![]() ![]() Graphic, Disturbing Photos Show the Moment Rittenhouse Shot Huber They cleaned thre residence out, and he considered this a moment of “redemption,” she told the Post.Ģ. He skated to get out of “that disgusting house,” Gittings told The Post about the hoarding.īut then Huber’s uncle, who owned it, let Huber stay in it temporarily after his mother was evicted. For a time, they slept on friends’ couches he helped her stay off heroin, the Post reported. He had a hard time finding employment once being released from prison, the Post wrote. Still, he was using a vape pen with a psychedelic. He met his girlfriend at a local bar and had used heroin, but was sober for seven years. Huber wanted to document the protests because he was upset by police shootings, The Post reported.Īccording to the Post, Huber had a troubled upbringing, telling his girlfriend, Hannah Gittings, and other friends that his mother “was a hoarder,” which caused him “constant stress.” He had bipolar disorder. Blake was wanted on a sexual assault warrant at the time, had a knife, and resisted arrest, in addition to trying to take off in a car that wasn’t his with young children, the DA said when he cleared the officer, whose shooting of Blake was captured in a viral video. Police had responded to a 911 call from a woman who wanted help. “No verdict will be able to bring back the lives of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum or heal Gaige Grosskreutz’s injuries just as no verdict can heal the wounds or trauma experienced by Jacob Blake and his family,” Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers said in a statement after the verdicts.Ī Washington Post article said that Huber and Jacob Blake knew each other they had “friends in common and had smoked marijuana together,” so he wanted to join the protests. Susan Hughes, Huber’s great aunt, told the Today show, “I want Anthony to be remembered as a person who really was just trying to get on with his life after some early difficult years, and was making real, real progress in that regard.” She testified in court about his love of skateboarding. They’re honoring his memory by asking people to skate in his honor at Basik Skate Park in Kenosha. She told me he was an amazingly talented skater, went semi pro in his early teens. ![]() “His partner says he was the smartest, kindest, loving man she ever knew. “This is 26-year old Anthony Huber, one of the victims shot dead last night in #Kenosha during the protests and chaos that ensued,” journalist Pari Cruz wrote, sharing the above photo. “He was a well-loved skater in #Kenosha and he leaves behind his partner and his young child,” one comment writer described. His family has vowed to continue their fight in civil court since the acquittal. don’t let how much he impacted your life go unshown,” his partner, Hannah Gittings, wrote on Facebook. Loved ones organized a vigil in Huber’s name at a local skate park as word of his death spread. Rittenhouse, then 17, was an Antioch, Illinois, teenage supporter of police who filled his Facebook page with pictures of guns and police advocacy. The jury needed to find that Rittenhouse reasonably believed he was in danger of imminent death or great bodily harm when he fired. However, under Wisconsin law, what matters in a self-defense claim is what the DEFENDANT believes, not the person he shot. ![]() That doesn’t mean that Huber did not BELIEVE he was trying to stop an active shooter because he may not have seen what happened with the first shooting down the road, of Joseph Rosenbaum. Rittenhouse’s defense team presented a photo during the trial that they said showed Huber with a hand on Rittenhouse’s gun they argued that Rittenhouse was acting in self-defense, and the jury agreed, finding Rittenhouse not guilty of all charges against him, including Huber’s death. You can see photos of all of this later in the story, but be aware that they are graphic and disturbing.Įven the criminal complaint said he was trying to grab Kyle Rittenhouse’s gun, and Huber’s skateboard made contact with Rittenhouse, when Rittenhouse opened fire. However, Huber was wielding a skateboard against Rittenhouse, an act captured in dramatic videos and photos. His loved ones say he died a hero while trying to take down a shooter and that he was known for having a passion for skateboarding. Anthony Huber was one of the two men shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after protests and riots erupted in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
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