Kyle Rittenhouse trial begins

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Kyle Rittenhouse listens as his lawyer gives opening statements to the jury at The Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. November 2, 2021. Sean Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS

 

The trial is now underway of a  U.S. teenager who shot three protesters, two of them fatally.

The shootings occurred during demonstrations that broke out in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after a White police officer shot a Black man in the summer of 2020.