Attorneys allege Kenosha shooter Rittenhouse evading them
Attorneys for a man shot and injured by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 are asking a federal judge to give them more time to serve Rittenhouse with a civil lawsuit, alleging that he is purposefully trying to evade them. Attorneys for Gaige Grosskreutz filed the request on Wednesday, the deadline that U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman had given them to serve the lawsuit on Rittenhouse and the other defendants. Grosskreutz added Rittenhouse as a defendant last week in the lawsuit that also targets the city of Kenosha and local officials.
news.yahoo.comFederal judge allows lawsuit against Rittenhouse to proceed
A federal judge in Wisconsin on Wednesday ruled that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of a man shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 can proceed against Rittenhouse, police officers and others. The father of Anthony Huber, one of two men shot and killed by Rittenhouse, filed the lawsuit in 2021, accusing officers of allowing for a dangerous situation that violated his son's constitutional rights and resulted in his death. Anthony Huber's father, John Huber, also alleged that Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, conspired with law enforcement to cause harm to protestors.
news.yahoo.comProsecution rests, Oath Keepers 1/6 case turns to defense
Federal prosecutors have rested their case against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four associates charged in the U.S. Capitol attack after presenting more than four weeks of testimony, videos and text messages they say prove the defendants were behind a violent plot to stop the transfer of presidential power.
Kyle Rittenhouse posts video of himself firing off a slew of bullets from an automatic firearm, declaring: 'Joe Biden, you're not coming for our guns'
The same day he posted the clip, Rittenhouse went on Fox News to say how he found it hard to "live a normal life" with all the media attention on him.
news.yahoo.comTexas A&M contradicted Kyle Rittenhouse's claim he would be attending their school. Now he says he's going somewhere else. But he has yet to enroll in classes there.
Texas A&M confirmed to Insider that Rittenhouse is not enrolled for their summer or fall semesters, though he said he will attend the school in 2023.
news.yahoo.comHandling of Buffalo suspect spurs talk of uneven restraint
When police confronted the white man suspected of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, he was the very poster boy for armed and dangerous, carrying an AR-15-style rifle and cloaked in body armor and hatred. Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia that day cited their training and called it “a tremendous act of bravery.” “It’s important to emphasize this is not about why aren’t police killing white supremacist terrorists,” said Qasim Rashid, a human rights lawyer and satellite radio host who was among those on social media making posts about the subject.
news.yahoo.com‘Completely predictable’: the Portland shooting and fears of escalating extremism in America
The killing of June Knightly sent shockwaves through a city that has seen frequent protests, and raised fears of further violence June Knightly was shot and killed during a Portland protest rally on 19 February. Photograph: Kat Knapp The shooting of a respected volunteer at a racial justice protest in Portland, Oregon, last weekend has roiled the activist community in the city, and raised fresh fears about “vigilante violence” and escalating extremism in America. Authorities on Tuesday filed mur
news.yahoo.comMIT professor who faced charges for China ties speaks out
MIT professor Gang Chen was among the most high-profile prosecutions under the Justice Department's "China Initiative". A year later, the charges were dismissed, and in an exclusive television interview, Chen tells CBS News chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod the case was racially and politically motivated.
news.yahoo.comWisconsin judge approves move to destroy gun used by Kyle Rittenhouse
A judge in Wisconsin on Friday approved an agreement to destroy the assault-style rifle Kyle Rittenhouse used in the fatal shooting of two men during racial justice protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.State of play: Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger said the gun will likely be destroyed by the Kenosha Police Department in April. Video of it being destroyed will be given to all parties as proof.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Sub
news.yahoo.comRittenhouse seeks return of gun used during Kenosha protest
Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois man acquitted of fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during street protests in Kenosha in 2020, has filed papers in court to recover property seized by police after his arrest, including the gun he used in the shootings.
