rittenhouse
San Francisco (AFP) - A US teen cleared in court after killing people amid unrest over police mistreatment of African-Americans unveiled Thursday a video game centered on shooting targets representing journalists. Kyle Rittenhouse said in online posts that money raised from sales of the game will be used to sue "leftwing media organizations" for defamation over their coverage of his 2020 case. He did not specify which news outlets he intended to sue, nor was it clear when the game would be available for play. "It's time to fight back against the fake news machine," Rittenhouse said in a video ...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - The US teen cleared of murder after killing two people amid unrest over police mistreatment of African-Americans said that his politically charged case was not about race. Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted by a jury Friday in the August 2020 shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, told Fox News that he himself supported the Black Lives Matter movement behind protests around the country last year against police brutality. "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," he told Fox News host Tucker Carlson...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - Kyle Rittenhouse, the American teen acquitted after fatally shooting two men during protests and riots against police brutality last year, said self-defense is "not illegal" following a verdict that underscored racial tensions across the United States. On Friday, a jury found the 18-year-old not guilty of reckless and intentional homicide and other charges stemming from the August 2020 shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse's case drew national attention, in part because it arose from the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that swept the country last year and featured a...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - Kyle Rittenhouse, the US teen acquitted after fatally shooting two men during protests and riots against police brutality in Wisconsin last year, has defended his actions, saying self-defense is "not illegal," and hailed the jury for clearing him. On Friday, a jury found the 18-year-old Rittenhouse not guilty of reckless and intentional homicide and other charges stemming from the shootings that took place in August 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The ruling sparked protests in cities across the country late Friday -- from New York to Portland, Oregon -- as well as scattered cla...
AFP
Kenosha (United States) (AFP) - Kyle Rittenhouse, the American teenager who shot dead two men during protests and riots against police brutality in Wisconsin last year, was acquitted of all charges on Friday after a high-profile and politically divisive trial. A jury found Rittenhouse, 18, not guilty of reckless and intentional homicide and other charges stemming from the shootings that took place in August 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The case drew national attention, in part because it arose from the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that swept the country last year and featured a controversi...
AFP
Los Angeles (AFP) - Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse signalled the "dangerous path" the United States treads on gun rights, as prominent US sports figures commented on the verdict reached by a jury on Friday in a politically divisive trial. Rittenhouse, 18, shot dead two men during racial justice protests in Wisconsin last year. He was found not guilty of reckless and intentional homicide and other charges stemming from the shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kerr, who has been outspoken on social justice issues, said the verdict raised concerns. "We a...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - Kyle Rittenhouse, the American teenager who shot and killed two men and wounded another during anti-police protests and riots in Wisconsin last year, was acquitted of all charges on Friday. A jury found Rittenhouse, 18, not guilty of reckless and intentional homicide and other charges stemming from the shootings which took place in August 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse, who claimed the shootings were self-defense, sobbed as the verdict was read and sank into his chair. He rushed out of the courtroom after the jury was dismissed. Rittenhouse testified during the two-...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - The jury began deliberations on Tuesday in the high-profile case of the American teenager who shot dead two men and wounded another during protests and riots against police brutality last year in the Wisconsin city of Kenosha. Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, testified during the two-week trial that he shot the three men with his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle after being attacked. Prosecutors dismissed the self-defense claim during closing arguments, saying it was the then 17-year-old Rittenhouse who "provoked" the events on the night of August 25, 2020. "You cannot hide behind self-defen...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - Kyle Rittenhouse, the American teen who shot three people during anti-police protests last year, broke down in tears Wednesday while testifying in his murder trial. Rittenhouse insisted he shot three men, two fatally, in self-defense as protestors set small fires and damaged businesses in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020. But he struggled in front of a jury to explain why he carried an AR-15-style assault rifle to the protests, as a prosecutor sought to break down his self-defense case. "I didn't do anything wrong; I defended myself," Rittenhouse testified. "I did not i...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - Attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse, the American teen who shot three people during anti-police protests last year, claimed he had been attacked "like an animal" and acted in self-defense as arguments opened Tuesday in the politically charged murder trial. Mark Richards, representing the then-17-year-old who killed two men and wounded a third with his assault rifle at the August 25, 2020 protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, depicted Rittenhouse as under mortal threat from demonstrators. Reflecting the stark public divide over the case, which arose from the nationwide Black Lives Matter...
AFP
閲覧を続けるには、ノアドット株式会社が「プライバシーポリシー」に定める「アクセスデータ」を取得することを含む「nor.利用規約」に同意する必要があります。
「これは何?」という方はこちら