The jury has spoken and young Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty of murder of two men. I guess they decided it was self defense. I wasn't at the trial and I suppose that once he was in a violent situation he got scared and killed folks. And that was the defense ... But he put himself there.
I have not been following the trial much at all, other than a few things. First, the judge seemed to be pretty anti-prosecution lawyers. So, OK. I doubt that the trial will be thrown out.
But, what I really noticed were the photos of this white kid with an assault weapon slung over his shoulder and finger on the trigger guard. In the middle of a chaotic night. And ignored by the police at the scene. What?
As has been said by many others, imagine if this had been a 17 year old black kid who came across state lines walking down a chaotic street with that weapon. What would have been his chances of surviving the reactions of the police that night? How about no chance in hell?
