Kenosha, Wis.

Awaiting a verdict: With the Wisconsin National Guard on standby, a jury of seven women and five men in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse continued deliberating into a second day as The Week went to press. In closing arguments, prosecutor Thomas Binger called Rittenhouse a “wannabe soldier” who was “looking for trouble” when he brought his militarystyle rifle to summer 2020 protests set off by the police shooting of a Black resident, Jacob Blake. Binger said Rittenhouse, then 17, delivered a “kill shot” to the back of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and walked off like a “hero in a Western” after killing Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounding Gaige Grosskreutz, 28. Defense attorney Mark Richards countered that his client was defending himself from a “mob” and feared for his life. Rittenhouse faces five counts, including homicide, but the judge said jurors could consider several lesser charges if they acquit Rittenhouse of the original counts.