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Nov 21 2021
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: Rittenhouse Trial Results
The Kyle Rittenhouse trial flooded the homepages of national media outlets and subsequently caused a massive partisan divide across the political spectrum.
After being acquitted on all five charges pressed against him Friday afternoon, Rittenhouse said “the jury reached the right verdict” and emphasized that “self-defense is not illegal." The majority of right-rated voices seemed to
National Review
Mother Jones 
The Hill 
Nov 07 2021
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: Kyle Rittenhouse Trial
The first week of testimony has concluded in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager charged with killing two people and injuring a third with an AR-15 rifle during a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The 18-year-old has pleaded not guilty to all seven charges being brought against him, including "two counts of homicide, one reckless and one intentional, and two
The Federalist
MSNBC
NPR (Online News) 
Nov 17 2021
News
Rittenhouse Trial
“The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial deliberated a full day on Tuesday without reaching a verdict… Rittenhouse, 18, faces life in prison if convicted as charged for using an AR-style semi-automatic rifle to kill two men and wound a third during a night of protests against racial injustice in Kenosha in the summer of 2020… Rittenhouse testified he acted in self-defense, while
The Flip Side
Oct 14 2020
Headline Roundup
Kyle Rittenhouse Will Not Face Charges in Illinois
Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who was accused of killing two people and injuring a third with an AR-15 rifle during Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will not face charges in his home state of Illinois. According to a news release by Lake County State's Attorney's Office, police in Rittenhouse's hometown of Antioch, where he turned himself in, investigated any possible
Fox News (Online News)
USA TODAY
Newsweek
Nov 21 2021
Opinion
The two trials of Kyle Rittenhouse
Kyle Rittenhouse was put on trial for two very different offenses. The prosecution accused him of being in the wrong place for the wrong reasons and of carrying a gun to a volatile situation. Rittenhouse’s lawyers defended him against a very different charge — namely, that he did not act in self-defense during the moments when he was confronted with a skateboard and a loaded gun.
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The Hill
Sep 06 2020
Opinion
Facebook’s Rittenhouse Mistake
Will Facebook let users share this editorial? We’ll see. The social-media giant seems to have declared Kyle Rittenhouse’s fatal shooting of two people amid riots in Kenosha, Wis., a mass murder. Mr. Rittenhouse’s lawyer says his client was attacked and acted in self-defense, but Facebook has banned any “praise and support” for him on the site, including links to contribute to his legal
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)
Nov 19 2021
Headline Roundup
Kyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty on All Charges
Eighteen-year old Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty of all charges Friday after pleading self-defense in fatal shootings during a night of racial justice protests and violent riots in August 2020.
Rittenhouse shot and killed two men and wounded a third amid chaos in Kenosha, Wisconsin following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. He was charged with two counts of homicide, one
The Guardian
Axios
Fox News (Online News)
Nov 15 2021
Headline Roundup
Closing Arguments Made in Kyle Rittenhouse Case
Prosecutors and defense lawyers delivered their closing arguments in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse on Monday. Rittenhouse, now 18, faces six charges — including first-degree intentional homicide — over the non-fatal shooting of Gaige Grosskreutz and the deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber. Another charge, for possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor, was dropped by Judge
NPR (Online News)
New York Times (News)
Fox News (Online News)
Nov 10 2021
Headline Roundup
Rittenhouse Takes the Stand in Own Murder Trial
Eighteen-year old Kyle Rittenhouse, who is standing trial on homicide charges stemming from protests and violence in Wisconsin last summer, took the stand in his own defense Wednesday.
Rittenhouse said he was acting in self-defense and "didn't intend to kill" when he shot and killed two men and injured a third during a chaotic night in Kenosha last August. He also described how he went
The Daily Caller
Associated Press
BuzzFeed News
Nov 17 2021
Headline Roundup
Jury Will Deliberate for 2nd Day in Rittenhouse Trial
The jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial is returning for a second day of deliberation Wednesday after failing to reach a verdict Tuesday.
Rittenhouse himself selected the 12 jurors Tuesday by blindly picking pieces of paper out of a tumbler. Prosecutors and defense lawyers made their closing arguments Monday night. The 18-year old is accused of murdering two men and wounding a third
New York Post (News)
NBC News (Online)
The Hill