[92] Non-degree seeking students at ASU go through a "modified admissions process" instead of the full admissions process for degree-seeking students. Kyle Howard Rittenhouse (born January 3, 2003) is an American known for shooting three men, two fatally, during the civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020 when he was 17 years old. Rittenhouse insisted under cross-examination that he had no other choice than to defend himself and claimed the protesters were a threat to his life. "[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. Perhaps it was inevitable that the judge would become a focus in such a high-profile, nationally televised trial, but the unusual American tradition of electing judges has made a delicate political situation even more fraught. Rittenhouse's likeness has been used by fans to sell products, especially T-shirts. The then-17-year-old, armed with an AR-15, had gone to an anti-police brutality protest, flaunting his gun and repeatedly walking past police officers who did absolutely nothing to stop him. [74] In response to Gaetz, Gosar, and Cawthorn offering the internships, Missouri House representative Cori Bush called for their expulsion, tweeting "Not only do these members fuel violence. Kyle Rittenhouse walks during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 19, 2021. He killed two men during racial unrest in [2] His parents separated by 2014. [10][11][12] Rittenhouse fled and was pursued by a crowd. I'm proud to file this legislation to award Kyle Rittenhouse a Congressional Gold Medal. Thank you! [5] He got a part-time job as a lifeguard at the YMCA in Lindenhurst, but was furloughed in March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic began. [35], Carlson of Fox News held an exclusive interview with Rittenhouse for Tucker Carlson Tonight immediately following his acquittal. "[54][55] Rittenhouse said using his image and linking him to white supremacy was "actual malice, defaming my character, for him to say something like that. 2023 BBC. What happened in the Ukraine helicopter crash? Read about our approach to external linking. He was allowed to claim self-defense and to be acquitted of all charges without being labeled a terrorist. A jury cleared Rittenhouse of charges of homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangerment on Friday in the deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and the wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, on Aug. 25, 2020. Black Lives Matter protesters outside the court say it is "white privilege" that has allowed the teenager to even have a fair trial. Kyle Rittenhouse's case has become a flashpoint in the highly polarised debate over gun rights in the US. Here & Nows Robin Young speaks with author and historian Ibram X Kendi, founding director of Boston Universitys Center for Antiracist Research. Rittenhouse was 17 when he joined other armed people who said they were protecting private property in Kenosha during the Aug. 25, 2020, social justice protest following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man. A Texas brewery has called the influx of threats it has received crazy after it cancelled an event with Kyle Rittenhouse.. Please consult your doctor before taking any action. Kyle Rittenhouse said he isn't a racist and that he supports the Black Lives Matter movement in a sneak peek of his interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson. Black people around the country have started asking the question on what would have happened if Kyle Rittenhouse had been Black? Some leaned from windows to shout "Free Kyle!" He was being chased by a group of people when he fired the fatal shots. We were unable to subscribe you to WBUR Today. I was just attacked. Inside the courtroom, the 18-year-old was visibly shaking as he heard the jury clear him of all five charges, including intentional homicide. His rulings to drop the illegal firearm charge and saying the men Mr Rittenhouse shot could not be called "victims" were criticised by many on the left. Rittenhouse breaks down after being found not guilty on all charges 01:31 Classified documents found at Biden private office. Rittenhouse, who was acquitted on all charges after shooting two men and wounding another during a civil unrest that followed in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake at the hands of a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin last summer. [51] He also appeared on The Jenna Ellis Show, hosted by former Trump staffer Jenna Ellis. 