Nov 16 WATCH: Jury at Kyle Rittenhouse trial request to re-watch video as deliberations continue – Day 12 By Michael Tarm, Scott Bauer, Amy Forliti, Associated Press The judge at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial says he'll "think long and hard" about allowing televised trials in the future. Continue reading
Nov 16 Trial set for Texas officer who shot Black woman in her home By Associated Press The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports Tarrant County judge on Tuesday scheduled Aaron Dean's trial in the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson for Jan. 10. Continue reading
Nov 16 WATCH: No verdict after daylong deliberations in Kyle Rittenhouse trial for Kenosha shooting – Day 11 By Michael Tarm, Amy Forliti, Tammy Webber, Associated Press The case went to the anonymous jury after the judge, in an unusual move, allowed Rittenhouse himself to play a minor role in the selection of the final panel of 12 people whose job was to decide his fate. Continue reading
Nov 16 WATCH: Prosecution rests in trial of men who chased Ahmaud Arbery as trial continues – Day 8 By Russ Bynum, Associated Press Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in the trial of three white men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery after the jury saw graphic photos of the shotgun wounds that punched a gaping hole in his chest. Continue reading
Nov 15 Explainer: Why did the judge drop Kyle Rittenhouse gun charge? By Todd Richmond, Associated Press No one contested that Rittenhouse was underage with a gun. But defense experts had seized on a section of the state's law to argue that it was limited to short-barreled shotguns or rifles. Continue reading
Nov 15 WATCH: Closing arguments in the Rittenhouse trial for Kenosha shooting – Day 10 By Associated Press A prosecutor told jurors that Kyle Rittenhouse provoked the bloodshed on the streets of Kenosha by bringing a semi-automatic rifle and menacing others. Continue reading
Nov 12 Defense attorney in Arbery killing case fears ‘Black pastors’ present in court will influence jury By Russ Bynum, Associated Press An attorney for one of three white men standing trial in the death of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia says he doesn't want "any more Black pastors" in the courtroom. Continue reading
Nov 12 WATCH: Kyle Rittenhouse lawyers and judge discuss jury instructions as the trial continues – Day 9 By Scott Bauer, Michael Tarm, Amy Forliti, Associated Press The jury that will decide Kyle Rittenhouse’s fate will be allowed to consider some lesser charges in addition to those prosecutors originally brought against him, after fierce debate by both sides on Friday. Continue reading
Nov 11 WATCH: Officer testifies that Arbery would have received trespass warning as trial for killing continues – Day 6 By Russ Bynum, Associated Press A police officer says he would have given Ahmaud Arbery a warning for trespassing inside the unfinished home from which the young Black man was seen running before he was chased and fatally shot. Continue reading
Nov 10 WATCH: Trial for Ahmaud Arbery killing continues – Day 5 By Russ Bynum, Associated Press Jurors in the trial over Ahmaud Arbery's death are watching security camera videos from a home under construction that the 25-year-old Black man was seen running from before he was fatally shot. Continue reading