KENOSHA, Wis. —

In the days following the not guilty verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, clerks filed more than 100 pages of letters to the court expressing praise and anger.

Copies of the letters, obtained by sister station WISN, show some of them were written as the jury deliberated Rittenhouse's fate and after the jurors acquitted the now 18-year-old from Illinois.

The letters were from at least 22 states outside Wisconsin and mainly focused on the polarizing circuit judge, Bruce Schroeder.

"If it had not been for you, that precious, intelligent, wholesome, motivated & alltogether [sic] adorable young man would have been a life wasted," a woman from Ohio wrote.

One of the most high-profile letters of support came from a special prosecutor in Louisiana, Hugo Holland, who also had previously been forced to resign in a firearms acquisition scandal.

"I would not have even bothered to take the Rittenhouse case to a grand jury. I would have pronounced it a good shoot and been done with it," Holland wrote to Schroeder.

The judge did receive several letters from critics as well.

A person from Ohio voiced their "displeasure towards Bruce E. Schroeder because of his obvious and blatant ways of favoritism that he has shown towards the defense."

The person added, "I hope this old and senile person who claims to be a man of the law can rest his head at night..."

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A man watching the trial from New Mexico took his criticism further, writing, "It is disgraceful to interrupt justice as it appears you are trying to do."

He added, "I am going to write to the board of judicial review and ask that you be seriously reviewed by them."

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Among the 115 pages filed Nov. 22 and 23 were two letters addressed to Rittenhouse directly.

"If I had been your father, I never would have let you go downtown," a man from New York wrote to Rittenhouse.

He added in the next sentence he thought Rittenhouse's intentions were "laudable and well meaning."

Investigative producer Jennie Fritz contributed to this report.

Dozens of community activists and shooting victims' families gathered to promote healing and change in Kenosha following the Kyle Rittenhouse trial."What we're here today for is a very simple call. We want to reimagine what our community looks like," said activist Kyle Johnson. “We need to heal, and when we say heal we don’t mean going back to the status quo, because we saw where that got us, we mean improving.” Johnson and other community members said the Rittenhouse verdict should be a new beginning for change."We start a new chapter here in Kenosha," said Kyle Flood, a former school board member and activist. "A chapter where we start to reimagine what Kenosha looks like. We reimagine a demilitarized police where people never have to start a riot."They said they hope to improve the criminal justice system, schooling, housing and other issues in Kenosha."I just want the city of Kenosha to understand ... that nobody here is ever going to stop. No one here is going to stop attempting to expose the flaws in the system," said Hannah Gittings, the girlfriend of Anthony Huber who was shot and killed by Rittenhouse during the 2020 unrest."I miss Anthony every single day," she tearfully said. "I wish I could come home to him to unload, but I can't because he's dead. And now the system is telling me no one needs to answer to that, and I have a problem with that."She said all the community can do now is move forward.

KENOSHA, Wis. —

Prosecutors said accused Kenosha protest shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse has violated the conditions of his release.

A judge allowed Rittenhouse, now 18, of Antioch, Illinois, to be released in November on $2 million cash bail.

He's currently awaiting trial for the shooting deaths of two men who were protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Prosecutors filed a motion Wednesday saying the court was unable to deliver a hearing notice for Rittenhouse at the address he listed as his home on his release paperwork.

The notice was returned to the court because a forwarding address was not known.

Prosecutors wrote in their filing Rittenhouse failed to notify the court of a change of address or telephone number within 48 hours.

They asked the judge to increase Rittenhouse's bail by $200,000 for the violation and issue a warrant for his arrest.

Prosecutors said they were unable to monitor Rittenhouse's whereabouts because he failed to notify them that he moved.

Rittenhouse's cash bond was raised from online supporters.

He has claimed he acted in self-defense.

Prosecutors wrote in their filing Wednesday that Rittenhouse "demonstrated his carefree attitude by going to a bar immediately after his arraignment on Jan. 5, 2021, and drinking three beers in the company of known 'Proud Boys' while flashing white supremacist signs and wearing a 'Free as (expletive) shirt."

Kenosha detectives said they went to the apartment Rittenhouse listed as his address and a man said he had rented the apartment since Dec. 15 and Rittenhouse no longer lived there.

Prosecutors said Rittenhouse failed to correct the address on a document signed Jan. 22.

Rittenhouse's attorney has not yet filed a response to the prosecutor's motion.

His next scheduled court appearance is March 10 but a hearing on the new motion could be held sooner.

If convicted, Rittenhouse faces up to life in prison.

HALES CORNERS, Wis. —

A woman waiting to pick up her kids from school Wednesday was carjacked at gunpoint just before students were let out of at St. Mary's Parish School in Hales Corners, Wisconsin.

Two guys went up to her car and demanded her keys and phone at gunpoint.

Hales Corners police were on high alert Thursday, keeping a close eye on the school pickup line.

The carjacking happened right in front of Dennis Thurow.

"As soon as she got to my window, the black car took off, and I got her in the car, and we tried to get to where I could get behind them," Thurow said.

Others waiting in line saw two cars race by.

"Two cars came flying by driving very fast for an area by a school," said Jessica Gutierrez, who was in the pickup line.

Police said the surveillance video shows two cars driving off.

They believe two guys stole the SUV, and a third person followed behind.

Earlier Wednesday, police in Germantown, Wisconsin, investigated a similar armed carjacking at the Fairway Knoll Senior Living Center.

The gunman there stole a black BMW with a similar make and model to the one seen at St. Mary's.

"There's been other carjackings in other communities that we're trying to speak with the other detectives and other officers involved to see if in any way they're connected," Hales Corners police Detective Chris Heckman said.

"How could that happen in a parent pickup line here?" a reporter asked from sister station WISN.

"That's a good question, middle of the day, witnesses around," Dennis Lypek said.

"I feel more prepared today. I'm more aware of my surroundings," Gutierrez said.

But for the man who tried help the victim, he's still shaken.

"Just making me think if I could've done something better," Thurow said.

Milwaukee police said officers were involved in a chase with the black BMW stolen in Germantown. They eventually ended the pursuit but found the car abandoned.

The car stolen in Hales Corners was also found in Milwaukee, but they still haven't found the carjackers.