Teen Vigilante Who Murdered Two Protestors Not Guilty On All Charges
Not exactly new, but in case you needed a reminder: Murder is legal in the United States (as long as you’re white).
KENOSHA, Wis. — Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two men and wounded another amid protests and rioting over police conduct in Kenosha, Wis., was found not guilty of homicide and other charges on Friday, in a deeply divisive case that ignited a national debate over vigilantism, gun rights and the definition of self-defense.
After about 26 hours of deliberation, a jury appeared to accept Mr. Rittenhouse’s explanation that he had acted reasonably to defend himself in an unruly and turbulent scene in August 2020, days after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake, a Black resident, during a summer of unrest following the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
[NYT: Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty of intentional homicide and four other charges]
