A wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the father of a man fatally shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during a night of riotous protests in 2020 may proceed, a federal court in Wisconsin ruled Wednesday.
The father of Anthony Huber, one of the two men killed by Rittenhouse, filed the lawsuit in 2021. The lawsuit, which names Rittenhouse, the officers and other defendants, accuses the officers of enabling a dangerous situation that violated constitutional rights. of his son and resulted in his death.
Kyle Rittenhouse (Photo by Sean Krajacic – Pool/Getty Images)
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Anthony Huber’s father, John Huber, also alleged that Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shooting, conspired with police to harm protesters. John Huber is seeking unspecified damages from city officials, officers, and Rittenhouse.
US District Judge Lynn Adelman has dismissed motions filed by Rittenhouse and the government defendants seeking to dismiss the lawsuit.
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Allowing the case against Rittenhouse and the others to proceed, the judge said Huber’s death “could plausibly be regarded as directly caused by the actions of the governmental defendants.”
Rittenhouse was charged with murder, attempted murder and reckless endangerment for killing Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and wounding a third person with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle in the summer of 2020 during a tumultuous night of protests over the shooting of a black man. . , Jacob Blake, by a white Kenosha police officer.
Kyle Rittenhouse puts his hand over his face after he is pleaded not guilty to all charges at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Friday, November 19, 2021.
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Rittenhouse had come to Kenosha from his home in nearby Antioch, Illinois, after businesses were looted and burned in the nights after Blake’s shooting. He joined other armed civilians in the streets, carrying a gun that authorities say was illegally purchased for him because he was a minor.
Rittenhouse first killed Rosenbaum, 36, in a car dealership parking lot and when Rittenhouse ran from the scene, he tripped and fell. Anthony Huber, 26, hit Rittenhouse with his skateboard and tried to disarm him. Rittenhouse fell to the ground, fatally shooting Anthony Huber and wounding 27-year-old protester Gaige Grosskreutz.
Rittenhouse was cleared of all charges in November 2021 after testifying that he acted in self-defense.
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Wednesday’s case is one of several ongoing civil lawsuits filed in the aftermath of the shootings. Grosskreutz filed a similar lawsuit against Rittenhouse last year.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
