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Kyle Rittenhouse Cleared Of All Charges In Kenosha Shootings

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Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation’s debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice.

Rittenhouse, 18, cried and hugged one of his attorneys upon hearing the verdict. He had been charged with homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangering after killing two men and wounding a third with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle during a tumultuous night of protests over police violence against Black people in the summer of 2020.

The former police youth cadet is white, as were those he shot. The jury, which appeared to be overwhelmingly white, deliberated for close to three-and-a-half days.

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