-
The State of Wisconsin moved forward with its case against Kyle Rittenhouse Tuesday. Prosecution put forward three witnesses in an attempt to convince the jury that Rittenhouse, who is now 18 years old, is guilty of two homicide counts and one count of attempted homicide.
-
A jury heard opening statements Tuesday in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. Jurors were picked and empaneled in just one day on Monday, despite a barrage of local and national media attention on the case. Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time, shot three men, killing two of them, in Kenosha in August 2020 amid the unrest that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake, Jr.
-
Activists have been asking for the city of Kenosha to act on reforms ever since the city broke into unrest in August 2020, after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, Jr. Police had been called to an apartment complex for a domestic disturbance. As Blake was walking away from police and toward his car, Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey shot him in the back and side multiple times.
-
In the Kyle Rittenhouse trial in Kenosha Circuit Court, jury selection wrapped up after seven o'clock last night, and opening statements are expected today. Rittenhouse faces seven charges including homicide and other felonies for shooting two men to death and wounding another last year during protests following the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake Jr.
-
A jury was selected for the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in a single day Monday, despite the turbulent political passions unleashed when he shot three people who were out on the streets of Kenosha during a protest against racial injustice.
-
The judge presiding over Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial opened jury selection Monday with a round of “Jeopardy?”- like trivia, assured potential jurors he doesn’t have COVID-19 and reached back to the fall of the Roman Empire to emphasize the gravity of their duty.
-
The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse kicks off Monday with the challenging task of seating jurors who haven’t already made up their minds about the man who shot three people, killing two, during a violent night of protests last year.
-
As Kyle Rittenhouse goes on trial for shooting three men during street protests in Wisconsin last summer, the case may turn on how Rittenhouse's self-defense claim stacks up against prosecutors' argument that he acted recklessly and dangerously by being on the streets of Kenosha with a rifle.
-
A timeline of key events before and after Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people during a night of unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year.
-
Kenosha, Wisc., is again reckoning with its racial divide as Kyle Rittenhouse goes on trial for killing two people and injuring a third during unrest over a police shooting in 2020.