Wrongful death suit against Kyle Rittenhouse allowed to proceed by federal judge
Rittenhouse was acquitted of all criminal charges a year and a half ago.
A Wisconsin federal judge is allowing to proceed a wrongful death lawsuit against Kyle Rittenhouse by the father of a man Rittenhouse fatally shot during a 2020 riot.
U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman, a Clinton appointee, on Wednesday allowed the civil right suit to proceed by dismissing motions from Rittenhouse and other defendants including law enforcement, The Associated Press reported.
John Huber filed the lawsuit in 2021 after son Anthony Huber was shot and killed by Rittenhouse, who had opened fire after Huber hit him with a skateboard during a protest in Kenosha, Wisc.
His father is accusing law enforcement of allowing a dangerous situation that violated his son's constitutional rights and led to his death.
Huber alleged that Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, conspired with police to harm the protesters. Rittenhouse said he went to Kenosha from Illinois to help keep order.
Conspiracy? That's a stretch...