spencer, the case is an example of prosecutors using vigilante rhetoric to cast child trafficking victims as ...