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Kenosha Jury Acquits, Despite Fears, Intimidation
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Kenosha Jury Acquits, Despite Fears, Intimidation

R. Cort Kirkwood
Article audio sponsored by The John Birch Society

Anyone who saw video of Kyle Rittenhouse’s gritty battle against four leftist goons during the Jacob Blake riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, knew he was innocent of murder. That Rittenhouse had defended himself had always been clear since August 25 of last year, the night the four attacked him.

Prosecutors knew it too, and though they surely knew they shouldn’t have charged him, the leftists bayed for blood, and so the authorities filed two homicide charges and two reckless endangering charges against the then-17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois. 

Fifteen months later, the jury spoke. Rittenhouse prevailed.

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