Kyle Rittenhouse acquitted on all counts in homicide trial
Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two men and wounded another, was found not guilty of intentional homicide and four other felony charges in a deeply divisive case that fed a national debate over vigilantism, gun rights and the definition of self-defense. https://t.co/5MDh8OyguO pic.twitter.com/8kz9duMhyQ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 19, 2021
The jury weighing Kyle Rittenhouse’s fate acquitted Rittenhouse on all counts after deliberating for nearly three and a half days.
.@TheReidOut Blog: The jury’s decision in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial was a dangerous endorsement of a violent vision. https://t.co/1dnswp4Nll
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 19, 2021
Judge Schroeder blocked lawyers using "victim" in front of the jury to describe the people Kyle Rittenhouse killed or wounded.
— AJ+ (@ajplus) November 19, 2021
He approved describing them as "looters" and "rioters" and said a defense lawyer could "demonize them if he wants," according to @chicagotribune. pic.twitter.com/AHa14HVcDb
“The Trumpist right is wrongly creating a folk hero out of Rittenhouse. For millions he’s become a positive symbol, a young man of action who stepped up when the police (allegedly) stepped aside,” @DavidAFrench wrote earlier this week. https://t.co/KhIuBpb7Y5
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 19, 2021
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