kyle rittenhouse charges

Mayor Lori Lightfoot reacted to the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict after a jury on Friday found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts in his murder trial connected to the shootings of three people during unrest in Kenosha during the summer of 2020.

Activists descended on downtown Chicago Saturday in protest of the not guilty verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial, declaring the fight for justice isn’t over.

On the steps of the Kenosha County Courthouse, people shared a mix of reactions to Kyle Rittenhouse’s not guilty verdict in his murder trial. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

“He’s had 24 hour security since this happened,” Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense attorney said.

“To say that we were relieved would be a gross misunderstanding. And Kyle is not here. He’s on his way home. He wants to get on with his life,” Kyle Rittenhouse Defense Attorney Mark Richards said following the decision from the jury on Friday.

Here’s a look at the charges that prosecutors carried into court, as well as lesser charges the judge put before the jury in final instructions and how they found on each count.

A jury has found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts in his murder trial connected to the shootings of three people during unrest in Kenosha during the summer of 2020.

Jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial have asked multiple questions during their deliberations so far, one of which sparked a second mistrial bid from defense attorneys, but what could they mean for the case?

MSNBC has been banned from the Kenosha County Courthouse in the Rittenhouse trial after a freelancer working for the news channel was stopped by police Thursday while attempting to follow a van used to transport jury members.

Who is the man so many have been focused on while waiting for Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial to resume?

As Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial has played out, moments of apparent deference to the defendant by the judge have struck observers as curiously different from other murder proceedings

Defense attorneys asked the court for a mistrial in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial based on video of shooting in the summer of 2020. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorneys asked the judge on Wednesday to declare a mistrial before the jury reaches a decision, saying the defense received an inferior copy of a key video from prosecutors.

Jurors weighing charges against Kyle Rittenhouse returned Wednesday for a second day of deliberations in his murder trial after failing to reach a swift verdict on whether he was the instigator of a night of bloodshed in Kenosha or a concerned citizen who came under attack while trying to protect property.

Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder defends his rulings and decisions that sparked media coverage during the trial including disallowing the word ‘victims’ in the courtroom and letting Kyle Rittenhouse draws slips to help determine his own jury.

While legal experts have said the details give Kyle Rittenhouse a strong argument for self-defense, some worry about the broader signal an acquittal could send.

Kyle Rittenhouse faced a number of charges after he shot three men, killing two of them and wounding the third, during a protest against police brutality in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year. But those aren’t necessarily the charges the jury will deliberate as they determine his fate.

Kyle Rittenhouse selected six pieces of paper from a drum, determining who will be the six alternate jurors and who will be the final 12 jurors deciding his fate in the murder trial over his killing two protesters and injuring a third last summer.

The judge in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial, already the subject of scrutiny for various actions in the case, drew attention again on Monday for his handling of jury instructions

The judge has had Kyle Rittenhouse draw slips from a raffle drum at his own trial to select alternate jurors who will be dismissed before deliberations