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The homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse headed toward opening statements on Tuesday after a jury was seated in just a day despite the polarizing nature of the case.
KENOSHA, Wis. — Jurors heard starkly different portrayals of Kyle Rittenhouse — instigator or victim — in opening statements at his trial Tuesday on charges of shooting three people on the streets of Kenosha during a turbulent protest against racial injustice.
Kyle Rittenhouse instigated the confrontation that led him to shoot three men on the streets of Kenosha during a turbulent protest against racial injustice, and he killed one of the victims with a bullet to the back, a prosecutor said in opening statements Tuesday at Rittenhouse's murder trial.
Rittenhouse's lawyers claimed the 17-year-old was acting in self-defense when he killed two people.
Jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial heard opening statements and first witnesses on Tuesday. Here's a play-by-play of the day.