(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) – The defense on Thursday rested its case in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial following nearly a week of testimony that saw the 18-year-old sob on the stand and say he fatally shot two men and wounded another in self defense.
Rittenhouse is accused of killing Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and grievously injuring Gaige Grosskreutz after shooting him in the arm. The then-17-year-old went to Kenosha with his AR-15-style rifle to protect an automobile dealership following multiple nights of violent clashes.
Prosecutors have tried to paint Rittenhouse as a "tourist" who wanted to insert himself in the chaos that unfolded in Kenosha following the partial paralyzation of Jacob Blake Jr., a black man shot seven times in the back by a white Kenosha police officer. Following the incident, hundreds of people came to the small manufacturing city to protest police brutality. But what began peacefully quickly devolved into angry confrontations that ended in two deaths, multiple injuries, and $50 million in damages.
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