Juror dismissed from Kyle Rittenhouse trial over joke

A juror who had been selected to determine the destiny of Kyle Rittenhouse was dismissed from the proceedings Thursday aft it was revealed helium had made a gag astir the constabulary shooting of Jacob Blake to a sheriff's lawman earlier this week.

Rittenhouse is presently being tried connected respective felony homicide counts linked to a shooting that near 2 radical dormant amid protests that sprung up successful Kenosha, Wisconsin, pursuing Blake's shooting successful August 2020.

According to Scripps presumption TMJ4 successful Milwaukee, Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger said Thursday that the juror told the deputy, "Why did Kenosha Police sprout Jacob Blake 7 times? They ran retired of bullets."

Bringer claimed that the connection showed radical bias.

Judge Bruce Schroeder past dismissed the juror from the 12-person panel.

"The nationalist needs to beryllium assured this is simply a just trial," Schroeder said.

He added the gag showed "at the precise least, atrocious judgment."

On Monday, Rittenhouse's proceedings opened with the enactment of 20 radical to service arsenic jurors — 12 regular jurors and 8 alternates. One of the alternates volition presumably instrumentality the dismissed juror's place.

Rittenhouse was 17 erstwhile helium traveled from his location successful bluish Illinois to Kenosha during the protests. He claims helium went to Kenosha to assistance concern owners support against looting that was taking spot amid the protests.

During the protests, Rittenhouse changeable and killed protesters Anthony M. Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum during those demonstrations and injured 1 different person. His defence squad has argued that helium fired successful self-defense aft protesters surrounded him.

This communicative was primitively published by Scripps presumption TMJ4 successful Milwaukee.