Statement on the Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse of All Charges
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, a Wisconsin jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty in the fatal shooting of two men during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year. The almost all-white jury cleared Rittenhouse, 18, on all five charges related to his actions during protests over the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white Kenosha police officer. Laphonza Butler,…