The American TV channel MSNBC has been banned from entering a courthouse in Wisconsin after following a bus with jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse case.
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It is determined by the Kenosha Country Circuit Court, writes CNN.
Police are said to have stopped a man who identified himself as a freelance producer and explained that he had been instructed by his client, the TV channel MSNBC, to follow a bus with jury members. This is said to have happened on Wednesday after the Kyle Rittenhouse murder case had been up in court.
Judge Bruce Schroeder reacts strongly to the incident that led to the closure of the TV channel.
– I do not know what the final truth in this is, but that someone follows the jury bus is extremely serious, he says.
In a statement from NBC News, which owns MSNBC, they apologized for the incident and said they would cooperate with the authorities, writes LA Times.
The incident will not affect NBC News’ coverage of the case, the company still has access to the video transmissions from the case.
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Kyle Rittenhouse (18) shot three people when he was 17 years old and now risks life in prison. Two of the men he shot were killed, a third injured. Rittenhouse claims he acted in self-defense after being chased and threatened.
The incident happened last summer when there were large demonstrations against police violence and racism in the town of Kenosha in Wisconsin after a white police officer had shot an African-American great-grandfather.
Rittenhouse, who hails from Antioch in neighboring Illinois, had a semi-automatic rifle with him when he went to Kenosha, Wisconsin, half an hour away. He is charged with attempted murder and for endangering other people.
–Sorry about the incident
According to Judge Schroeder, the freelance producer was fined for ignoring a traffic light. So now the whole MSNBC is banned from the courthouse.
NBC News says in a statement to CNN that the producer never intended to contact jurors, and MSNBC cooperates with the authorities.
– Last night, a freelancer received a traffic fine. The traffic accident took place near the jury bus has the freelancer, but the freelancer never made contact or intended to contact the jury members and has also never photographed or intended to photograph them, NBC News said in the statement to CNN.
– We apologize for the incident and will cooperate fully with the authorities in any investigation.
Invokes self-defense
Rittenhouse broke down in the witness box last week. He claims that he acted in self-defense and did not admit criminal guilt.
The now 18-year-old boy equipped himself with a semi-automatic rifle and first aid bag before he went to the demonstrations. The reason, according to Rittenhouse, was that he wanted to help the wounded and prevent looting.
–His explanation is that the one man he killed tried to take the weapon from him, while the other who also died from the shots hit him in the head with a skateboard. The third man who was shot survived.
The third man Rittenhouse shot was Gaige Grosskreutz who survived. He is one of the main witnesses in the trial.
–During the testimony of Rittenhause, the mood was amp. The case has divided the American population between those who think he is a patriot and those who think he practiced illegal civil protection.
The arms debate in the United States has also flared up after the incident.
Videos after the incident show how Rittenhause was chased by several people, including a man with a gun, before he stumbles and shoots at those who are chasing him.
Trump: – Guess he was in real trouble
When then-President Donald Trump was asked if he condemned the actions of the then 17-year-old, he replied the following:
– We look at it, it was an interesting situation. You saw the same clip I saw. He tried to get away from them, it looked like, and he fell, and they attacked him very violently. We’re looking at it now, it’s under investigation, but I guess he was in real trouble and he would probably have been killed, but it’s under investigation.
Current President Joe Biden believed that Trump’s statements following the riots in a number of major US cities in the summer of 2020 made him unfit to be president. He reacted strongly on what he considered imprudence after Trump visited the city of Pittsburgh:
– He would not even reject one of his supporters who is charged with murder because of his attacks on others. He is too weak and too afraid of the hatred he has nurtured to put an end to it, said Biden.
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