7 reasons Kyle Rittenhouse's self-defense argument succeeded in getting him acquitted of all charges. You have been subscribed to WBUR Today. Its hard not to think about the Kalief Browders, the Breonna Taylors, the George Floyds, the Trayvon Martins, and the endless list of Black people in this country who werent granted the same privilege. [53] The BBC wrote the video "appeared to link Rittenhouse, without any evidence, to white supremacists. [34] A picture of the two released on November 22, 2021, went viral on social media. [66] In January 2022, Rittenhouse spokesman David Hancock said Rittenhouse was considering writing a book chronicling his "unorthodox journey into adulthood". Arabs and Muslim Americans are the victims of xenophobia and are viewed as terrorists because of where they come from. [37] He also said that he supported the Black Lives Matter movement and "peacefully demonstrating". pic.twitter.com/Hvwd6zukKm. Kyle Rittenhouse's acquittal hinged on the specific details of Wisconsin's self-defence laws, taking into account Mr Rittenhouse's state of mind at the moment of shootings. Rittenhouse shot and killed two men and severely wounded a third in confrontations that he claims were acts of self-defense. Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges against him Friday. [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. Kyle Howard Rittenhouse (born January 3, 2003) is an American man known for shooting three men, two fatally, during the civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020 when he was 17 years old. [64], The week following Rittenhouse's acquittal, the Saddle River Range gun store in Conroe, Texas held a "not guilty" sale and the owner posted a photo of Rittenhouse with a gun on their Instagram page. Who was Ukrainian minister Denys Monastyrsky? So it just shows how much of a man he is to not sit down and talk. "[84][85], Rittenhouse's announcement drew a comparison by The Tennessee Star to Nicholas Sandmann, a Covington Catholic High School student from Kentucky who became known for the January 2019 Lincoln Memorial confrontation. Its being able to avoid the highest punishment of the law just because of white male tears and the unwarranted power behind them. He was allowed to stand a trial and cry in front of an all-white jury and subsequently white America. [93] By the next month, he had withdrawn. [57], Right-wing memes using Rittenhouse's image have spread on social media. He had faced five charges, including intentional homicide. [50], Rittenhouse has been a guest on several podcasts, including the Blaze Media project You Are Here, hosted by Elijah Schaffer and Sydney Watson, where Rittenhouse said going to protests was "not the best idea". It's renewed this debate over exactly who is allowed to possess guns and then proclaim self-defence when they kill someone. He is praised by a country that holds favoritism for white vigilantism, and that in itself proves that his case has always been about race. The first occurred when Joseph Rosenbaum tried to grab Mr Rittenhouse's gun, the next two after two men - one of whom was armed - confronted Mr Rittenhouse following Rosenbaum's shooting. Americans react to Kyle Rittenhouses full acquittal. Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges against him Friday. A day before closing arguments in the Rittenhouse trial, Judge Bruce Schroeder ordered that one of the charges - that Mr Rittenhouse violated a state law prohibiting a person under 18 from possessing a "dangerous weapon" - be dropped because the rifle Mr Rittenhouse was carrying wasn't prohibited to him. 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. He has two siblings, an older sister and a younger sister. Two nights before he turned up in Kenosha last year, saying he wanted to help protect businesses amid rioting, police had shot an armed black man, Jacob Blake, in the back, leaving him paralysed. The high-profile case created debate over whether Rittenhouse used his legal right to use weapons during the violence in Kenosha or whether he was a dangerous vigilante who escalated the tension. Even his choice of mobile phone ringtone, the patriotic anthem God Bless the USA - a staple of Donald Trump rallies in recent years - made headlines as possible evidence of his political proclivities. 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[52] On that show, he expressed fear of harassment and said he was afraid to run errands. [2][4] He expressed interest in law enforcement through publicly-viewable social media posts. But after the Southern Star Brewery in Conroe, Texas, learned that Rittenhouse was going to be featured at the event, Race is not central to this case, but for one man it is. Rittenhouse, now 18, isaccused of intentional homicidein the slaying ofAnthony Huber, 26, and reckless homicide in the death of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36. The Rittenhouse trial has once again highlighted laws restricting gun possession and use in America that varies widely by state and local jurisdiction. I'm glad there are still good people out there to make sure garbage humans like Kyle Rittenhouse don't get a platform to profit from being a murderous thug. Sense of injustice lingers after Seoul Halloween crush, Chess gets a risqu makeover. Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) November 13, 2021. Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with author and historian Ibram X Kendi, founding director of Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research. He would be dead", wrote Eddie S. Glaude Jr in the Washington Post. Rittenhouse, of nearby Antioch, Illinois, reached into the brown tumbler and pulled out six pieces of paper, one at a time. Taking the stand during the trail on November 8, 2021, Grosskreutz said he was armed with a pistol. [61] In March 2022, Rittenhouse shared a meme of himself crying while on the witness stand during his trial to protest rising gas prices, which he tweeted was "thanks to a Joe Biden presidency". He fatally shot a second man after he struck Rittenhouse with a skateboard and tried to grab his rifle. If a Black teenager had arrived at a protest armed with an AR-15, police would not have let him walk past them, and they wouldnt have asked if he needed water either. Kyle Rittenhouse, center, exits his chair for a meeting Judge Bruce Schroeder called during Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. He's an idiot. Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, killed the men and wounded a third on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, on 25 August 2020. Kyle Rittenhouse holds up his hands demonstrating how he did so while approaching police on Aug. 25, 202, as he testifies during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Kyle is now fighting for the future of the nation and freedom against a corrupt, broken news media that lied and seemed intent on fueling a race war for ratings. This case has nothing to do with race. Jurors cleared the 18-year-old of killing two men and wounding a third with a military rifle after accepting claims that he had feared for his life. (The) judge has been biased the entire time, from not allowing Kyle Rittenhouse to go back to jail after not disclosing his address, to interrupting him on the witness stand, to his behavior throughout the entire trial, said Pope, This judge has shown his bias and shown this has been about him this entire time., Another concern raised during the trial was the makeup of the jury. Some were distraught at the verdict - one man collapsed on the courtroom steps in tears, saying if Mr Rittenhouse had been black and brandishing a weapon like that, he would have been shot dead. It consisted of seven women and five men, all of them were white except one person of color. RELATED:The Problem With Predominantely White Juries Deciding On Both Ahmaud Arbery And Kyle Rittenhouse Trials. Over the years, Judge Schroeder has developed idiosyncrasies, such as allowing defendants to conduct the random drawings that select their final jury and quizzing jurors on esoteric trivia. 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Legal analysts have generally concluded that Judge Schroeder's rulings have been within the norms for such proceedings, but with the impartiality of the entire US criminal system challenged in last year's protests against institutional racism and police shootings - including the one in Kenosha - those norms are under scrutiny, as well. He has also been charged with attempted intentional homicide in the shooting of Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, a paramedic from suburban Milwaukee. Even though Kyle Rittenhouse is white and the three men he shot, two fatally, were also white, Black activists say race will be front-and-center at his trial. This case has nothing to do with race, Rittenhouse told Fox Newss Tucker Carlson in an interview scheduled to premiere Monday at But people like Kyle Rittenhouse, are viewed as some sort of hero, and are able to walk out of a courtroom with their whole lives ahead of them. Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, was acquitted Friday of five charges after he killed two men and wounded a third with a rifle during a turbulent night of protests that erupted in Kenosha in On November 17, 2021, two days before the jury's decision, Florida House Representative Matt Gaetz offered him an internship. [68], On June 23, 2022, Rittenhouse announced a video game called Kyle Rittenhouse's Turkey Shoot, developed by Mint Studios, for the purpose of funding his media defamation suits. [2] Eventually transitioning to online school, he dropped out and left Lakes Community High School altogether in 2018 after attending for one semester in 20172018. "[45] Rittenhouse, his mother, and Trump met at Mar-a-Lago, the same day the Tucker Carlson Tonight interview aired on November 22, 2021. [86], In 2022, a satirical story turned into a rumor circulating on social media saying that Rittenhouse had filed and settled a lawsuit against Whoopi Goldberg and The View. T he field of astrophysics is built on racist history, according to a professor at Colorado College. He wanted to know if he could come over, say hello, because he was a fan. [72] In response, Arizona House Representative Paul Gosar tweeted he would arm-wrestle Gaetz for the chance to have Rittenhouse as an intern. This is a landmark case in our country, which basically means that if youre African American you can be shot by police, those police would