- Two protesters were arrested outside of the courthouse in Kenosha as the jury deliberated in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
- Cops on Wednesday arrested a 20-year-old man on charges of battery, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest.
- A 34-year-old woman was also taken into custody for disorderly conduct, police said.
Two protesters who gathered in front of the Wisconsin courthouse as the jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial deliberated inside were arrested after a clash outside the building on Wednesday, police said.
Cops on Wednesday arrested both Anthony Chacon, 20, on charges of battery, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest and 34-year-old Shaquita Cornelious on a charge of disorderly conduct, Kenosha County Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. David Wright told Insider.
Authorities said cops were stationed to "keep crowds of citizens and media from interfering" during the arrests outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse.
"The Kenosha Police Department and the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department fully recognize the importance of media coverage surrounding the trial," police said in a statement. "The media and public have a responsibility to give space to law enforcement and allow them to perform their duties. Please do so."
A Fox News reporter said they witnessed Chacon — whom the outlet reported was wearing a "Fuck Kyle" black T-shirt at the time — body-slam a reporter and attack a counter-protester before he was taken into custody.
Demonstrators, including supporters of Rittenhouse, have continued to gather outside of the courthouse since deliberations in the high-profile homicide case began on Tuesday.
Rittenhouse has been charged with shooting three men — two fatally — with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle during the August 2020 unrest that erupted in Kenosha following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
Rittenhouse — who was 17 when he traveled to Kenosha from his home in Illinois — has testified that he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and injured 28-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz.
Prosecutors in the case have argued that Rittenhouse was the aggressor in the incident.
The jury in the case continued to weigh the five felony charges against Rittenhouse on Thursday. A judge earlier in the week threw out a misdemeanor weapons possession charge against the teen.