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Judge Bruce Schroeder talks astir the juror who attempted to archer a gag to a bailiff during Kyle Rittenhouse's proceedings astatine the Kenosha County Courthouse successful Kenosha, Wis., connected Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. The juror, known arsenic Juror No. 7, was removed owed to the incident. Rittenhouse is accused of sidesplitting 2 radical and wounding a 3rd during a protestation implicit constabulary brutality successful Kenosha, past year. (Mark Hertzberg /Pool Photo via AP)

KENOSHA, Wis. – A juror successful Kyle Rittenhouse's execution trial was dismissed Thursday aft a tribunal information serviceman reported that the antheral told a gag astir the constabulary shooting of Jacob Blake, which acceptable disconnected protests successful the Wisconsin metropolis wherever Rittenhouse is accused of shooting 3 people.

Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder said the information serviceman reported the remarks earlier this week. Prosecutor Thomas Binger said the remarks arsenic shared showed radical bias. Blake, who is Black, was changeable by a achromatic Kenosha constabulary serviceman and near partially paralyzed.

When Schroeder called the juror into the courtroom to sermon what helium said, the juror said helium didn't privation to repetition his comments. But Schroeder said it was “clear that the quality of bias is contiguous and it would earnestly undermine the result of the case” and that the juror would beryllium dismissed.

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The juror past responded: “It wasn’t thing to bash with the case. It wasn’t thing to bash with Kyle."

Rittenhouse, 18, of Antioch, Illinois, killed 2 radical and injured a 3rd during an August 2020 protestation against constabulary brutality successful Kenosha. The protests started aft the constabulary serviceman changeable Blake successful the backmost portion responding to a reported home disturbance. Blake had been warring with officers and had a knife. The region authoritative aboriginal declined to complaint the officer.

Twenty jurors were seated this week for Rittenhouse's proceedings connected homicide and different charges, with Schroeder saying helium would determine aboriginal which 12 would determine the lawsuit and which would beryllium alternates.

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Rittenhouse, who said helium went to the protestation that nighttime to support businesses from being damaged by protesters, could get beingness successful situation if convicted successful the politically polarizing case. Prosecutors person portrayed Rittenhouse arsenic the instigator of the bloodshed, portion his lawyer says Rittenhouse acted successful self-defense.

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