CNN trying to backpeddel some now
Just look at the damn article title.
Things we've learned from Kyle Rittenhouse's trial that challenge assumptions about the case
Damn right CNN made assumptions, despite it all being very clear on video what went down. You literally made the assumptions for your readers and hoped they just took your word
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/18/us/kyle-rittenhouse-what-we-learned-from-trial/
Was Rittenhouse an outsider in Kenosha that night?
After the shooting, Rittenhouse was portrayed in some quarters as an outsider who showed up in Kenosha and had no business being on the street during nights of unrest.
Rittenhouse testified that he lived in Antioch, Illinois, with his mother, while his father lived in Kenosha.
Antioch is just across the Illinois border.
He had worked as a lifeguard in Kenosha, was part of a police explorer program and knew CPR and basic life support, according to his testimony.
Did he bring the weapon across state lines?
After the shooting and his arrest, many people questioned whether the then-minor had transported the illegal gun across state lines.
Black testified he had previously purchased an AR-15 firearm for Rittenhouse in Wisconsin.
Rittenhouse was too young to purchase and possess a gun, but he agreed to pay Black for the firearm, Black told jurors.
Black testified that he also had his own firearm, and they had fired the weapons in target practice in a rural area.
Black has been charged with two counts of intentionally giving a dangerous weapon to a person under the age of 18 causing death, according to court records. He has pleaded not guilty. He testified that he hoped taking the stand would lead to leniency in his case.
On Monday, Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed the misdemeanor weapons charge against Rittenhouse, now 18.
The charge of possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18 was punishable by up to nine months in prison. The count was thrown out due to the odd wording of Wisconsin's gun laws.
Schroeder dismissed the misdemeanor charge, noting that the weapon was longer than the measurements required for it to be an illegal "short-barreled rifle" under state law.
Is he a member of a White supremacist group?
There was no evidence presented at trial about this.