当局称,周三有两人在基诺沙县法院外被捕,抗议者聚集在那里等待凯尔·里顿豪斯杀人案的判决。
据基诺沙警察局称,一名20岁的男子因殴打、行为不检和拒捕被捕,而一名34岁的女性因行为不检被捕。
该部门在一份声明中说:“在逮捕过程中,执法部门需要部署几名官员,以防止市民和媒体的干扰。
听了两周的证词后终结辩论基诺沙县巡回法院陪审团开始商议周二在备受关注的审判中。整整两天后,审议将于周四恢复。
在等待判决的过程中,威斯康星州州长托尼·埃弗斯周二呼吁和平,呼吁人们在基诺沙“安全和平地”集会。
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基诺沙警方在基诺沙公司前逮捕了一名赞成定罪的抗议者...
他周二在推特上写道:“克诺尚人坚强、有韧性,在过去的一年里,他们一起努力治愈和重建。“在克诺沙和威斯康星州,任何播下分裂种子和阻碍愈合的努力都是不受欢迎的。不管这个案件的结果如何,我敦促在基诺沙和整个州实现和平。”
在判决之前,埃弗斯先前授权如果需要,大约500名国民警卫队士兵将随时待命,支持公共安全工作。
地方当局表示,他们“认识到”围绕审判的焦虑,但目前没有发布宵禁或道路封闭令。
“过去一年,我们各部门通力合作,协同努力,提高应对大型事件的能力。我们还加强了与州和联邦资源的现有关系,”基诺沙县治安部门和基诺沙警察局周二在一份联合声明中表示。“在这个时候,我们没有理由为封路、实施宵禁或要求我们的社区修改日常事务提供便利。”
里顿豪斯对一级鲁莽杀人罪、一级故意杀人罪、一级故意杀人未遂罪和两项一级鲁莽危害安全罪的指控不认罪。
这些指控源于36岁的约瑟夫·罗森鲍姆和26岁的安东尼·胡伯的致命枪击事件,以及27岁的盖格·格罗斯克罗伊茨在去年基诺沙爆发的警察枪击事件中受伤的枪击事件雅各布·布莱克。
聚集在法院外的人包括布莱克的家人和黑人的命也是命活动人士,他们呼吁为被枪杀的三名男子伸张正义,还有里顿豪斯的支持者,其中包括马克和帕特里夏·麦克洛斯基,一对圣路易斯夫妇尖头枪去年在黑人的命也是命,抗议者在他们家外面。
2 arrested during Kyle Rittenhouse trial protests
Two people were arrested Wednesday outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, where protesters have gathered while awaiting a verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial, authorities said.
A 20-year-old man was arrested for battery, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, while a 34-year-old female was arrested for disorderly conduct, according to the Kenosha Police Department.
"During the arrests law enforcement needed to deploy several officers to keep crowds of citizens and media from interfering," the department said in a statement.
After hearing two weeks of testimony andclosing arguments, the Kenosha County Circuit Court jurystarted deliberatingTuesday in the closely watched trial. After two full days, deliberations will resume Thursday.
Amid the wait for a verdict, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers had made a plea for peace Tuesday, calling for people to assemble "safely and peacefully" in Kenosha.
"Kenoshans are strong, resilient, and have worked hard to heal and rebuild together over the past year," he tweeted Tuesday. "Any efforts to sow division and hinder that healing are unwelcome in Kenosha and Wisconsin. Regardless of the outcome in this case, I urge peace in Kenosha and across our state."
Ahead of the verdict, Evers hadpreviously authorizedabout 500 National Guard troops to be on standby to support public safety efforts if needed.
Local authorities said they "recognize the anxiety" surrounding the trial, but are not issuing a curfew or road closures at this time.
"Our departments have worked together and made coordinated efforts over the last year to improve response capabilities to large scale events. We have also strengthened our existing relationships with State and Federal resources," the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department and Kenosha Police Department said in a joint statement Tuesday. "At this time, we have no reason to facilitate road closures, enact curfews or ask our communities to modify their daily routines."
Rittenhouse has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree reckless homicide, first-degree intentional homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide and two felony counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety.
The charges stem from the fatal shootings of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and a shooting that left 27-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz wounded during riots that erupted in Kenosha last year over the police shooting ofJacob Blake.
Those gathering outside the courthouse have included members of Blake's family and Black Lives Matter activists, calling for justice for the three men shot, as well as Rittenhouse supporters -- among them Mark and Patricia McCloskey, a St. Louis couple whopointed gunsat Black Lives Matter protesters outside their home last year.