“
The jury reached the right verdict
”.
Young American Kyle Rittenhouse, just acquitted after killing two men during an anti-racist protest in 2020, congratulated in an interview with conservative Fox News that self-defense was not considered "
illegal
" .
“
It was a difficult course but we did it.
We did the hardest part,
”launched the 18-year-old young man, who has become the muse of part of the American right.
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The interview of the protagonist, which must pass Monday evening, broadcast extracts where he appears visibly relieved, in a car bringing him back from court.
A spokesperson for the Rittenhouse family, David Hancock, then said they were moved to an undisclosed location.
"
They are doing well right now, they are in an undisclosed place, they are a family and everyone is thrilled,
" he told CBS.
A verdict that divides America
Tried for killing two men aged 26 and 36 and wounding a third on August 23, 2020 in Wisconsin, with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, he claimed to have fired after being chased and attacked by these three men , all white like him. At the end of a trial that once again highlighted the country's fractures over guns and the Black Lives Matter movement, the verdict that leaves the United States divided. “
We are still in shock at this result. We can not believe it (...) he should have taken 40 years in prison,
"John Huber, the father of one of the victims, said on CNN on Saturday. On screen, the man was holding a small cremation urn and a photo, throwing "
here is my son
". "
If he
had been black he wouldn't have come out
On bail pending trial, Huber added.
Several hundred people marched in Chicago on Saturday, behind the Reverend Jesse Jackson, an American civil rights activist, to protest the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, according to local media.
“
He has the constitutional right to oppose.
He doesn't have the right to kill us
, ”Jackson told the Chicago Sun Times.
Protest marches also took place in other cities, such as New York or Portland, where they turned into clashes with the police.
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Several stars such as singer Lady Gaga or former American footballer Colin Kaepernick denounced the verdict and Democratic President Joe Biden said he was "
worried and angry
", while asking Americans to respect the court ruling.
But on the other side of the political field, his predecessor Donald Trump welcomed, still on Fox News, the decision of the jurors, judging that the young man should not even have been prosecuted.
A pro weapons lobby, "
Gun Owners of America
", also promised on Twitter to offer an AR-15 rifle as a reward to Kyle Rittenhouse for his defense of the "
right to be armed in America
".
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