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Race
Race is not central to this case, but for one man it is.
Jacob Blake, who is black, was shot seven times by a white police officer in Kenosha last year.
It was that shooting which sparked the violent protests in the first place. The police officer remains in the force. Mr Blake said in an interview that if Mr Rittenhouse had been of a different ethnicity, “he’d be gone”.
Mr Rittenhouse was not immediately arrested after he shot three white men – two of them fatally – despite surrendering to police.
Black Lives Matter protesters outside the court say it is “white privilege” that has allowed the teenager to even have a fair trial.
Controversially, in closing arguments Mr Rittenhouse’s defence attorney Mark Richards referenced the Blake shooting saying: “Other people in this community have shot people seven times and it’s been found to be OK, and my client did it four times in three-quarters of a second to protect his life.”
It’s renewed this debate over exactly who is allowed to possess guns and then proclaim self-defence when they kill someone.
The trial revealed that the rifle was purchased by 19-year-old Dominick David Black who had kept the weapon in Wisconsin for Rittenhouse. Police have charged Black with two felony counts of intentionally giving firearms to a minor, but Rittenhouse faced no charges for possessing a weapon at the time.
CBS has not responded to Fox News’ request for comment.
Media outlets have often misconstrued the events in Kenosha, frequently referencing his crossing state lines from his residence in Illinois to Wisconsin. In addition, several media pundits and Democrat politicians have labelled Rittenhouse a “White supremacist,” including then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2020. 
