Family of protester fatally shot by Kyle Rittenhouse files federal lawsuit

[Chili]

My pologies if this has already been posted, but I was glad to see it. I found way down the list of the yahoo story about the woman sentenced to prison for shooting and killing a burglar (thank you Ansible for posting that )

https://news.yahoo.com/family-protester-fatally-shot-kyle-185548470.html

Not sure how much I'm allowed to post of it, I don't usually start threads...

Get. Them.

Kierra Frazier
Tue, August 17, 2021, 2:55 PM·1 min read

The family of Anthony Huber, one of the men Kyle Rittenhouse is accused of fatally shooting during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday claiming police failed to intervene and conspired with white militia members.

Why it matters: The lawsuit filed by Huber's parents is the first major suit against the city, police and county following the protests last August sparked by the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

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Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time, was allegedly part of an armed group who said they were protecting private property from violent protesters. Rittenhouse maintains he fired in self-defense. Prosecutors have charged him on six counts.

The big picture: The federal lawsuit seeks unspecified damages against Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth; Daniel Miskinis, the former City of Kenosha police chief; Eric Larsen, the city's acting police chief; and unnamed officers and deputies.

The lawsuit alleges that the defendants "deputized these armed individuals, conspired with them, and ratified their actions by letting them patrol the streets armed with deadly weapons to mete out justice as they saw fit. "

The lawsuit also alleges that the officers' decision to treat demonstrators and militia members differently was motivated by racial discrimination.

"Defendants did nothing to stop Rittenhouse's illegal conduct," the lawsuit states. "They did not arrest him for illegally carrying a gun. They did not disarm him. They did not limit his movement in any way. They did not question him. They did not stop him from shooting individuals after he started. They did not arrest him, detain him, or question him even after he had killed two people."

[samnsara]

1. great news!!!

[SheilaAnn]

2. I was wondering what happened to that little creep and what the outcome of his case was. Hasn't

been to court yet I guess. Hope he doesn't get a slap on the wrist but won't hold my breath.

[malaise]

3. Good

Rec

[Guilded Lilly]

4. K&R bigtime, my friend!

[Chili]

7. oh thank you!

...that was an horrendous injustice.

Mwaah!

[uponit7771]

5. K&R,

[MustLoveBeagles]

6. Good

I hope the other victims family and the injured survivor join them.

[Chili]

8. thank you all for the recs & K&Rs

I hope the 2nd family files a lawsuit too.

[CatWoman]

9. have another

K/R

[Chili]

11. thank you!

[GoCubsGo]

10. And, the one who lost his arm to that little shitstain.

[Chili]

12. YES

...and it was all videotaped, every second of it. Blows my mind.

[mountain grammy]

13. Good. I too hope the other families file lawsuits

Time to find out what really happened there.

[trickyguy]

14. That Kyle boy deserves any punishment he gets. He's a real creep.

[NellieStarbuck]

15. When I saw how brave Jacob Huber was . . .

. . . how he tried to use his skateboard as a weapon to stop an asshole firing an assault rifle, I vowed never to make fun of skateboard dudes again. I hope his family is victorious.

[maxsolomon]

23. Anthony Huber.

Joe Rosenbaum, Gaige Grosskreutz were the other victims. Rosenbaum got killed.

Jacob Blake was the kid whose shooting by the Kenosha Po sparked the Kenosha protests.

[Traildogbob]

16. Eye for an eye

Jesus Justice? What bout arm for an arm. Take the asshole’s arm. Can’t shoot his murder toys.

[BaronChocula]

17. Screw the rules!

JK
But thanks for posting! Great news. I don’t know all the rules either but sometimes you gotta share.

[BaronChocula]

18. Items like this...

You can also post in Latest Breaking News. Just make sure it’s not a duplicate post. You can copy and paste up to 3 paragraphs from the article. The user interface for posts is intuitive and user-friendly.

[Chili]

19. thank you for that!

I used to post stuff already posted, so I just stopped!

Now I'll know!

[Bluethroughu]

20. They better win, the facts are caught on tape!

That scuzzy little punk better be behind bars soon. He's a lowlife, but the apple didn't fall far from the tree.

[MyMission]

21. I got spam from his mama trying to raise money

Lately my spam folder has been bombarded by right wing politics groups and creatures, like it was before the election. I don't know how they got my email. I unsubscribed and they stopped for a while but when I looked at my spam folder recently before deleting, I noticed an email from Kyle's mama, subject was raising money to defend her son the patriot. I deleted it.

[niyad]

22. KNR and thank you.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

24. This will be fun to watch

[Chili]

25. not a newbie, but

I feel like it sometimes so thank you all!