RITTENHOUSE IN KENOSHA IS
EXPECTED TO GO TO THE JURY ON
MONDAY.
AHEAD OF THAT, THIS WEEK JURORS
HEARD FROM THE DEFENDANT HIMSELF
DURING A FULL DAY OF TESTIMONY.
>> RITTENHOUSE TOOK THE STAND
THIS WEEK AND BROKE DOWN AS HE
TESTIFIED ABOUT HOW HE WAS
DEFENDING HIMSELF WHEN HE SHOT
AND KILLED TWO PEOPLE AND
INJURED A THIRD IN THE MIDST OF
CHAOTIC PROTESTS FOLLOWING THE
POLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE.
HE DESCRIBED WHY HE FATALLY SHOT
JOSEPH ROSENBAUM.
>> HE WAS CHASING ME.
I WAS ALONE.
HE THREATENED TO KILL ME EARLIER
IN THAT NIGHT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO SHOOT
HIM.
>> KITT RITTENHOUSE TESTIFIED HD
NOTHING WRONG, HE WAS DEFENDING
HIMSELF.
>> HE FACES LIFE IN PRISON.
HOW WILL THE COMMUNITY REACT
WITH EITHER A CONVICTION OR
ACQUITTAL?
THE CASE DRAWS RESPONSE AROUND
ISSUE OF POLICE CONDUCT AND
RACIAL JUSTICE.
RITTENHOUSE HAS GOTTEN SUPPORT
FROM CONSERVATIVE BACKERS
INCLUDING THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
THE POLICE SHOOTING THAT INJURED
JACOB BLAKE STARTED THE EVENT.
WE GO NOW TO WILL KENNEALLY IN
KENOSHA.
SO WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE FOR WHEN
THE JURY GETS THIS CASE?
>> SO THE JURY HAS A LONG
WEEKEND.
THEY WERE OFF TODAY.
THEY'LL BE EXPECTED TO BE BACK
IN COURT MONDAY.
THAT'S WHEN WE'LL HEAR CLOSING
ARGUMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES.
THOSE ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE MAYBE
TWO AND A HALF HOURS OR LESS
EACH.
SO THE JURY WILL RECEIVE THE END
OF THE CASE AND START
DELIBERATIONS MONDAY EVENING.
>> I KNOW TODAY ATTORNEYS AND
THE JUDGE WERE HASHING OUT
INSTRUCTIONS FOR WHETHER THE
PROSECUTION COULD ALLOW THE JURY
TO CONSIDER LESSER CHARGES IF
THEY CAN'T AGREE ON MORE SERIOUS
CHARGES.
WHAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THIS?
>> SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE
PROSECUTION HAS PRESENTED A
SLATE OF CHARGES CHARGING KYLE
RITTENHOUSE WITH A SLATE OF
CHARGES.
THIS WOULD ALLOW THE JURY TO
CONSIDER LESSER CHARGES THAN
WHAT THE PROSECUTION HAS CHARGED
HIM FOR.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, RITTENHOUSE
FACES FIRST-DEGREE INTENTIONAL
HOMICIDE RELATED TO ANTHONY
HUBER.
THE JURY COULD SAY WE ARE NOT
GOING TO FIND A GUILTY VERDICT
FOR THAT FIRST-DEGREE
INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE CHARGE, BUT
WE COULD TAKE UP A
SECOND-DEGREE, A LESSER CHARGE,
OR FIRST-DEGREE RECKLESS
HOMICIDE CHARGE, COME BACK WITH
A GUILTY VERDICT ON THAT.
WE'RE KIND OF IN FLUX HERE RIGHT
NOW WITH THE JUDGE.
HE'S YET TO RULE WHETHER HE WILL
ALLOW THE JURY TO CONSIDER THOSE
LESSER CHARGES.
HE MAY RULE ON THAT LATER TODAY
OR TOMORROW YET.
>> AND AGAIN THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT THE PROSECUTION HAD BROUGHT
FORWARD AS SOMETHING THEY WOULD
LIKE THE JUDGE TO CONSIDER TO BE
INCLUDED IN THOSE INSTRUCTIONS
TO THE JURY WHEN THEY GET THE
CASE.
>> RIGHT.
EXACTLY.
THAT WILL BE PART OF THE JURY
INSTRUCTIONS THAT THE JUDGE WILL
GIVE THEM MONDAY RIGHT BEFORE
THE JURY GOES INTO DELIBERATION.
>> NOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
TERMS OF PREPARATIONS IN KENOSHA
FOR WHEN THAT VERDICT DOES COME
IN?
>> SO LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY
ARE WORKING WITH LOCAL, STATE
AND NATIONAL OFFICIALS TO KIND
OF TAMP DOWN ANY PROTESTS THAT
MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE WAKE OF A
VERDICT.
IF YOU REMEMBER LAST SUMMER,
LOCAL OFFICIALS WERE WORKING
WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD TO KIND
OF GUARD MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS,
ALLEVIATE LOCAL OFFICIALS TO
KIND OF DO SOME POLICE WORK IN
THE STREETS.
TODAY THE GOVERNOR ACTIVATED 500
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO BE ON
STANDBY IF LOCAL OFFICIALS NEED
THEM NEXT WEEK WHEN THE VERDICT
COMES BACK.
AFTER THIS, THEY ARE IN
PREPARATIONS FOR ANYTHING THAT
MIGHT HAPPEN.
WE HAVE YET TO HEAR DETAILS ON
THAT.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT PREPARATIONS
ARE IN THE WORKS.
>> DO YOU SEE ANY KIND OF
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF THE KINDS
OF PREPARATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE
TALKING ABOUT, IN PARTICULAR,
YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT?
ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF THAT BY
WAY OF STREET CLOSURES OR SNOW
FENCING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> ACTUALLY, SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE
IN THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE, AND AS
YOU CAN SEE HIND ME, LAST WEEK
THERE WAS A CHAIN LINK FENCE.
WE DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT.
NO STREETS BLOCKED SO FAR.
SO THINGS ARE ALL QUIET RIGHT
NOW.
BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
WEEK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WILL KENNEALLY, THANKS VERY MUCH
FOR JOINING US FROM KENOSHA.