#Mr. friendly half life trial#

after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and other cases like it. Rittenhouse, now 18, could get life in prison if convicted in the politically polarizing case that has stirred furious debate over self-defense, vigilantism, the right to bear arms and the racial unrest that erupted around the U.S. вЂњIt is clear that the appearance of bias is present and it would seriously undermine the outcome of the case,вЂќ Circuit Judge Bruce Schroder said. That juror, a retired white man, declined to repeat the joke for the judge. Richards also described how Rosenbaum had come out from behind a car to meet Rittenhouse before the shooting, saying to the detective: вЂњCorrect me if IвЂ™m wrong, but this looks like the classic ambush.вЂќД«efore testimony resumed Thursday the judge dismissed a juror who had made a joke to a court security officer earlier this week about the police shooting of Jacob Blake - the Black man whose wounding triggered the protests in Kenosha. With colored circles superimposed on the video identifying the movements of the two men below, Kenosha Police Detective Martin Howard agreed with defense attorney Mark Richards that Rittenhouse had repeatedly shouted вЂњFriendly!вЂќ as he was being chased and that Rosenbaum appeared to be gaining ground on Rittenhouse. Jurors peered at infrared video made by an FBI surveillance plane from almost 9,000 feet above the spot where Rittenhouse shot 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum.

#Mr. friendly half life trial#

Video took center stage Wednesday at RittenhouseвЂ™s trial in the shootings of three men, two fatally, after he traveled to Kenosha in August 2020 with a medical kit and a rifle in what he said was an effort to safeguard property from damaging riots.

RittenhouseвЂ™s lawyer called the confrontation a вЂњclassic ambush.вЂќ (AP) - Kyle Rittenhouse shouted вЂњFriendly! Friendly! Friendly!вЂќ as he was being chased by a man he then shot to death during a protest against racial injustice, a detective testified.