This was in a regional website of local news .
The slant is quite evident.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Bail was set at $2 million on Monday for a 17-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two men during an August protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after the father of one victim told the court the teen “thinks he’s above the law” and would disappear if freed before the trial.

Kyle Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois, is charged with fatally shooting Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber during a protest over a police shooting in August. He is also charged with wounding a third man, Gaige Grosskreutz.

Rittenhouse turned himself in to police in Antioch the morning after the Aug. 25 shootings. He was extradited to Wisconsin on Friday and made his initial court appearance in Kenosha County on Monday afternoon.

In addition to the homicide charges, Rittenhouse faces counts of attempted homicide, reckless endangerment and being a minor in possession of a firearm.



His attorney, Mark Richards, asked Court Commissioner Loren Keating to set bail at $750,000 and place Rittenhouse on electronic monitoring, arguing that the protesters had attacked the teen that night and that Rittenhouse had fired in self-defense.

Richards also argued that Rittenhouse tried to turn himself in seconds after the shootings but officers ignored him. Video showed Rittenhouse walk past police vehicles with an assault-style weapon slung over his shoulder and his hands in the air. No one stopped him even though protesters could be heard screaming that he had just shot people. Police later explained that they didn’t arrest him at the scene because it was chaotic.

Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger asked for $2 million bond, noting that Rittenhouse faces life in prison if convicted of the homicide charges, which makes him a flight risk.

“The defendant doesn’t want to be here and if released won’t come back,” Binger said.


Keating allowed Huber’s father, John Huber, to speak during the video hearing. He asked the commissioner to set bail between $4 million and $10 million. He said that Rittenhouse has become a rallying symbol for conservatives upset by the destruction of property during protests this year over police brutality. People have been raising money for Rittenhouse and militia groups would gladly hide him from police, Huber alleged.

A legal defense fund for Rittenhouse has attracted millions of dollars in donations. Rittenhouse’s mother got a standing ovation from women in the audience at a Waukesha County GOP function in September, according to a tweet from conservative commentator Michelle Malkin.

“Kyle Rittenhouse thinks he’s above the law,” Huber said. “He’s been treated as much by law enforcement. For him to run wouldn’t surprise me.”

Huber’s son hit Rittenhouse with a skateboard before Rittenhouse shot him, but was he only trying to stop Rittenhouse, the father said.


“Self-defense, that’s impossible,” he said, growing more agitated as he spoke. “He had already killed a guy and tried to run. My son was a hero. He tried to stop him. He was a hero. Anyone who says otherwise is dead wrong, including the president. How dare he.”

President Donald Trump has said Rittenhouse’s actions might have been warranted, suggesting that the protesters might have killed him.

Richards tried to object to Huber’s remarks, but Keating cut him off.

Grosskreutz’s attorney, Kimberley Motley, asked for $4 million bail, calling Rittenhouse’s behavior “inexcusable.”


Keating set bail at $2 million, saying Rittenhouse has no ties to Kenosha, he fled the state after the shootings and he faces life in prison if convicted. He ordered Rittenhouse not to have any contact with the victims' families or to possess any weapons if he’s released.

Rittenhouse attended the hearing via a video feed from jail and was wearing an orange mask and a dark blue jail jumpsuit. He spoke only to say that he understood the conditions of his release.

The shootings happened two days after a white police officer trying to arrest Jacob Blake shot the 29-year-old Black man seven times in the back, paralyzing him from the waist down. Video of the shooting sparked several nights of protests in Kenosha, a city of about 100,000 on the Wisconsin-Illinois border.

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.


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That kid is being railroaded and hard. I’d Damn sure shelter him if he showed up.

It sickens me to read about the relatives of people trying to overturn "the System" or those people themselves trying to use the system they were fighting to try and convict someone who was defending himself from these same thugs and assholes.

Hey Huber...your son was NOT A HERO....he was a felon and a thug, and if you had done a better job raising him, he'd have made better choices and would likely still be alive today. Your son didn't try to stop or detain Rittenhouse...it was felony assault and possibly attempted murder.

Grosskreutz...Kyle should have shot you in the nads so that you cant reproduce pass your filthy ideas onto your offspring.

And yes, the leftist bias of this article also sickens, but doesn't surprise me.

"Rittenhouse turned himself in to police in Antioch the morning after the Aug. 25 shootings. He was extradited to Wisconsin on Friday and made his initial court appearance in Kenosha County on Monday afternoon."

