Kyle Rittenhouse trial verdict – live: Armed man arrested outside court as MSNBC
Watch live as Kyle Rittenhouse jury begins deliberations
The third day of deliberation in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial ended without a verdict on Thursday, as jurors were sent home following more than 24 hours of deliberation across three days this week. Jurors will reconvene at 9am CT on Friday.
Earlier on Thursday, Judge Bruce Schroeder barred MSNBC from covering the trial inside the courthouse for the remainder of the trial, after a freelancer journalist was stopped by the Kenosha Police Department for allegedly running a traffic signal behind a bus used to transport jurors to the courthouse. Police said they believed the man tried to photograph the bus.
NBC News said in a statement that the journalist did not intend to contact or photograph the jurors and is cooperating with authorities. Police said “there was no breach of security regarding the jury, nor were there any photographs obtained”.
Mr Rittenhouse, 18, is facing five felony charges for shooting three men in the aftermath of police brutality protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin on 25 August 2020. The most serious charges are first-degree homicide for the deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber.
Defence attorneys called for a mistrial a second time on 17 November, as Mr Rittenhouse’s legal team objected to one piece of video evidence following a series of arguments about technology used to transfer and review video files.
Earlier this week, attorneys filed a motion for a mistrial with prejudice – which would mean Mr Rittenhouse cannot be tried again on the same charges – after objecting to a line of questioning from state prosecutors in cross-examination against Mr Rittenhouse during last week’s proceedings.
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Fourth day of deliberations
The jury is set to enter its fourth day of deliberations later today.
So far, jurors have deliberated for around 24 hours over three days.
Here is a look at whether we can predict when a decision will come through:
Zoe Tidman19 November 2021 08:07
Sheriff tried to defuse tensions outside court by handing out cookies
Sheriff David Beth tried to break the tension outside court by distributing coffee and cookies to protesters during the third day of Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
The Kenosha County sheriff set up a small counter outside the courthouse with a signboard that said “Cookies for peace” on Thursday.
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Shweta Sharma19 November 2021 06:55
Rudy Giuliani: Rittenhouse case ‘has become a travesty’
Appearing on Newsmax, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani claimed Kyle Rittenhouse has not had a fair trial.
“Particularly when you consider all the errors in this case, we’re at a point judges will be justified in throwing the case out. Meaning there are so many errors, any one of which could normally reverse a case,” the former Donald Trump lawyer said.
“The case has become a travesty,” he added. “They commented on the 5th amendment privilege which never gets done. I ran the US attorney’s office for five years. [I was] the third ranking officer in the…
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