not be held accountable and if there are protests of the injustice that police have presented then white supremacist, proud boys can come and use the protesters that are either Black or sympathetic to that cause as target practice, said Exavier Pope lawyer, legal and culture contributor for ESPN Las Vegas and Host of SuitUP. Themes of race, violence, and self-defense all surfaced during the trials, and experts largely agreed with the verdicts, saying prosecutors had a much more challenging case to prove in the Rittenhouse trial. [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. In December 2018, Rittenhouse started a fundraiser through Facebook for Humanizing the Badge, a nonprofit. News Guns Second Amendment Kyle Rittenhouse Race The verdict in the highly politicized Kyle Rittenhouse trial erupted into a free-for-all as racial justice, gun control and gun The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [79], In January 2022, Tennessee State Representative Bruce Griffey introduced HB1769, also known as "Kyle's Law". For Rittenhouse, a white teenager, to bring a gun to a Black Lives Matter protest under the pretense of protecting property is an act of both white privilege and white vigilantism. Instead the jury had to work out why he did it. The trend up until now has been to expand the right of self-defence in many states through "castle doctrine" and "stand your ground" laws that give individuals a presumptive right to use force to protect their homes and themselves, rather than to back down from a confrontation. "[94], American known for the Kenosha unrest shooting, Political internship offers, namesake bills, and politics. The charges included one count of first-degree reckless homicide, use of a dangerous weapon, two counts with prospective jurors, Kyle Rittenhouse participated in a game-show-style process on Tuesday of randomly selecting the 12 jurors to decide his fate. [68] It was launched through the Steam hosting platform and available for $5. Gaige Grosskreutz was the only person who survived being shot by Rittenhouse in 2020 during the protests in Kenosha. This case had nothing to do with race, had to do with the right to self-defense, Rittenhouse, 18, told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in an interview set to air Monday. Gun rights groups and supporters of former President Trump are celebrating the Rittenhouse acquittal. I support the BLM movement. All but one juror appeared to be white, with one man apparently a person of color. I think there's other ways to go around and do that.". "[56] Charles Homans, writing for the New York Times, reported that Rittenhouse was adopted as an informal mascot of the Proud Boys and was photographed surrounded by members of the group after he was released on bond. Kyle Gun rights activists, on the other hand, have celebrated Mr Rittenhouse's right to possess such weapons and use them to defend himself. [40][41] The Los Angeles Times said the interview canonized Rittenhouse and made him a "patron saint of right-wing violence", while categorizing it as an overly sympathetic "soft ball" interview. January 17, 2023 04:34 PM. He was appointed by a Democratic governor in 1983 and has won election to his seat seven times since then, each by overwhelming margins. CONROE, Texas A Texas brewery canceled an upcoming event featuring Kyle Rittenhouse, posting to Twitter that it felt the event did not reflect its values.The event, a rally He added: "I'm not a racist person. Mr Blake said in an interview that if Mr Rittenhouse had been of a different ethnicity, "he'd be gone". This was an amazing evening where I got to share my story and discuss the importance of the Second Amendment. Bruce Schroeder is the longest-serving circuit judge in the Wisconsin state court system. [32][33] During the tour, he was represented by publicist Jillian Anderson, a former contestant on season 19 of the reality TV show The Bachelor. [65], The same week, speculation on a book deal began. [68] It was not announced if Nordic Empire Games had sought permission to use Rittenhouse's image. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Jan. 13PROVO, Utah BYU students unofficially announced their plans with less than 30 seconds remaining in Thursday's game. Here's what we know about the 17-year-old charged in the Kenosha protest shooting", "The Kenosha Shooting Suspect Was In The Front Row Of A Trump Rally In January", "What we know so far about Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old accused of murder after fatal Kenosha protest shootings", "Kyle Rittenhouse: Who is US teen cleared of protest killings? Rittenhouse's prosecution became a cause clbre for right-wing organizations and media. [37] In the interview, Rittenhouse said he would eventually like to become a lawyer or nurse. "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. Mr Rittenhouse also said he thought "there's a lot of prosecutorial misconduct, not just in my case but in other cases. 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