by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and other cases involving the police use of force against Black people. The bloodshed in Kenosha took place during a summer of sometimes-violent protests set off across the U.S.
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The Kenosha case was part of an extraordinary confluence of trials that reflected the deep divide over race in the United States: In Georgia, three white men are on trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, while in Virginia, a trial is underway in a lawsuit over the deadly white-supremacist rally held in Charlottesville in 2017. ‘We’re very happy with the verdict:’ Rittenhouse attorney speaks out after acquittal Other political figures on the right welcomed the verdict and condemned the case brought against Rittenhouse.
We have seen so many black and brown youth killed, only to be put on trial posthumously, while the innocence of Kyle Rittenhouse was virtually demanded by the judge.” “The presumption of innocence until proven guilty is what we should expect from our judicial system, but that standard is not always applied equally. “Over the last few weeks, many dreaded the outcome we just witnessed,” Barnes said. He, like many civil rights activists, saw a racial double standard at work in the case. Mandela Barnes, who is Black and a Democratic candidate for U.S.
(Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool)Īs he released the jurors, Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder assured them the court would take “every measure” to keep them safe. The jury came back with its verdict after close to 3 1/2 days of deliberation. Kyle Rittenhouse closes his eyes and cries as he is found not guilty on all counts at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Friday, Nov. “It seems to me that it’s open season on human rights demonstrators,” he said. Jesse Jackson, the longtime civil rights leader, said the verdict throws into doubt the safety of people who protest in support of Black Americans. Supporters donated more than $2 million toward his legal defense. The verdict in the politically combustible case was met with anger and disappointment from those who saw Rittenhouse as a vigilante and a wannabe cop, and relief and a sense of vindication from those who regarded him as a patriot who took a stand against lawlessness and exercised his Second Amendment right to carry a gun and to defend himself. But as he said when he testified, he did not start this.”
“He has a huge sense of relief for what the jury did to him today. “He wants to get on with his life,” defense attorney Mark Richards said. A sheriff’s deputy whisked him out a back door. Rittenhouse, 18, began to choke up, fell forward toward the defense table and then hugged one of his attorneys as he heard a court clerk recite “not guilty” five times. Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after testifying he acted in self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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