{"id":20425,"date":"2021-11-20T01:48:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T06:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=20425"},"modified":"2021-11-20T01:48:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T06:48:06","slug":"kyle-rittenhouse-biden-angry-after-teen-cleared-of-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/11\/20\/kyle-rittenhouse-biden-angry-after-teen-cleared-of-shootings\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Rittenhouse: Biden ‘angry’ after teen cleared of shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US President Joe Biden has said he is “angry” after a teenager who shot dead two men during racial unrest last year in Wisconsin was cleared.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The president expressed dismay at the verdict in a written statement after earlier telling reporters he supported the jury’s decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, sobbed as he was acquitted of all charges over the shooting in Kenosha on 25 August 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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There were low-key protests over the outcome in a trial that divided the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Rittenhouse nearly collapsed with relief as he learned his fate on Friday from a jury of seven women and five men after three-and-a-half days of deliberations. His mother, Wendy, also wept.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The former police youth cadet was cleared of two counts of intentional homicide, one count of attempted homicide and two counts of recklessly endangering safety.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Rittenhouse had acknowledged fatally shooting Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and injuring Gaige Grosskreutz, 28, but maintained he did so in self-defence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The defendant and the men he shot were all white, but the issue of race hung over the case because the shooting happened during civil disorder over perceived police brutality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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