VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote, How a baffling census delay is hurting Indians, How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. All but one juror appeared to be white, with one man apparently a person of color. The now 18-year-old was on trial for shooting three men, and killing two of them during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Today in 2014, Officer Timothy Loehmann murdered 12-year-old #TamirRice while he was playing with a toy gun.As a contrast to what we are witnessing today, Kyle Rittenhouse had a charge of possession of a dangerous weapon dropped although there is video & camera footage. [69][70] The video game, which features a cartoon Rittenhouse holding a bright orange gun with the aim of shooting turkeys that represent the media, has no stated release date. Mr Rittenhouse also said he thought "there's a lot of prosecutorial misconduct, not just in my case but in other cases. Kyle Rittenhouse is a product of both the racist justice system, and the society that enables it. "[45] Rittenhouse, his mother, and Trump met at Mar-a-Lago, the same day the Tucker Carlson Tonight interview aired on November 22, 2021. I was just attacked. "But I do not agree that people have the right to burn down, I don't appreciate that people are burning down American cities to try to spread their message. I support the BLM movement and peacefully demonstrating.. [72] In response, Arizona House Representative Paul Gosar tweeted he would arm-wrestle Gaetz for the chance to have Rittenhouse as an intern. Here & Nows Robin Young speaks with author and historian Ibram X Kendi, founding director of Boston Universitys Center for Antiracist Research. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. PublishedNovember 22, 2021 at 1:20 PM EST. [77] Taylor Greene said, "Kyle Rittenhouse deserves to be remembered as a hero who defended his community, protected businesses, and acted lawfully in the face of lawlessness. Sign up for our morning newsletter to get all of our stories delivered to your mailbox each weekday. A Texas brewery has called the influx of threats it has received crazy after it cancelled an event with Kyle Rittenhouse.. So I want to hold them accountable for what they did to me, because I don't want to see anybody have to go through what I went through. Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with author and historian Ibram X Kendi, founding director of Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research. 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He killed two men during racial unrest in [21][22][23][24][25] Public sentiment and media coverage of the shootings was polarized and politicized, with an Economist/YouGov poll finding that two-thirds of Republicans thought Rittenhouse should be acquitted while three-quarters of Democrats thought he should be convicted. Gun rights groups and supporters of former President Trump are celebrating the Rittenhouse acquittal. Kyle Rittenhouse on Tuesday randomly selected the seven women and five men who will decide whether he should be held criminally responsible for gunning down two men during a social justice protest in Wisconsin last year. It's renewed this debate over exactly who is allowed to possess guns and then proclaim self-defence when they kill someone. [81] The meeting was held at the Conservative Partnership Institute in Washington D.C. Caucus members who were present included Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Andrew Clyde (R-GA) and Byron Donalds (R-FL). 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I'm proud to file this legislation to award Kyle Rittenhouse a Congressional Gold Medal. Information about your device and internet connection, like your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Yahoo websites and apps. Fans of Rittenhouse have continued to sell clothing with his image following the trial. At his trial in November 2021, a jury found Rittenhouse not guilty of murder and other charges after he testified that he acted in self-defense. Rittenhouse was armed with an AR-15 style rifle and had joined a group of armed citizens in Kenosha who had said they were there to protect local businesses. [49] During the panel, Rittenhouse said, "I think my trial was an example of them trying to come after our Second Amendment rights, our right to defend ourselves and trying to take our weapons. [2] His parents separated by 2014. He has also been charged with attempted intentional homicide in the shooting of Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, a paramedic from suburban Milwaukee. [6][7], On August 25, 2020, when he was 17, Rittenhouse shot three men during the civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin that followed the shooting of a black man, Jacob Blake, by a police officer. Nia Tipton is a writer living in Brooklyn. I believe there needs to be change.". Gun rights groups and supporters of former President Trump are celebrating the Rittenhouse acquittal. 2023byTango Publishing Corporation All Rights Reserved. The trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery had vastly different outcomes. "No black teenager who kills two people and leaves one seriously injured, would be treated, no matter what the law says about self-defence, like Rittenhouse. "[81], In January 2023, a Texas brewery cancelled an anti-censorship rally it was to host featuring Rittenhouse, citing concerns by local patrons and a conflict with its own values. In December 2018, Rittenhouse started a fundraiser through Facebook for Humanizing the Badge, a nonprofit. The Kenosha jury was picked from a pool of 18 people who sat through two weeks of testimony and arguments in a case that has drawn national attention and sparked debates over gun rights and race. An unarmed Black teenager can be profiled as being a threat just for walking down the street wearing a hoodie, and carrying a can of Arizona and a pack of Skittles. He had faced five charges, including intentional homicide. US teen gunman takes stand in his own defence, Ukrainian ministers killed in helicopter crash, 'I saw a burning helicopter circling': 14 killed in Ukraine crash, Maximum two drinks a week, Canada guidance advises. He was 17 when he brought a semi-automatic rifle and a medical kit to Kenosha in what he said was an effort to protect businesses as riots broke out over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man who was left paralyzed from the waist down, on Aug. 23. [52] He denied being a racist, domestic terrorist, or white supremacist, saying he had been attacked by those who described him in these terms. He was allowed to stand a trial and cry in front of an all-white jury and subsequently white America. Few US trials in recent years have generated such acrimony. [78] A modified version of the bill passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee with a majority Republican party-line 73 vote in February 2022. [94][95] A Blinn College spokesperson confirmed Rittenhouse had applied, but had "not enrolled for a current or upcoming term. Rittenhouse, of nearby Antioch, Illinois, reached into the brown tumbler and pulled out six pieces of paper, one at a time. I believe theres a lot of prosecutorial misconduct, not just in my case but in other cases, he said. 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