Rittenhouse seeks return of gun used during Kenosha protest
Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois man acquitted of fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during street protests in Kenosha in 2020, is seeking the return of the gun and other property that police seized after his arrest. Rittenhouse's attorney Mark Richards filed paperwork with the Kenosha County Circuit Court on Wednesday seeking the return of the items, explaining that Rittenhouse wants the AR-15 style rifle back so that it can be destroyed, the Kenosha News reported. Law enforcement has had the gun since the day after Rittenhouse shot three men, two of them fatally, on Aug. 25, 2020, during a night of protests and unrest in the southeastern Wisconsin city of Kenosha over the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white police officer.
news.yahoo.comSpain sends warships to the Black Sea, considers sending warplanes
According to Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles, Spain has sent warships to join NATO naval forces in the Mediterranean and Black seas. Tension in the region is growing over the Russian military buildup on the Ukrainian border.
news.yahoo.comThe man who bought Kyle Rittenhouse the AR-15 rifle in the Kenosha shootings takes a plea deal to avoid a criminal conviction
Kyle Rittenhouse's friend, who bought him an assault-style rifle when he was only 17, has agreed to plead no contest to a non-criminal citation, and avoid convictions on the two felonies he'd been facing.
news.yahoo.comThe man who bought Kyle Rittenhouse the AR-15 rifle in the Kenosha shootings takes a plea deal to avoid a criminal conviction
Kyle Rittenhouse's friend, who bought him an assault-style rifle when he was only 17, has agreed to plead no contest to a non-criminal citation, and avoid convictions on the two felonies he'd been facing.
jsonline.comFox News host Tomi Lahren says conservatives shouldn't celebrate Kyle Rittenhouse: 'I think we should take a step back, and maybe not make the man Bon Jovi'
Before Lahren spoke, co-host Kayleigh McEnany compared the Rittenhouse shooting fallout to conservative college students speaking up in class.
news.yahoo.comFox Host Tomi Lahren: Conservatives Shouldn’t Treat Rittenhouse Like a ‘Rock Star’
Fox NewsFox News contributor and right-wing firebrand Tomi Lahren urged a bit of caution to her fellow MAGA acolytes on Tuesday, urging them to be a “little careful” about treating Kyle Rittenhouse “like he is a rock star or a celebrity.”Lahren’s somewhat surprising warning came after the 18-year-old—recently acquitted of murder after he shot and killed two men during a Black Lives Matter protest—received a thunderous ovation during his appearance at right-wing youth group Turning Point USA’s Am
news.yahoo.comSC’s top prosecutor Alan Wilson seen eating lunch with Kyle Rittenhouse at Maurice’s
WIS-TV reporter Adam Mintzer captured video and photos of South Carolina’s Attorney General Alan Wilson with Kyle Rittenhouse in Columbia, who was acquitted of charges after fatally shooting two people in Wisconsin.
news.yahoo.comKenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse slams LeBron James for trial comments
Kyle Rittenhouse has clapped back at LeBron James after the NBA star mocked the teen during his murder trial last […] The post Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse slams LeBron James for trial comments appeared first on TheGrio.
news.yahoo.comNOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
CLAIM: Federal magistrate approved Kyle Rittenhouse’s $110 Million defamation suit against LeBron James. Rittenhouse has not filed a defamation suit against the Los Angeles Lakers star or anyone else, his spokesperson told The Associated Press. After 18-year-old Rittenhouse was acquitted of homicide charges in connection with the shooting of three people at a protest in Wisconsin, posts emerged on social media suggesting that he had filed defamation suits against some high-profile celebrities, including James.
news.yahoo.comRittenhouse verdict comes amid a fraught gun landscape
The upcoming verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial for shooting three men during street unrest in Wisconsin comes against a backdrop of deep political divisions and expanded access to guns in the United States – factors that some fear could lead to more dangerous encounters.
No verdict after daylong deliberations by Rittenhouse jury
The jury deliberated a full day on Tuesday without reaching a verdict at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial after two weeks of testimony in which they were given starkly different portrayals of his actions the night he shot three men on the streets of Kenosha.
EXPLAINER: Did Rittenhouse lawyers do enough to prevail?
When Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand to testify about his actions the night he shot three men on the streets of Kenosha — sobbing and seemingly unable to continue as he approached the critical moment where he shot the first man — it was one of the most compelling moments in his two-week murder trial.
Pathologist: Rittenhouse shot first man at close range
A forensic pathologist says the first man killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a night of turbulent protests in Kenosha was shot at close range of just a few feet and had soot injuries that could indicate he had his hand over the barrel of Rittenhouse’s gun.