Rosenbaum began screaming at him, he said. He said he had been putting out fires and asking people if they needed medical help when he saw Rosenbaum carrying a steel chain and wearing a mask. Rittenhouse testified that Rosenbaum threatened his life twice. He said he felt he wouldn't need it "because I'm going to be helping people." What did Kyle Rittenhouse say about his encounters with Joseph Rosenbaum? He gave his bulletproof vest - which he said was issued by the Grayslake Police Department - to a friend. He took his semi-automatic rifle and first-aid supplies.
He said the owners asked his friend to protect their business, and that he joined his friend and others that night.
He met the owners of a car dealership where vehicles had been burned, offered his "condolences," and said he wanted to help. Two days after the shooting of Jacob Blake, Rittenhouse said he went to downtown Kenosha and volunteered to clean graffiti off a high school. Rittenhouse's lawyers put on about 2 1/2 days of testimony to the prosecution's five, with the most riveting moment coming when the 18-year-old told the jury that he was defending himself from attacks when he used his rifle to kill two men and wound a third on the streets of Kenosha in the summer of 2020. 30 years, 20 years confinement) and first-degree recklessly endangering safety (max. Jurors also considered: Attempted second-degree intentional homicide (max.Pertains to shooting of Gaige Grosskreutz.
Jurors also considered: Attempted second-degree intentional homicide (max. Pertains to shooting of Gaige Grosskreutz
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Kyle Rittenhouse testifies about Gaige Grosskreutz holding a gun toward him during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on Novemin Kenosha, Wisconsin.
READ MORE: Kyle Rittenhouse verdict: Reaction to acquittal on all counts Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder ruled on those lesser charges on Nov. Wisconsin law allows the prosecution and defense to ask that jurors be told they can consider lesser charges as part of the instructions they receive before deliberating. Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, is charged with intentional homicide and other counts for killing Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounding Gaige Grosskreutz. Rittenhouse testified that he acted in self-defense when he fatally shot two protesters and wounded a third during an August 2020 night of unrest in Kenosha following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man. What did Kyle Rittenhouse do to be on trial? Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley said his office respects the jury’s decision, and he asked the public to "accept the verdicts peacefully and not resort to violence."ĭavid Hancock, Kyle Rittenhouse spokesperson, discusses not guilty verdictĭavid Hancock, a family spokesperson for the Rittenhouse family, spoke at length to the media following Rittenhouse's not guilty verdict. Two other charges each carried over 60 years behind bars. Rittenhouse could have gotten life in prison if found guilty on the most serious charge, first-degree intentional homicide, or what some other states call first-degree murder. (Photo by Sean Krajacic - Pool/Getty Images) Rittenhouse, from Antioch, Illinois, claimed self-defense who at the time of the shooting was armed with an assault rifle. Rittenhouse was found not guilty of all charges in the shooting of three demonstrators, killing two of them, during a night of unrest that erupted in Kenosha after a police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back while being arrested in August 2020. KENOSHA, WISCONSIN - NOVEMBER 19: Kyle Rittenhouse puts his hand over his face as he is found not guilty on all counts at the Kenosha County Courthouse on Novemin Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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