Rita Ora flashes her taut abs in a bra top as she shares first update since arriving back in Australia with husband Taika Waititi His actions remain controversial, and many venues where Rittenhouse has been scheduled to speak have ended up cancelling his appearance amid protest. He is selling a video game, where players can open fire at 'fake news' turkeys. In the year since his acquittal, Rittenhouse has sought to capitalize on his 'fame', launching a YouTube channel for gun fanatics, and embarking on a speaking tour. His trial was closely watched nationwide, and the jury ultimately acquitted Rittenhouse, accepting that he acted in self defense. Rittenhouse became a hero for conservatives, but was called a murderer by the left. He shot and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, who was carrying a pistol. He killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26. When the rioting escalated, Rittenhouse was attacked, and responded by opening fire into the crowd. Rittenhouse, who had long idolized police, ran around town in what he saw as a law enforcement role. He was not legally allowed to carry a rifle, but did so. Rittenhouse travelled to Kenosha, Wisconsin from his home in Illinois to 'protect' local businesses, after Black Lives Matter protests turned ugly. The trial, which has generated national attention, is trending on Twitter with people responding to the jury’s verdict.Rittenhouse is seen on January 24, 2022, on the set of conservative Candace Owens's chat show Protesters, some seen with megaphones, have gathered outside the Kenosha County Courthouse. Tony Evers sent 500 Wisconsin National Guard troops to Kenosha to be on standby as of Tuesday pending the jury’s verdict. He then hugged one of his lawyers, who told the shaking teenager to “breathe,” The New York Post reported. The jury reached their “not guilty” verdict on the fourth day of the closely watched deliberations and Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges.įollowing the reading of his verdict, Rittenhouse broke down in tears and collapsed in his seat. “You cannot claim self-defense against a danger you create,” Binger told jurors, adding that Rittenhouse had “brought a gun to a fistfight.” However, prosecutor Thomas Binger argued during closing statements on Monday that Rittenhouse enjoyed the “thrill of going around and telling people what to do, without the courage or the honor to back it up and without the legal authority to do so.” “I didn’t think I would have to use the gun and end up defending myself.” “I brought the gun for my protection,” Rittenhouse testified. He also severely wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, an armed paramedic who was treating protestors that night, CNBC noted. His lawyers claimed he acted in self-defense when he killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26. The Illinois teenager, who also faced two counts of recklessly endangering safety, was carrying a small medical kit and an AR-15-style rifle the night of the shooting. 25, 2020, during protests over the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white police officer. Rittenhouse, 18, faced charges of reckless, intentional and attempted homicide for his actions the night of Aug. A nearly all-white Wisconsin jury on Friday found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges in the killing of two men and the shooting of another during a Kenosha protest in 2020.
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