Kyle Rittenhouse became an instant celebrity among right-wing groups after the August 2020 shootings amid the racial justice demonstrations that swept the nation. On Friday he was acquitted of all charges. More from kurtisalee & jaweedkaleem
Kyle Rittenhouse, a teenager who shot and killed two men and wounded another as violent protests against police brutality engulfed Kenosha last year, was acquitted of all charges Friday in a closely watched case that has amplified bitter national debate over guns, vigilantism and law and order.
Rittenhouse became an instant celebrity among right-wing groups, who called him a patriot and a “good guy with a gun.” They raised money — paying a large portion of his $2-million bail — and created mural images of him that flooded social media. Some supporters even donned new tattoos of the pudgy-faced teenager.Will the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict send the wrong message?
“Self-defense is a God-given right, and Kyle defended himself,” said a statement by Dudley Brown, executive director of the National Foundation for Gun Rights in Loveland, Colo. “We hope that Kyle will now be allowed to live a free and prosperous life, and that all Americans will understand that the 2nd Amendment isn’t about hunting — it’s about the right to defend oneself from tyranny and lawless criminal actors.
While President Biden and other politicians said that the jury’s decision must be respected, some on the left expressed concern that the verdict could send a dangerous message.The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all counts sends a chilling message about the acceptability of vigilantism. The jury was not considering the issue of whether Rittenhouse should have been on the streets of Kenosha with a rifle. Instead, it had to decide the much narrower question of whether he was acting in self-defense each time he pulled the trigger.
But as the trial wore on, many legal experts came to believe that the prosecution would have trouble proving that Rittenhouse did not act in self-defense.
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