Jury in Rittenhouse murder trial to deliberate for third day in
Wisconsin court
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[November 18, 2021]
By Nathan Layne
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - Jurors in the
Wisconsin murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse will deliberate for a third
day on Thursday, picking up after they reviewed a series of videos of
the teenager killing two men and wounding a third during racial justice
protests last year.
Rittenhouse, 18, is charged with killing Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and
Anthony Huber, 26, and attempted homicide in the wounding of Gaige
Grosskreutz, 28, during a chaotic night of protests in Kenosha,
Wisconsin, on Aug. 25, 2020.
The jury of 7 women and 5 men has so far spent roughly 14 hours weighing
two weeks of testimony, which included considerable evidence in support
of Rittenhouse's assertion that he used his weapon after being attacked.
He faces life in prison if convicted on the most serious charge.
For the last hour on Wednesday, the jury re-watched videos in evidence,
including drone footage of the Rosenbaum shooting and videos of the
subsequent shootings of Huber and Grosskreutz and the attempted shooting
of an unidentified male.
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Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, has pleaded not
guilty and testified last week that he fired his weapon in self defense.
He said Rosenbaum, the first person he shot that night, grabbed the
barrel of his gun.
Defense lawyers made a new request for a mistrial on Wednesday, saying
prosecutors withheld the high-definition version of a drone video in
evidence and enhanced it in order to portray Rittenhouse as a threat.
Prosecutors denied the defense's allegation.
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Kyle Rittenhouse looks back as attorneys discuss items in the motion
for mistrial presented by his defense at the Kenosha County
Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 17, 2021. Sean
Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS
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The shootings took place in Kenosha during protests -
marred by arson, rioting and looting - that followed the police
shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed from
the waist down.
The trial has emerged as the most closely watched case involving a
civilian's right to self-defense since George Zimmerman was
acquitted in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black
teenager, in 2013. Like Zimmerman, Rittenhouse has become a
polarizing figure, viewed as heroic by some conservatives who favor
expansive gun rights and as a symbol of a reckless American gun
culture by many on the left.
(Reporting by Nathan Layne; editing by Grant McCool)
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