Well, you know by now, a jury has found Kyle Rittenhouse, who was charged with h0micide after sh00ting two people and injuring a third during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year, not guilty on all counts.

The jury’s verdict was read on Friday after over three days of deliberations. Rittenhouse’s legal team made the case during the trial that he acted in self-defense, and ​​Rittenhouse told the jurors, “I didn’t do anything wrong. I defended myself.”

Prosecutors told jurors Rittenhouse was one of a number of people drawn like “moths to a flame” to the unrest in Kenosha but that “the evidence will show that the only person that k*lled anyone was the defendant, Kyle Rittenhouse.” Rittenhouse was also found not guilty of recklessly endangering safety.

After the verdict was read, Judge Bruce Schroeder said he “couldn’t have asked for a better jury to work with.” Well, of course not, this is the verdict the judge obviously wanted.

On CNN, legal analyst Elie Honig noted that “the law in Wisconsin is very favorable to a defendent claiming self-defense,” as the “prosecution has to affirmatively disprove self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt.” Honig also pointed out that the prosecution can’t appeal the verdict, “so this will be the end of the state prosecution of Kyle Rittenhouse.”

On Twitter, well, it’s a mess. Conservatives are ecstatic, and us Democrats are distraught.

In fact, “sickening” is trending because of this injustice, take a look:

The Rittenhouse verdict is beyond sickening. So are the Republicans acting like they just won something. Sad day for the victims, their families and America.

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) November 19, 2021

Whatever you think of Kyle Rittenhouse, the fact that he killed two people in a situation he inserted himself into and will likely now profit handsomely from it, should be sickening to everyone.

— Stephen Holder (@HolderStephen) November 19, 2021

https://twitter.com/TolarianCollege/status/1461770532374777861

Rittenhouse being acquitted of all charges is a sickening travesty of justice & reminder that all of capitalism's institutions are complicit in this racist, murderous system that's exploitative of the vast majority. We'll need powerful mass movements uniting the working class.

— Kshama Sawant (@cmkshama) November 19, 2021

https://twitter.com/AshNicoleMoss/status/1461762866739126278

People celebrating Kyle Rittenhouse being free like it’s a championship or something. Sickening

— lke (@HooIsIke_) November 19, 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse has been found NOT GUILTY on all charges. Sickening.

— Bridges💙 (@bebe1969) November 19, 2021

I’m just gonna say it: if Kyle Rittenhouse were a black boy this case would’ve went COMPLETELY different. And u know the sickening thing republicans KNOW this fact and are banking on the fact that Kyle Rittenhouse has money and is white so that his verdict would end up not guilty

— Vera (@Minerva24_) November 19, 2021

The sickening thing is Kyle Rittenhouse will be framed as a hero, a patriot and wrongly-accused victim by the entire right, despite him killing two people with an illegally-owned AR-15

— Mike (@Mike_P_Williams) November 19, 2021

The whole trial was a sham, and the verdict is sickening. I’m not *surprised* that Kyle Rittenhouse went free despite committing blatant murder (the judge was very clear about wanting an innocent verdict, the absolute bastard), but I am pissed. What a shitshow,

— FISHY🐠 B L M 🇵🇸 COMMS OPEN 5/5 (@FishyArtist) November 19, 2021

The Rittenhouse verdict is beyond sickening. So are the Republicans acting like they just won something. Sad day for the victims, their families and America. Sad sad day for America

— GN N 60 (@luxuryclassics) November 19, 2021

I was in court when the news broke out about the Rittenhouse trial. Never in my life have I seen so many cops (bailiffs) and prosecutors celebrate an acquittal. Sickening.

— NotGuilty (@NotGuiltyEsq) November 19, 2021

Our justice system is racist. Black people are SIX TIMES the prison population of White people relative to the proportion of the population. SIX TIMES!! I welcome anyone to attempt to explain that difference without institutional racism #BLM #sickening #rittenhouse #racism pic.twitter.com/gNr79DcVz1

— Colin Matheson (@cytochromec) November 19, 2021

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