The Week (US)

Kenosha, Wis.

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Return for trial: A Wisconsin court set bail for Kyle Rittenhous­e at $2 million this week, after the 17-year-old was extradited from Illinois following an almost two-month stint in a Lake County, Ill., jail. Rittenhous­e is charged with fatally shooting two men and injuring a third during violent protests that rocked Kenosha after the police shooting of a 29-year-old black man, Jacob Blake. Afterward, Rittenhous­e fled to his home in Antioch, Ill., and tearfully turned himself in to police on Aug. 26, saying he’d been “hired to protect businesses in Kenosha during the riots and had to protect himself.” Rittenhous­e has been defended by conservati­ves, including President Trump, who have said his actions were justified. The father of Anthony Huber, one of the men killed by Rittenhous­e, said at the bail hearing that Rittenhous­e “thinks he’s above the law and he’s been treated as such by law enforcemen­t.”

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