A 17-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two BLM-hyenas in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has been extradited to stand trial on homicide charges, with sheriff's deputies in Illinois handing him over to their counterparts in Wisconsin shortly after a judge approved the contested extradition. In his afternoon ruling rejecting Kyle Rittenhouse's bid to remain in Illinois, Judge Paul Novak noted that defense attorneys had characterized the Wisconsin charges as politically motivated. Immediately after Novak issued the ruling at the courthouse in Waukegan, Illinois, deputies with Illinois' Lake County Sheriff's Office picked up Rittenhouse and drove him five miles (eight kilometers) to the Illinois-Wisconsin border, sheriff's office spokesman Christopher Covelli told The Associated Press. Rittenhouse was turned over to Kenosha County sheriff deputies at the state line at around 3:45 p.m., Covelli said. The ruling and speedy transfer came several hours after a hearing Friday morning in which Judge Novak heard arguments for and against extradition. The shootings happened Aug. 25, 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 police shooting sparked outrage and helped spur on the protests. Rittenhouse's case has become a rallying point for some conservatives who see him as a patriot who was exercising his right to bear arms during unrest. Others portray him as a domestic terrorist who incited protesters by showing up wielding a rifle. At Friday's hearing, Rittenhouse's lawyer said he'd had a change of heart since notifying the court that he planned to call witnesses, including Rittenhouse's mother. Instead, John Pierce focused on what he called "fatal defects" in extradition papers. A local prosecutor said the law is unambiguous in requiring Rittenhouse's extradition. #FreeKyle

A Wisconsin court commissioner on Monday set bail for an Illinois 17-year-old accused of killing two people during a protest at $2 million, setting aside pleas from one victim's father to double that amount. Kenosha County prosecutors have charged Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch, Illinois, with fatally shooting Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber during a protest over a police shooting in August. They've also charged him with wounding a third man, Gaige Grosskreutz. Rittenhouse turned himself in to police in Antioch the morning after the shootings. Rittenhouse was extradited to Wisconsin on Friday and made his initial court appearance in Kenosha County on Monday afternoon. His attorney, Mark Richards, asked Court Commissioner Loren Keating to set bail at $750,000 and place Rittenhouse on electronic monitoring. Prosecutors asked Keating to set bail at $2 million, saying Rittenhouse has every reason to flee. #FreeKyle

KENOSHA, Wis. - Speaking out publicly for the first time, Kyle Rittenhouse -- the 17-year-old charged in the fatal shooting of two men during a Kenosha protest -- said that he was protecting himself and does not regret it.In an interview with the Washington Post, the Antioch, Illinois teen said he considers himself "patriotic." The incident transpired on Aug. 25 during unrest that followed protests of the police shooting of Jacob Blake days earlier. In the interview, Rittenhouse described why he brought a gun to the streets of Kenosha that night in the first place. "I was going into a place where people had guns, and God forbid somebody brought a gun to me and tried to shoot me," Rittenhouse said. "So, I like wanted to be protected and I ended up having to protect myself." #FreeKyle

Kyle Rittenhouse was released from jail in Wisconsin on Friday afternoon after his attorneys posted $2 million bail, setting the teenager free as he awaits trial for fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during summer protests in Kenosha. His release came over the objections of family members and lawyers for two of the men he shot. They had asked for higher bail and voiced concerns Rittenhouse would flee, which his lawyers have said he would not. The 17-year-old’s release was funded by donations sought by his attorneys, who appealed to the political right, where Rittenhouse is popular. An attorney set up the payment and then a private security detail transported him from the jail about 2 p.m. Friday, according to Sgt. David Wright of the Kenosha County sheriff’s department. (Read more.) 🥳 #FreeKyle

BREAKING: Judge has ordered Kyle Rittenhouse to stand trial on all six counts—including charges related to the deaths of two men and the shooting of a third during a Kenosha protest in August. Rittenhouse remains free on $2M bail. The decision came after the 17-year-old from Antioch, Ill., appeared in a Kenosha County preliminary court hearing held via Zoom. The teen was freed from jail last month after his lawyers posted the $2 million bail set at the first hearing since his extradition from Illinois to Wisconsin. Most of the bond was raised through a legal defense fund set up by Fight Back Foundation, a free speech group, that sees Rittenhouse as a patriot who was protecting the property of small businesses from rioters. (Read more.) #FreeKyle

Kyle Rittenhouse trial: Wisconsin prosecutors want judge to allow evidence of past ‘violent situation’. Wisconsin prosecutors are asking a judge Thursday to allow evidence at the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse showing that he had a previous violent encounter in Kenosha before shooting and killing two men last year during a police brutality protest – and that he also was associated with the right-wing group Proud Boys. The state filed its motion in Kenosha County Circuit Court as Rittenhouse, 18, is being charged with killing Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounding Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, on Aug. 25. Crowds in Kenosha during that time were riot the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man who was left paralyzed when he was shot by a white police officer. (Read more.) #FreeKyle

Attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse, charged with killing two BLM protesters in Wisconsin, argued that hunting laws allowed him to carry assault-style weapon.

Today, prosecutor Thomas Binger dismisses this defense: “It would establish a precedent that 17yos can run around with guns.

More on Rittenhouse's defense:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hunting-laws-allowed-kyle-rittenhouse-carry-weapon-during-fatal-shootings-n1280950

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STARTING NOW! Murder trial begins for Kyle Rittenhouse in fatal shootings of Kenosha rioters. #FreeKyle

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BREAKING! State witness testifies that Anthony Huber knew Jacob Blake. Kenosha prosecutor says the state thinks Anthony Huber is a hero.

When the prosecution is imploding in front of your eyes...

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Rittenhouse trial should be over immediately. #FreeKyle

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