Prosecutors push to re-arrest Kyle Rittenhouse after he allegedly disappears without notice



Prosecutors in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are seeking to re-arrest alleged Kenosha protest shooter Kyle Rittenhouse for reportedly violating bail conditions.

Prosecutors say that Rittenhouse violated his bail conditions in failing to provide an updated home address following an apparent move.

Authorities still do not know his whereabouts at the time of this reporting.

What are the details?

According to a Thursday report from WISN-TV, "Prosecutors filed a motion Wednesday saying the court was unable to deliver a hearing notice for Rittenhouse at the address he listed as his home on his release paperwork."

The station pointed out that the notice was returned to the local courthouse "because a forwarding address was not known."

Following the failure to notify Rittenhouse, prosecutors requested that the judge increase Rittenhouse's bail by $200,000 for reportedly violating the terms of his release and changing his address without proper notification.

"Prosecutors said they were unable to monitor Rittenhouse's whereabouts because he failed to notify them that he moved," the station reported.

In November, a Wisconsin judge released Rittenhouse on a $2 million cash bail.

The 18-year-old Illinois resident is now awaiting trial for the Aug. 25 shooting deaths of two protesters who were demonstrating against the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Rittenhouse and his legal team have insisted that he acted in self-defense.

Elsewhere in the Wednesday filing, prosecutors said that Rittenhouse also previously "demonstrated his carefree attitude by going to a bar immediately after his arraignment on Jan. 5, 2021, and drinking beers in the company of known 'Proud Boys' while flashing white supremacist signs and wearing a 'Free as (expletive) shirt."

What else?

Rittenhouse's defense attorney in response objected to the bond increase, and said that Rittenhouse and his family have been receiving death threats since the Kenosha shootings and moved into a "safe house."

"[Attorney Mark] Richards claimed upon Rittenhouse's release, he was told not to disclose the location of his 'safe house,'" the outlet reported. "He said a member of the defense team contacted prosecutors to provide Rittenhouse's new address if it was filed under seal because of safety concerns."

Richards, WISN reported, said that the prosecutor refused such a request and promised to divulge his client's current address if the court agreed to confidentiality.

Prosecutors said that such a decision could only be made by the judge.

Rittenhouse is due in court on March 10 unless a new motion compels him to appear sooner.

He faces life in prison if convicted on the murder charges.

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Trump Stops Event in Kenosha to Ask for Prayer as MSM Cuts the Feed

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Kenosha police union reveal key details in Jacob Blake shooting to correct 'misleading narrative'



The Kenosha Professional Police Association released a statement Friday contradicting key details of the Jacob Blake shooting as purported by the media.

Communicating through attorney Brendan Matthews, the police union released a timeline of the Blake incident to correct what it called a "wholly inaccurate" depiction by the media and Wisconsin Department of Justice.

"The purely fictional depiction of events coming from those without direct knowledge of what actually occurred is incredibly harmful, and provides no benefit to anyone whatsoever, other than to perpetuate a misleading narrative," the statement explained.

"Unfortunately, even the incident update from the Wisconsin Department of Justice ... is riddled with incomplete information, and omits important details that would help to paint a more complete picture of the incident," the union continued.

What are the facts, according to the union?

The union said officers were dispatched because a 911 caller claimed Blake was "attempting to steal [her] keys/vehicle." According to state investigators, the caller said Blake "was not supposed to be on the premises."

Police dispatched to the scene were "aware of Mr. Blake's open warrant for felony sexual assault," the union said, adding that Blake was not intervening in a domestic dispute like many reports claim.

Investigators with the Wisconsin Department of Justice said Blake had a knife "in his possession," which they claimed was recovered in the floorboard of his vehicle, the SUV seen in the viral video.

But according to the union, Blake was "armed with a knife," and the vehicle was not his.

The silver SUV seen in the widely circulated video was not Mr. Blake's vehicle. Mr. Blake was not unarmed. He was armed with a knife. The officers did not see the knife initially. The officers first saw him holding the knife while they were on the passenger side of the vehicle. The "main" video circulating on the internet shows Mr. Blake with the knife in his left hand when he rounds the front of the car. The officers issued repeated commands for Mr. Blake to drop the knife. He did not comply.

