Bail for Kyle Rittenhouse set at $2M

By Zach Halaschak

Published November 3, 2020 1:56am ET

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Bail for Kyle Rittenhouse set at $2M — Kyle Rittenhouse sits while listening during an extradition hearing in Lake County court Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Waukegan, Ill. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wis. | (Nam Y. Huh/AP)

A Kenosha County Court commissioner set bail at $2 million for Kyle Rittenhouse on Monday after he was extradited to Wisconsin to face murder charges.

The 17-year-old’s case has been a nationally polarizing one, and Rittenhouse himself has become a figurehead among some on the Right who say that more should be done to stop riots and violent demonstrations.

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