In his first public comments after being acquitted on five counts, Kyle Rittenhouse said he thinks jurors reached the correct conclusion. “I believe they came to the correct verdict and I’m glad that everything went well,” Rittenhouse told Fox News. Jurors mulled whether to convict the 18-year-old on first-degree reckless homicide and four other charges after a sixth was tossed by the judge. Rittenhouse shot three men, two fatally, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Aug. 25, 2020, amid riots there. Video footage shown during the trial and witness testimony showed the first man he shot, Joseph Rosenbaum, was following him. Rosenbaum “lunged” toward Rittenhouse, a witness said, and had his hand over the barrel of the rifle the teen held, according to a pathologist. Various people then tried taking Rittenhouse down, with one jump-kicking him and another smashing his head with a skateboard. Rittenhouse shot the skateboard-wielding man, Anthony Huber, fatally, …
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