In Wisconsin, the father of one of those killed during BLM protests has filed a lawsuit.
The standard situation in American law is the opportunity to go to civil court if the victim/his relatives lost in a criminal trial. The most famous case is the American athlete OJ Simpson, who was accused of killing his wife and her friend, but was acquitted, but then lost in civil court, where the relatives of the victims filed a claim for wrongful death as a civil tort. The reason for this situation is that the standard of proof is different in different trials, and in criminal court the standard is much higher. In criminal proceedings, the standard is beyond a reasonable doubt, and in civil proceedings, as a rule, a preponderance of the evidence. If we very roughly translate the standard of proof into probability, then in criminal proceedings it is more than 90%, and in civil proceedings it is more than 50%.
Kyle Rittenhouse is now faced with a similar continuation of the “banquet”. Let me remind you that a jury found him not guilty of killing two and injuring one protester during BLM protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. But now the father of one of the killed - Anthony Huber - has filed a lawsuit against Rittenhouse, the city and the local sheriff, whose employees, according to the plaintiff, covered up Rittenhouse. Shooting survivor Gaige Grosskreutz filed a similar lawsuit. Initially, the latter listed only the city, county and their officials as defendants in the civil suit, but then the plaintiff included Rittenhouse himself among the defendants. Both plaintiffs are seeking financial damages, to be determined by a jury.
Author: Igor Slabykh
