Kyle Rittenhouse Trial: Closing Arguments Begin, Kenosha Boards Up Their Windows With 500 National Guard Troops On Standby
Nov. 15 2021, Published 12:36 p.m. ET
As the city of Kenosha braces for the final verdict in the trial against Kyle Rittenhouse, the jury reconvenes to hear closing arguments from the prosecutor and defense.
According to Fox News, Judge Bruce Schroeder has started reading the jury instructions as both the prosecutor and defense prepare to deliver their closing arguments in the case against Kyle Rittenhouse.
Rittenhouse was initially facing seven charges for fatally shooting two people and seriously injuring a third during the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020. However, early this morning, Judge Schroeder dropped the sixth charge against Rittenhouse, which was for the possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18.
The jury’s preparation to hear closing arguments also comes shortly after the judge revealed that the lawyers representing Rittenhouse filed an official motion for mistrial.
"The state has repeatedly violated instructions from the Court, acted in bad faith and intentionally provided technological evidence which was different from theirs," the official motion made by his lawyers reads. "For those reasons, the defendant respectfully requests the Court find 'prosecutorial overreaching' existed, that overreaching was intentional and in bad faith and thereby grant the defendant’s motion for a mistrial with prejudice."
But while the jury prepares to hear closing arguments inside the courthouse, which are expected to conclude by the end of today, the city of Kenosha outside the courthouse is preparing for the worst.
