11-16-2021, 02:19 PM
Couple of more trials playing out in the wake of the Rittenhouse shooting:
Injured Kenosha protest shooting survivor suing city, law enforcement officers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/injured-kenosha-protest-shooting-survivor-suing-city-law-enforcement-officers/ar-AAPA2z0
Gaige Grosskreutz, the survivor of the shooting, is alleging that police enabled the violence by allowing an armed militia to have free reign of the city's streets during the protest, according to ABC News.
"It was not a mistake that Kyle Rittenhouse would kill two people and maim a third on that evening. It was a natural consequence of the actions of the Kenosha Police Department (KPD) and Kenosha Sherriff's Department (KCSD) in deputizing a roving militia to 'protect property' and 'assist in maintaining order'," the lawsuit states....
Grosskreutz is not the first to press charges against the City of Kenosha. The family of another victim, John Huber, who was killed by Rittenhouse, also sued the city in August.
In their lawsuit, Anthony Huber - the victim's father - claimed that Kenosha and its law enforcement departments "deputized" and "conspired" with armed individuals. The Huber lawsuit specifically names Kenosha County sheriff, the former chief of police and acting chief of police of the Kenosha Police Department, and "John Doe police officers" throughout the city, and includes the city itself as well as Kenosha County.
It will be interesting to see if the "deputized" charge can stand. Won't the police argue they were only "thanking" all those armed men, who after all had a "right" to carry and be on private property?
But there is still the larger question which has animated many on this thread--how is it possible, or a good thing, if armed teens can open carry rifles during a riot long after a curfew is in effect? Police choices may become more clear as these trials proceed. Certainly they'll be scrutinized more.
Injured Kenosha protest shooting survivor suing city, law enforcement officers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/injured-kenosha-protest-shooting-survivor-suing-city-law-enforcement-officers/ar-AAPA2z0
Gaige Grosskreutz, the survivor of the shooting, is alleging that police enabled the violence by allowing an armed militia to have free reign of the city's streets during the protest, according to ABC News.
"It was not a mistake that Kyle Rittenhouse would kill two people and maim a third on that evening. It was a natural consequence of the actions of the Kenosha Police Department (KPD) and Kenosha Sherriff's Department (KCSD) in deputizing a roving militia to 'protect property' and 'assist in maintaining order'," the lawsuit states....
Grosskreutz is not the first to press charges against the City of Kenosha. The family of another victim, John Huber, who was killed by Rittenhouse, also sued the city in August.
In their lawsuit, Anthony Huber - the victim's father - claimed that Kenosha and its law enforcement departments "deputized" and "conspired" with armed individuals. The Huber lawsuit specifically names Kenosha County sheriff, the former chief of police and acting chief of police of the Kenosha Police Department, and "John Doe police officers" throughout the city, and includes the city itself as well as Kenosha County.
It will be interesting to see if the "deputized" charge can stand. Won't the police argue they were only "thanking" all those armed men, who after all had a "right" to carry and be on private property?
But there is still the larger question which has animated many on this thread--how is it possible, or a good thing, if armed teens can open carry rifles during a riot long after a curfew is in effect? Police choices may become more clear as these trials proceed. Certainly they'll be scrutinized more.
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