This subject had no prior arrest history, turned himself in a second time after trying to tell an officer he'd been involved in a shooting immediately after the incident occurred, and clearly appeared to have fired only in response to a perceived threat(s). Just what kind of justification is there to set this high of a bail when there's virtually no evidence that he's a flight risk, a continuing threat to the "victims" in this matter, or presents a probability to commit other (new) offenses???

President Trump should pardon the young man. Self defense.

God Bless the Donald! USA # 1

I just sent #fightback another $25

How very very sad our country has become where people let bias control outcomes rather than right or wrong.

We used to do the the right thing whether we agreed with it or not. Now right or wrong doesn't matter, it's how we are biased.

Fine. Let the morons keep poking. Right will always win in the end. They just keep making progress to their own demise. We're on the right. They are not on the left; they are on the wrong.

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Originally posted by recoatlift:
President Trump should pardon the young man. Self defense.

God Bless the Donald! USA # 1

Would be nice but don't think he can unless it is a Fed crime.

I wonder if we will EVER have old fashioned NEWS coverage ever again.Just the current events no political bias.

John Huber needs a hysterectomy.

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Originally posted by FN in MT:
I wonder if we will EVER have old fashioned NEWS coverage ever again.Just the current events no political bias.

You needn't wonder. The obvious answer is...'No'. The US media should be renamed American Pravda.

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Originally posted by FN in MT:
I wonder if we will EVER have old fashioned NEWS coverage ever again.Just the current events no political bias.

I truly believe the only way that ever has even a chance of happening is when we are rebuilding after something truly horrible. Like rising from the ashes horrible.

Not sure how to fix this. Could we ever possibly enact a law that would make it a truly serious crime to manipulate public opinion with lies, half truths and selective omissions without upending the constitutional apple cart? Without that law ultimately being used as a cudgel for the very same ends?

I know I wouldn't trust any of these current sons-a-bitches with it. I can't imagine that changing in the future either. Yet the need remains.

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Originally posted by 83v45magna:

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Originally posted by FN in MT:
I wonder if we will EVER have old fashioned NEWS coverage ever again.Just the current events no political bias.

I truly believe the only way that ever has even a chance of happening is when we are rebuilding after something truly horrible. Like rising from the ashes horrible.

Not sure how to fix this. Could we ever possibly enact a law that would make it a truly serious crime to manipulate public opinion with lies, half truths and selective omissions without upending the constitutional apple cart? Without that law ultimately being used as a cudgel for the very same ends?

I know I wouldn't trust any of these current sons-a-bitches with it. I can't imagine that changing in the future either. Yet the need remains.

We can regulate the 2nd amendment but not the first? Why not? How about a newscaster license, an opinion journalist license, etc...? With standards and penalties. Annual license fee etc...

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Originally posted by Shaql:

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Originally posted by 83v45magna:

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Originally posted by FN in MT:
I wonder if we will EVER have old fashioned NEWS coverage ever again.Just the current events no political bias.

I truly believe the only way that ever has even a chance of happening is when we are rebuilding after something truly horrible. Like rising from the ashes horrible.

Not sure how to fix this. Could we ever possibly enact a law that would make it a truly serious crime to manipulate public opinion with lies, half truths and selective omissions without upending the constitutional apple cart? Without that law ultimately being used as a cudgel for the very same ends?

I know I wouldn't trust any of these current sons-a-bitches with it. I can't imagine that changing in the future either. Yet the need remains.

We can regulate the 2nd amendment but not the first? Why not? How about a newscaster license, an opinion journalist license, etc...? With standards and penalties. Annual license fee etc...

You raise a very interesting point.

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Originally posted by Shaql:

We can regulate the 2nd amendment but not the first? Why not? How about a newscaster license, an opinion journalist license, etc...? With standards and penalties. Annual license fee etc...

The right has to get as cutthroat as the left with the legal system. The press have special privilege by way of the 1st Amendment. They have corrupted and bastardized that privilege and, as such, should be held to some sort of legal responsibility. We can all see the left have weaponized the legal system, we know it can be done.

Meanwhile...

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Chicago murder suspect on the run after escaping house arrest
By Sun-Times Media WirePublished 2 days agoCrime and Public SafetySun-Times Media Wire

https://www.fox32chicago.com/n...scaping-house-arrest

we should revoke the operating licenses of the mainstream media and force them to earn it back

Not for Kyle.

The article was posted on WDBJ, a Roanoke,Va news station of course on their website. Many years Ago it was the go to station for news and information.

Sometime in the 90's, I began to notice a more liberal slant on many of their back then, TV reports, but Roanoke city itself has always had a liberal and Democratic flavor.

The station and their website still stir the BLM-Statues-gay pots when ever possible.