The young man had killed two protesters and wounded another to the automatic weapon in August 2020, in full Black Live Matter, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He had invoked the self-defense, very protected in that state.
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Not guilty: the twelve jurors of Kenosha, in Wisconsin, have acquitted, Friday, November 19, Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, a year after he had killed with his automatic rifle AR-15 two protesters and wounded a third During riots in this city, on the banks of Lake Michigan, on the night of Tuesday, Wednesday, August 26, 2020.
Six times, Kyle Rittenhouse heard the jury say “not guilty” for six counts of charge, he has flinked with emotion before tightening his lawyer, while the families of the victims were dismayed. All American media then launched special editions, in this case, which divided the United States in full election campaign in the summer of 2020 and tear it today on its judicial system and the right to use its weapon on behalf of self-defense.
“I stick to what the jury concluded. The jury system works and we must respect it,” said President Joe Biden immediately before correcting the shot in a statement where he concedes that “the Verdict in Kenosha leaves many angry and worried Americans, including me “.
The parents of one of the victims, Anthony Huber, killed at 26, lamented the “unacceptable message” sent from Kenosha. “Today’s verdict means that there is no responsibility for the person who murdered our son. This sends the unacceptable message that armed civilians can appear in any city, encourage violence , then use the danger they created to justify shooting people on the street. “
The facts had taken place in full revolt BLACK LIVES MATTER: Sunday, August 23, 2020, in Kenosha, a white policeman shoots seven times in the back of an African American, Jacob Blake, as a result of A call for conjugal violence. The filmed incident triggers riots in the small lacustrine town, sowing desolation, with dozens of fires and buildings of the ransome city center or even destroyed. The aftermath, Tuesday, armed white militias to the teeth go to the city center, according to them to protect the city and its property, ready to fight with the defenders of Jacob Blake.
The complicated judicial system of Wisconsin
Despite the police cover imposed by the police, the clashes burst quickly, and among the militiamen, a young adorer of the 17-year-old Police, Kyle Rittenhouse, arrives with his weapon, while he n. Not the right, under the eyes of the local police who let it do. The case leads to prosecution and two dead and a wounded. The armed young man goes back in front of the police, without being worried, and returns quietly at home before being arrested the next day. It had been released for a deposit of $ 2 million (€ 1.77 million) paid by radical right activists.
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