And the jury in Kenosha decided that Rittenhouse had acted in reasonable fear for his life, while the jury in Glynn County, Georgia, decided that Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael, and William Bryan had not.
Conservatives celebrated the Rittenhouse acquittal as an affirmation that the American justice system still works — that truth will still prevail, when presented to ordinary citizens on a jury.Though Biden initially said that he respected the decision of the jury in the Rittenhouse case, he later issued a statement in which he said that he was “angry and concerned” about the verdict, though he gave no reasons for his sudden consternation.Many of us already believe we have justice — because we are the ones dispensing it, thanks to the American jury system.