KENOSHA – Kenosha County prosecutors are trying to change the mortgage agreement of Kyle Rittenhouse after they said the 18-year-old flashed white power signs while posing for photos, drank several beers and ‘loudly’ with the Proud Boys’ official song during a Mount Pleasant bar .
Rittenhouse, who is accused of shooting and killing two people and injuring a third during protests and riots in Kenosha last summer, was released on $ 2 million mortgage from Kenosha County Jail. This mortgage agreement, in its current state, does not prevent Rittenhouse from accessing a bar or liquor – as minors may do in the company of parents in Wisconsin – nor does it prevent him from dating well-known members of white supremacist groups. to brother. .
In a motion to amend the Rittenhouse bond Wednesday, Kenosha County District Attorney will visit Rittenhouse on Jan. 5 with his mother at Pudgy’s Pub. Rittenhouse stopped at the Mount Pleasant tavern shortly after pleading not guilty to charges of murder in connection with the Kenosha shooting. Rittenhouse’s lawyers allege he fired his gun in self-defense.
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Prosecutors are now calling for Rittenhouse’s mortgage to be changed to include the following:
- The defendant may not possess or consume alcohol.
- The defendant may not be present in any instance where alcohol is served.
- The defendant was prohibited from disclosing any “white power” or “white supremacy” signs, symbols or hand gestures.
- The accused may have no contact with known civilian members or known members of any violent white power / white supremacist groups or organizations, including but not limited to the group identified as the “Proud Boys”.
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According to documents from Kenosha prospectors on Wednesday, Rittenhouse, his mother and several other adults arrived at Pudgy’s Pub in Washington Avenue. Local law enforcement officers were soon notified of Rittenhouse’s presence there, and later collected surveillance videos and more footage of his visit to the bar. [Those photos are included in this article].
Rittenhouse was at the bar for about an hour and a half, prosecutors said. He was wearing a t-shirt with the caption “Free as F ***.”
After arriving outside the bar, Rittenhouse took pictures with two other men in his group. According to prosecutors, Rittenhouse and the other men flashed the ‘OK’ sign, which according to white prosecutors was co-opted as a ‘white power’ sign.
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After posing for the photos, Rittenhouse entered the bar and served a beer through the bartender, the motion reads. He drank a total of three beers during the time he was with Pudgy.
Within minutes of entering the bar, Rittenhouse was also ‘loudly serenaded’ by five adult men in his group with the song ‘Proud of Your Boy’ – an obscure song written for the Disney movie ‘Aladdin’ from 1992, prosecutors say.
The white supremacist group, the Proud Boys, is in fact named after this song, and the song is sung by members of the group, the motion reads.
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Rittenhouse posted several more photos with the men in the bar. According to prosecutors, Rittenhouse and the other men flashed the ‘OK’ sign used by white supremacists.
“The accused then stayed with the ‘Proud Boys’ for the entire time he was in the bar,” the motion reads.
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Motion to amend the Rittenhouse bond
Prosecutors therefore argue in their motion that Rittenhouse may not own or consume alcohol at first. They declare that Rittenhouse was 17 when he allegedly shot the three victims; that he is now 18 and a resident of Illinois; that consumption can increase the likelihood of violent, criminal acts – combined with the reality that Rittenhouse is accused of the most serious crime in Wisconsin, first-degree willful murder, they argue.
Prosecutors also argue that Rittenhouse should be limited to associating with well-known militia members or well-known members of any violent, white power or white supremacist groups. They allege that the group pleaded for violence, was involved in extreme rallies and movements, and that its members were arrested for committing crimes.
Prosecutors write: “The continued association of the accused with members of a group proud of violence, and the use of their symbols, highlights the significant possibility of future suffering. Furthermore, this association may have potential witnesses, who may not be willing is to testify in this case because they may fear that the defendant’s dealings with them or their families will be harmed. “
Rittenhouse will be back in Kenosha District Court on March 10 for his final pre-trial hearing.
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