KENOSHA, Wis. — Jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial deliberated for a third day without reaching a verdict Thursday — as a new request for a mistrial loomed over the contentious case.

The jury of seven women and five men are weighing whether Rittenhouse provoked the violence or was acting in self-defense when he opened fire on three men, killing two during last year’s riots in Kenosha.

Jurors have spent roughly 24 hours deliberating over two weeks of testimony in the case, including drone footage that prosecutors claim shows Rittenhouse pointing his rifle at protesters.

A request from the jury to see the footage again prompted his lawyers to demand a mistrial, claiming the prosecutors provided the defense with a poorer-quality version of the video.

The defense team argued that they would have approached the case differently if they had been given the high-resolution clip and that a mistrial was necessary for there to be a “level, fair playing field.”

Rittenhouse’s lawyers said the mistrial request would be made “without prejudice,” meaning that prosecutors would be able to retry the case.

Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder didn’t rule immediately on the matter.

He also has not responded to a previous mistrial request filed by the defense.

The earlier request demanded a mistrial with prejudice, which would prevent prosecutors from trying Rittenhouse again.

Rittenhouse, 18, is on trial for killing Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and attempted homicide in the wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz, 28, on Aug. 25, 2020.

At the courthouse, Huber’s girlfriend, Hannah Gittings, told The Post it had been “difficult” to watch the trial over the last two weeks.

“I feel like the best-case scenario right now would be they get this stupid mistrial,” Gittings said.

Though she blasted Rittenhouse for “taking advantage” of the protests to look like the “king of the world,” she admitted that she has sympathy for him.

“I do have a lot of sympathy for this kid because he is just a kid to me,” she said.

As the city awaits a verdict, there have been heated altercations between Black Lives Matter protesters and Rittenhouse supporters.

Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth passed out cookies and hot coffee “in hopes that it would reduce tensions and bring folks together.”

But the two groups continued to fight over megaphones to shout over each other Thursday, as more Rittenhouse supporters joined the crowds.

Among the crowds was a Rittenhouse supporter, who calls himself “Maserati Mike” and had shown up the previous day with a long rifle. He returned swinging a dildo and was seen walking around with a dog.

He was revealed on Thursday to be fired Ferguson, Missouri, police officer named Jesse T. Kline, who was terminated after he was accused of stalking a woman who he was romantically involved with, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The charges were later dropped in the case.

Mark and Patricia McCloskey, thegun-toting St. Louis couple who made headlines last year for pointing their weapons at Black Lives Matter protesters, were also at the courthouse to support Rittenhouse.

“We’re just here to support Kyle and hope that the jury comes out with an acquittal on all counts and you know to support people’s rights to defend themselves,” Mark McCloskey previously told The Post.

Police on Thursday arrested a man with a handgun holstered for carrying the weapon within 1,000 feet of a school.

At least five Kenosha schools have shifted to virtual learning in anticipation of possible unrest over a verdict.

“While we have not been advised of any existing imminent danger, we feel this is the best course of action to protect our students and staff during an uncertain time,” the Kenosha Unified School District said in a message sent to parents.

“We will continue to work closely with law enforcement to receive support as needed in the days and weeks ahead.”

On Thursday, the judge banned MSNBC from the courthouse after a producer working for the network was accused of following jurors.

The man, who identified himself as James Morrison, was pulled over Wednesday after allegedly blowing a red light in pursuit of the juror bus, Schroeder said.

“He stated that he had been instructed by [a superior] in New York to follow the jury bus,” the judge said.

NBC News confirmed the man was a freelancer who received a citation for a traffic violation, but insisted that he “never photographed or intended to photograph” the jurors.

Schroeder called the incident an “extremely serious matter” and barred any journalists from MSNBC from attending the ongoing trial.

“I have instructed that no one from MSNBC News will be permitted in this building for the duration of this trial. This is a very serious matter,” Schroeder said.