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Aug 29 2020
Analysis
Does Kyle Rittenhouse Have a Self-Defense Claim?
Kenosha, a city of 100,000 in Wisconsin’s southeastern corner, now confronts the question of when lethal force is justified in two different cases. One, the shooting of Jacob Blake by a police officer, I addressed yesterday. The other is the case of Kyle Rittenhouse, who is alleged to have killed two people and injured one during the civil unrest this week, and who has been charged with first-
National Review (News)Dec 21 2021
News
Kyle Rittenhouse Is Now the Hottest GOP Superstar Since Trump
The GOP has a new superstar and his name is Kyle Rittenhouse.
On Monday night in Phoenix, Rittenhouse appeared at AmericaFest, a conference organized by the MAGA-friendly youth group Turning Point USA.
In the audience, thousands of high school and college-age students screamed and cheered, chanting “Kyle.” Then, the sound system kicked in, playing a song that repeated
ViceDec 01 2021
News
Meta reverses controversial Kyle Rittenhouse policy on Facebook and Instagram
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has reversed its policy banning searches for "Kyle Rittenhouse" on its apps following his acquittal last month.
A Kenosha, Wisconsin, jury on Nov. 19 found Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts after his defense team argued that he was acting in self-defense when he fatally shot two people and injured a third during Kenosha riots in August 2020,
Fox BusinessNov 30 2021
Fact Check
Did Joe Biden Call Kyle Rittenhouse a ‘White Supremacist’?
Claim
While on the 2020 presidential campaign trail, U.S. President Joe Biden called Kyle Rittenhouse a white supremacist.
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What's True
On two occasions, Biden made remarks or promoted a campaign advertisement that strongly suggested Rittenhouse was a white supremacist, or at least, closely associated with white supremacists and/or militia
SnopesNov 21 2021
News
Rittenhouse: ‘I Am Not A Racist Person. I Support The BLM Movement’
Kyle Rittenhouse said he is “not a racist person” and supports the Black Lives Matter movement during an exclusive interview with Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson.
“This case has nothing to do with race. It never had anything to do with race. It had to do with the right to self-defense,” Rittenhouse told Carlson. “I am not a racist person. I support the BLM movement … I support
The Daily CallerNov 19 2021
News
Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all counts in Kenosha trial
Jurors in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Friday declared Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts, capping off an intense trial surrounding the deadly unrest in that city last summer.
Rittenhouse, 18, would have faced a mandatory life sentence if found guilty and convicted of first-degree intentional homicide.
The verdict came on the fourth day of deliberations and 15th day of the
Fox News (Online News)Nov 17 2021
News
Kyle Rittenhouse defense accuses prosecutors of withholding key video
Kyle Rittenhouse’s legal team accused prosecutors of holding back key video footage that is at the heart of their case in a formal motion for a mistrial, court documents show.
Lawyers for the 18-year-old Kenosha gunman already called for a mistrial during the hearing, and filed a formal seven-page request less than an hour before closing arguments Monday, The Chicago Tribune noted.
New York Post (News)Nov 11 2021
Opinion
By the time Kyle Rittenhouse testified, he already won the case
The Kyle Rittenhouse trial continued today in Wisconsin. In a move that surprised lawyers everywhere, Rittenhouse took the stand in his own defense. That is unusual in criminal cases, and it's especially unusual in murder trials. And the reason is simple: the stakes are too high. One wrong answer in a cross-examination, and you could wind up spending life in prison.
But this case was
Tucker CarlsonNov 11 2021
Opinion
What Conservative Media is Missing in its Defenses of Kyle Rittenhouse
Like almost every subject these days, the story of Kyle Rittenhouse has cut along partisan lines. Conservative media has come to his defense, some have almost deified him, while he has been vilified by left-wing legacy media with coverage that has been beyond disingenuous.
That being said, right-wing media has omitted key details in its coverage of Rittenhouse, who is on trial for
MediaiteNov 18 2021
Fact Check
Rittenhouse Testified He Drove Himself to Kenosha Without Weapon
Kyle Rittenhouse, who is on trial for murder, testified in court that he drove himself from his residence in Antioch, Illinois, to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 24, 2020, the day before he shot and killed two men at a protest that became violent.
According to court testimony and police records, the AR-15 style rifle that he says he used in self-defense during confrontations with the men
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