The union went on to explain that officers attempted to control the situation by speaking to Blake and issuing verbal commands, but Blake was allegedly "uncooperative" and "non-compliant."

The union claimed Blake "forcefully fought with the officers, including putting one of the officers in a headlock." Multiple attempts to "incapacitate" Blake through the use of a taser were unsuccessful, they said.

"Based on the inability to gain compliance and control after using verbal, physical and less lethal means, the officers drew their firearms," the union explained. "Mr. Blake continued to ignore the officers' commands, even with the threat of lethal force now present."

How did Blake's family respond?

Justin Blake, the uncle of Jacob Blake, called the police union's version of events "garbage" and "insulting," CNN reported.

CNN faces brutal ridicule over 'mostly peaceful' chyron message as city burns in background



The CNN cable news network faced ridicule and mockery after social media users shared a scene from their coverage of riots with an incongruous chyron description.

The news chyron read, "Fiery but mostly peaceful protests after police shooting," as a CNN reporter stood in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in front of a conflagration set off by the rioting over the police shooting of a black man.

Screenshots and a video of the ironic scene were widely circulated on social media:

I don’t want to offend all the other hilariously awful CNN chyrons, but this is the most hilariously awful one by f… https://t.co/uzx3Pes6be
— Cabot Phillips (@Cabot Phillips)1598501693.0

In the video, CNN national correspondent Omar Jimenez noted that earlier in the day that the protests were "largely peaceful" but that they "became a little more contentious" after night fell.

Jimenez then recounted the measures police took to disperse the protesters, implying that police aggression was the cause for the rioting.

"And then what you are seeing, the common theme that ties all of this together," Jimenez continued, "is an expression of anger and frustration over what people feel like has become an all-too familiar story playing out in places all across the country, not just here, in Kenosha, Wisconsin."

The response

Twitter users roasted the news network over the bizarre juxtaposition of imagery and chyron.

"It's impossible to dunk on CNN harder than it dunks on itself," noted Buck Sexton.

"CNN has gone full Baghdad Bob," replied Allum Bokhari.

"Y'all.... I have just confirmed... this is real. THIS IS F***ING REAL. This is CNN," responded Jason Howerton.

"This is what a Biden Presidency will bring to your city. Hats off to CNN for having the stamina to continue to carry water for democrats," said California state Sen. Melissa Melendez (R).

The protests and rioting raged on in Kenosha, where an altercation between rioters and counter-protesters led to the shooting deaths of two protesters and another being injured on Tuesday.

Here's a video of the segment:

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​Breaking: Investigators say knife recovered from car that Jacob Blake reached into; identity released of officer who shot him​



Wisconsin investigators gave an account of the controversial police shooting of Jacob Blake — with a crucial detail and also released the identity of the police officer who shot him.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation released the details on Wednesday after two nights of violent protests, rioting and looting in Kenosha and other cities.

The account said that Kenosha Police Department officers responded to a call from a female saying that her boyfriend was refusing to leave her premises.

When they arrived, they attempted to arrest Blake, who resisted their commands. They tased him but he continued to resist. Officer Rusten Sheskey then fired at Blake seven times when he reached into his car.

Investigators say that Blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession during the initial investigation after the shooting.

The DCI added that the knife was recovered from the driver's side floorboard of Mr. Blake's vehicle. They said a search of the vehicle uncovered no additional weapons.

No body camera footage from the incident is available because the Kenosha Police Department does not employ them.

Blake was hospitalized and his father later told the media that he was paralyzed from the waist down because of the incident.

Violent protests

Video of the shooting of Blake outraged many in the public and immediately led to protests with angry denunciations of the police involved.

On Tuesday evening a shooting at the protests in Kenosha ended with two dead and one person injured. Graphic videos from the shooting show the grisly results of the altercation.

Police later arrested 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse from Illinois as a suspect in the shooting. Newer video footage from the incident appears to show that protesters were antagonizing, threatening, and attacking Rittenhouse before the lethal shooting.

Here's video of the media briefing on the investigation:

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EXCLUSIVE: Elijah Schaffer interviews the alleged Kenosha shooter

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