Kyle Rittenhouse is found not guilty.
A grand jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Friday found Rittenhouse not guilty of murder and other charges.
On August 25, 2020, Rittenhouse shot four men, killing two and wounding a third, with a semi-automatic rifle. Rittenhouse in downtown Kenosha to protect a car dealership during the unrest following the police shooting death of Jacob Blake.
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Blake, a black man, was shot multiple times by Rusten Sheskey, a white police officer, in Kenosha, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Sheskey was ultimately not charged by state or federal prosecutors.
Rittenhouse, then a 17-year-old from Antioch, Ill., joined a group of other armed men in downtown Kenosha. He shot Joseph Rosenbaum, Anthony Huber and Gaige Grosskreutz, the latter of whom survived. Rittenhouse turned himself in to the police in Antioch on August 26, and was extradited to Kenosha, where he was charged with the following:
- First degree reckless murder using dangerous weapons
- The first degree recklessly endangers safety, uses dangerous weapons
- Intentional first-degree murder, using dangerous weapons
- Intentional first-degree murder, using dangerous weapons
- The first degree recklessly endangers safety, uses dangerous weapons
- Person under the age of 18 in possession of a dangerous weapon (later dismissed)
- Failure to comply with emergency orders from state or local authorities (later fired)
Most of the incident was captured on video, and the trial that followed became heavily polarized. Prosecutors in the case allege that Rittenhouse provoked the protesters before shooting at them, while defense argued that Rittenhouse acted in self-defence.
The Milwaukee Bucks are scheduled to play at home tonight at 8pm ET/7pm CT. The Bucks, which play 40 miles from Kenosha, were the first NBA team to boycott after the summer 2020 protests.
After the verdict in the case attracted national attention, the sports world reacted to the news that Rittenhouse was found not guilty.
My major in History comes as no surprise and if you’re crazy calm down and if you’re having fun remember the situation for the future! I guess I could say that the case closed! https://t.co/jn8UUqLCP4
– Eddie A Johnson (@ Jumpshot8) November 19, 2021
Every time Americans get a chance to do the right thing they never did. This is the guy who will one day become a law enforcement officer and will go on to kill more and more people because he knows he can get away with it. America continues to do this giving us every chance they get. pic.twitter.com/RBdPkbgX9Y
– Roddy White (@roddywhiteTV) November 19, 2021
It was a lack of indignation for ME.
– Cari Champion (@CariChaosystem) November 19, 2021
Kyle Rittennhouse can kill without a doubt and be free but Julius Jones is serving life in prison with no chance of parole after being sentenced to death for 20 years with all kinds of suspicions in the case. his. What is Justice? May God help us.
– Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) November 19, 2021
they show empathy for the people they see…
– solomon hill (@solohill) November 19, 2021
Ha, let the kid be unlucky and he’ll be life… hell he’s gonna have to take his life before the trial bullshit.. so sad..
– Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) November 19, 2021
Guess the tears forced to work ..
– Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) November 19, 2021
Not like that but like that you can empty your hands and get nothing!!! I fear for my life and the lives of my kids.. But African Americans are locked up for life for bad things they didn’t do!!! Damn man!!!! What about those ethnic families? No justice for anything? Fuck that judge
– Isaiah Thomas (@isaiahthomas) November 19, 2021
It is a myth how no one is surprised by this ruling! At this point, what’s the real point? You can literally have random white people, as well as the police, kill an unarmed black person/person and still get away with it.
– JR Smith (@TheRealJRSmith) November 19, 2021
This is a system that plans to normalize the killing of black people as much as possible to the point where we don’t even complain anymore, not even surprised by it anymore.
– JR Smith (@TheRealJRSmith) November 19, 2021
I’m sad, but not surprised.
I’m sick, but not shocked.
I am disgusted, but not derailed.Equality is not a finish line we cross, but a path we walk. I remind us there is still a long way to go. #KyleRittenhouse
– Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) November 19, 2021
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