>> IT’S A TRIAL WHERE SOME OF
THE MOST HOT-BUTTON ISSUES IN
AMERICA WILL COLLIDE GUNS
PROTEST AND RACE. BUT TODAY
THE JUDGE STRESSED TO
PERSPECTIVE JURORS TO STAY
FOCUSED ON THE CHARGE IS NOT
THE POLITICS.
>> THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL
TRIAL.
>> LAWYERS FOR KYLE
RITTENHOUSE WILL ARGUE THE NOW
18 YEAR-OLD OPENED FIRE WITH
AR 15 STYLE RIFLE IN
SELF-DEFENSE. ENDED UP KILLING
2 PEOPLE AND INJURING A 3RD
WHEN WE HAVE THE SELF-DEFENSE
ON, WE HAVE THE KEYS TODAY’S
JURY SELECTION GOT OFF TO A
SLOW START WITH THE JUDGE
PASSING TIME DURING AN
UNEXPECTED TECHNICAL DELAY BY
PLAYING A MOCK GAME OF
JEOPARDY PERSPECTIVE. JURORS A
SAFE SPACES FOR A 1000 THEN
BEGAN THE METICULOUS PROCESS
OF PICKING 20 JURORS INCLUDING
8 ALTERNATES FROM A POOL OF
150. IT RITTENHOUSE HAS
PLEADED NOT GUILTY FACES 2
COUNTS OF HOMICIDE AMONG OTHER
CHARGES AND POTENTIALLY LIFE
IN PRISON. LAST SUMMER HE
TRAVELED TO WISCONSIN FROM
ILLINOIS DURING THE UNREST
THAT ERUPTED FOLLOWING THE
SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKE OUR
JOBS PROTECT THIS BUSINESS.
THERE’S SOMEBODY I’M RUNNING
INTO HARM’S WAY AND THAT’S
BLAKE A BLACK MAN WAS SHOT AND
PARALYZED BY A WHITE POLICE
OFFICER DURING A DOMESTIC
DISTURBANCE RITTENHOUSE IS
WHITE HAS WHERE THOSE HE SHOT
BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY. SOME
ARE VIEWING THIS TRIAL AND ITS
OUTCOME AS A REFERENDUM ON
RACE AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM.
THERE’S NO SELF-DEFENSE WHEN
YOU’VE GOT A AT 15.
>> WE SPOKE TODAY WITH JUSTIN
BLAKE JACOBS UNCLE ABOUT THE
RITTENHOUSE HE’S A MURDERER
AND HE SHOULD BE FOUND GUILTY
THEY GET THE LAST WEEK. THE
JUDGE HERE MADE NATIONAL
HEADLINES FOR DECIDING THE
ATTORNEYS MUST NOT REFER TO
THE MEN RITTENHOUSE SHOT AS
VICTIMS.
>> THE WORD VICTIM IS A LOADED
LOADED WORD. AND I THINK
ALLEGED THAT VICTIM IS A
COUSIN TO IT. YOU RULE. THE
LAWYERS CAN, HOWEVER, REFER TO
THE 3 MEN AS RIOTERS LOOTERS
OR ARSONISTS IF THEY HAVE
EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THOSE
CLAIMS.
>> GABE JOINS US NOW GAVE THIS
CASE AN INCIDENT GOT SO MUCH
MEDIA ATTENTION. TALK TO US
ABOUT THE JURY SELECTION AND
HOW HARD IT WILL BE TO FIND
IMPARTIAL JURY HERE.
>> WELL, TOM, IT WILL BE
EXTREMELY CHALLENGING KENOSHA.
NOT A VERY BIG COUNTY. SO
CERTAINLY A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE
HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS CASE.
BUT SPECIFICALLY THERE ARE SO
MANY HOT BUTTON ISSUES HERE.
TOM, PART OF THE JURY
SELECTION TODAY INVOLVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY FELT
ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS
LIKE A GUN CONTROL IN THE
SECOND AMENDMENT. SO THAT WILL
BE PART OF THE REASON WHY IT’S
SO DIFFICULT TO FIND AN
IMPARTIAL JURY HEAR THIS TRIAL
IS EXPECTED TO LAST AT LEAST 2
WEEKS. ONCE THAT’S DONE