The court heard Rosenbaum had threatened to kill Rittenhouse and had grabbed for his gun; that Huber had hit him with a skateboard; and that Grosskreutz, by his own admission, had been shot only after pointing his own gun at Rittenhouse.

“For many people of color, the idea that they could show up with an assault rifle at the site of a rally, kill people, and find themselves exonerated is something beyond comprehension.”.

President BidenJoe BidenHouse Democrats push vote on social spending plan to Friday Fauci says all adults should 'go get boosted' Senate confirms Park Service director after years of acting heads MORE, in a statement soon after the verdict, emphasized the need to accept the jury’s decision.

Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) offered Rittenhouse an internship, saying that people have a right to “be armed, be dangerous and be moral.” Rep.

Paul GosarPaul Anthony GosarHouse Democrats push vote on social spending plan to Friday McCarthy delays swift passage of spending plan with lengthy floor speech Trump throws support behind Gosar after censure vote MORE (R-Ariz.), who earlier this week became the first member of Congress in more than a decade to be censured, also offered Rittenhouse an internship.

Although all the people Rittenhouse shot were white, the case has inevitably been tugged into the nation’s ongoing reckoning with race because it had the Jacob Blake shooting as its backdrop

The racial tensions strained by the Rittenhouse verdict will be stretched even more taut in the coming days. 

The Rittenhouse verdict is in.