Kyle Rittenhouse's Bail Set at $2 million
https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2020CF000983&countyNo=30&index=0&mode=details
Formal charges have been filed, none will hold.
Self-Defense will defeat the intent necessary to commit intentional murder and attempt..
Recklessness charges will similarly be defeated, but likely be a triable issue.
The misdemeanor charge is not even applicable because it only applies short barrel rifles and shotguns and noncompliance with hunting licenses.
The outcome of Kyle Rittenhouse's trial will depend on the first shooting and what cirucmstances led up to it.
There is a significant possibility that, given the current political climate, he will catch convictions on the lesser charges, or plead down, and do a few months of time.
However, the idea that Rittenhouse didn't have just cause to to be there, the fact that he traveled across state lines, the fact that he was too young to be open carrying a firearm, etc…
none of these things would serve as significant justification for Rosenbaum (red shirt guy) to attack him, nor would Rosenbaum have known any of these facts in the first place.
In order to secure a 1st degree intentional homicide conviction, the court would have to PROVE that Rittenhouse:
1) Engaged in language and behavior that was provocative or threatening to Rosenbaum (just having a weapon slung is not significant)
AND
2) Did not immediately retreat if/when Rosenbaum began threatening or chasing him
AND
3) Did not fully exhaust all viable options in retreating
AND
4) Maliciously intended to kill or grievously injure Rosenbaum before fleeing
The court's judgement of the second shooting hinges entirely upon how the first is judged:
If Rittenhouse is determined to have acted maliciously or even in bad faith, then the crowd would have been justified in chasing him down and attempting to subdue him.
If not, then Rittenhouse was being pursued by an unruly mob and was in the right to defend himself as long as he reasonably perceived a credible threat of death or grievous bodily injury.