Kenosha council's Parks Commission decides not to act on an Anthony Huber memorial in Anderson Park

Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Anthony Huber
Anthony Huber

The Kenosha Common Council's Parks Commission decided Monday to push off a decision on an Anthony Huber memorial in a Kenosha park.

Huber, 26, died when he was shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during civil unrest in Kenosha following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges in November.

Huber's girlfriend, Hannah Gittings, filed the request for a memorial plaque at the Memorial Tree in Anderson Park, according the parks commission's agenda.

Hannah Gittings, the girlfriend of Anthony Huber who was shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse, talks with Justin Blake, uncle of Jacob Blake, outside the Kenosha County Courthouse on Thursday. Kyle Rittenhouse is charged with homicide and attempted homicide in the Aug. 25, 2020, fatal shootings of two people and the wounding of a third during unrest in Kenosha that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake. His attorneys say he acted in self-defense.

The commission's chairperson, Ald. Eric Haugaard, said that lawyers advised the commission to table the request and not make an official decision, citing an ongoing lawsuit.

Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, was injured by Rittenhouse's gunfire the night of the shooting, and is now suing a handful of Kenosha authorities, including the city of Kenosha.

The commission allowed for public comments and most of the people who spoke urged the commission to deny the request. Some members of the commission reiterated to the public that a decision to table is not approval of the request, it just means the commission must vote before the request is placed on the agenda again.

All members of the commission, except one, voted to table the request. The one member who voted against tabling the matter said he would vote to deny Gittings' request.

Contact Drake Bentley at (414) 391-5647 or DBentley1@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @DrakeBentleyMJS.

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