Kyle Rittenhouse Claims Self-Defense in Kenosha Killings

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🗓️ 11 November 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The Kyle Rittenhouse trial takes a major turn, as the 18-year-old who killed two and injured a third with a semi-automatic rifle during a riot at a BLM protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, took the stand in his own defense. As Rittenhouse gave tearful testimony stating, “I defended myself”, the judge admonished the prosecution repeatedly over its cross examination, with the teenager's attorneys's asking for a mistrial.

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0:00.0	New's continues, the tenderate for Chris for Cuomo Primetime.
0:04.3	Chris?
0:05.3	All right, thanks, Anderson.
0:06.3	I'm Chris Cuomo.
0:07.3	Welcome to Primetime.
0:08.3	The Kyle Rittenhouse trial took a major turn today.
0:13.0	The 18-year-old who killed two injured a third with a semi-automatic rifle during a riot
0:18.4	in Kenosha, Wisconsin took the stand in his own defense.
0:22.8	It is a very rare choice.
0:26.1	And he put on one hell of a show.
0:29.1	However, he was almost upstaged by the sideshow of the judge fighting with the prosecutor.
0:36.8	This thing came close to a mistrial today, with the judge going right at the prosecutor's
0:42.2	line of questioning.
0:46.2	I was astonished when you began your examination by commenting on the defendant's post-arrest
0:54.2	silence.
0:55.2	That's basic law.
0:59.2	It's been basic law in this country for 40 years, 50 years.
1:00.2	I have no idea why you would do something like that.
1:04.8	Now the main moments we have for you, and we're going to go through because I think we
1:10.8	likely saw today what could influence the jury most.
1:15.8	And just to make sure we're all on the same page, this is the trial for what happened in
1:19.3	the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August 2020.
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