Rittenhouse is latest symbol of a nation divided on guns, crime and protest
CNN
Three days after his acquittal in a polarizing case in Wisconsin, Kyle Rittenhouse is now a teenaged avatar for a nation divided over the nature of justice, the societal role of guns and violence in political discourse.
The sight of Rittenhouse, 18, walking free on Friday after shooting dead two men and wounding another last year in unrest sparked by the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, also opened a fresh debate over state laws on self-defense and the concept of vigilantism.
The case's political reverberations are already rocking a tense political environment ahead of 2022 elections and even the 2024 presidential race.
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