“I don’t know how they came to the final conclusion that he’s innocent, but this is why African Americans say the whole damn system is guilty,” said Justin Blake, Jacob’s uncle. Outside the courthouse, the family of Jacob Blake called the decision a miscarriage of justice. 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. Kyle Rittenhouse’s legs gave out under him as a clerk read the verdict of a jury that had been deliberating for close to 3 1/2 days not guilty on all counts. The parents of Anthony Huber, one of the men shot and killed by Rittenhouse, said they are “heartbroken and angry” over the acquittal.His critics recorded one more count against a fundamentally unfair legal system. Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all counts by a jury at trial in November 2021, after fatally shooting two protestors and injuring a third during the 2020 Kenosha riots in Wisconsin. Jury finds Rittenhouse not guilty in Kenosha shootings Kyle Rittenhouse closes his eyes and cries as he is found not guilty on all counts at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha. Rittenhouse’s defenders saw justice at work.Rittenhouse had testified that he acted in self-defense when he shot three people, two fatally, during unrest. In a statement, Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley said that he and his colleagues “respect the jury verdict." "We ask that all members of the public accept the verdicts peacefully and not resort to violence,” he said. Jurors on Friday found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of all charges against him.The defense, meanwhile, said he was “trying to help this community” but was attacked. In the prosecution’s telling, Rittenhouse was a dangerous instigator who acted recklessly. The prosecution and the defense presented dramatically different narratives of the shootings.
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