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  Hijacking top comment:
  Actually, reading the article doesn't really tell you the situation.
  Here is the complaint.* The news story focuses on Rittenhouse, the famous name, but it's really a civil rights suit against local government officials for allowing the conditions that led to the shooting.  In particular, letting and vocally encouraging armed white groups to roam the protests unhindered, while clamping down on others.  The plaintiffs allege that this discriminatory and negligent policy led to the death.
  Rittenhouse is named as a co-defendant because he was the shooter, but he's not the main target.
  *edit: One thing that should definitely be a capital offense is writing a story about a legal ruling/filing and not linking the actual case document.
  **And the decision.
context: To be clear to everyone not reading the article, she hasn't even ruled on the merits of the case just that there is potential for there to be a case and it can proceed.