The family of Anthony Huber, one of the two men fatally shot during a police brutality protest last summer, has filed a federal civil lawsuit against the local Kenosha law enforcement.
According to the Associated Press, the family accuses the Kenosha Police Department and the Kenosha County Sheriff’s office of facilitating shooter Kyle Rittenhouse’s attacks.
On August 25, it was reported that Huber was shot and killed by Rittenhouse at a demonstration for Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man who was shot in the back by police responding to a domestic disturbance call. Blake was left partially paralyzed.
From AP:
Rittenhouse, who is white, was 17 at the time and traveled from his home in Antioch, Illinois, and joined other armed individuals in Kenosha who answered a call from local militia to protect businesses from protesters. The protests turned chaotic that night.
According to prosecutors, Rittenhouse opened fire on Huber, 26, and Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, killing them. Gaige Grosskreutz was also shot, but survived his injuries. The three men are white.
Rosenbaum was shot in the parking lot of an auto dealership and as Rittenhouse ran from the scene he stumbled and fell. Huber was shot in the chest as he tried to disarm Rittenhouse by wrestling his rifle away.
Source: Family of Man Killed at a Kenosha Protest Last Summer Files Lawsuit Against Local Law Enforcement
