The testimony at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial came from two witnesses who gave accounts often more favorable to the defense in the politically polarizing case.
Prosecutors had asked the judge to reinstate eight Black potential jurors after they alleged that the defense had intentionally struck Black candidates from the jury because of their race, but the judge ruled the defense team had provided valid reasons for removing the potential jurors.
Some of the footage shown to the jury depicted victim Joseph Rosenbaum lying on the ground with a wound to his head as frantic bystanders surrounded him to help after he was shot by Kyle Rittenhouse last summer.
Prosecutors have argued that on a night of chaos, Kyle Rittenhouse was the "only person who killed anyone" after he fatally shot two unarmed men and injured a third man, while his defense team contends that Rittenhouse was acting to protect himself.
The jury in the trial of teenager Kyle Rittenhouse, who is accused of killing two men and injuring another amid Black Lives Matter protests in August, heard opening statements on Tuesday.
The trial for Kyle Rittenhouse, who faces life in prison if convicted of first-degree homicide for shooting two men to death and injuring another in Wisconsin last summer, opened on Monday in Kenosha.
Potential jurors saw racism as the key factor in the case as they responded to blunt questions from prosecutors and defense attorneys who are trying to seat an impartial jury.
