The three men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest against police brutality can be labeled rioters, looters or arsonists — but they shouldn't be called victims, the Wisconsin judge in Rittenhouse's murder trial ruled this week.
Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, used a semiautomatic rifle that resembles theAR-15. He has said that he went to the demonstrations on Aug. 25, 2020, to help protect businesses from looters when he was attacked and that he acted in self-defense.
Binger, the prosecutor, argued that the words"rioters,""looters" and"arsonists" are"loaded, if not more loaded," than"victim."Kyle Rittenhouse carries a weapon as he walks along Sheridan Road in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 25, 2020.Binger said that whatever the three men were up to before they were shot had nothing to do with their confrontations with Rittenhouse and his decision to open fire.
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