Live Updates: Kyle Rittenhouse takes the stand at his trial for deadly Kenosha protest shootings
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Kyle Rittenhouse is taking the stand Wednesday at his trial on charges of killing two men and wounding a third during a night of turbulent protests in Kenosha. Rittenhouse, 18, and his defense claim he was defending property from protesters following the death of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was wounded by a White police officer.
Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shooting, was charged as an adult with two counts of first-degree homicide and one count of attempted homicide. He also faces charges of recklessly endangering the safety of two other victims, possessing a weapon while under the age of 18, and violating curfew.
If convicted of the homicide charge, he could face up to life in prison.
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