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Acquitted and in demand, Kyle Rittenhouse ponders what’s next

Acquitted and in demand, Kyle Rittenhouse ponders what’s next

By MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks  #Lifestyle KENOSHA, Wis. — When he was acquitted of murder in shootings during unrest in Wisconsin, Kyle Rittenhouse went from staring at possible life behind bars to red-hot star of the right: an exclusive interview with Tucker Carlson and a visit with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago capped by a photo of both men smiling and snapping a thumbs-up. For Rittenhouse, a year of legal uncertainty over whether his claim of self-defense would stand up has given way to uncertainty over what’s next. He told Carlson, in an appearance that spiked the host’s ratings by…
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Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted of All Charges in Deadly Kenosha Shootings

Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted of All Charges in Deadly Kenosha Shootings

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks   The 18-year-old had been charged with homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangering after killing two men and wounding a third with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle in Wisconsin amid police brutality protests last summer. Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S. Rittenhouse, 18, began to choke up, fell forward toward the defense table and then hugged one of his attorneys as he heard a court clerk recite “not…
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Shooting victim says he was pointing his gun at Kyle Rittenhouse

Shooting victim says he was pointing his gun at Kyle Rittenhouse

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks KENOSHA, Wis. — A protester and volunteer medic wounded on the streets of Kenosha by Kyle Rittenhouse testified Monday that he was pointing his own gun toward the rifle-toting Rittenhouse — unintentionally, he said — when the young man shot him. Gaige Grosskreutz, the third and final man shot by Rittenhouse during a night of turbulent racial-justice protests in the summer of 2020, took the stand at Rittenhouse’s murder trial and recounted how he drew his own pistol after the bloodshed started.     “I thought the defendant…
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