Kenosha Braces For Unrest After Kyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty
After the jury’s verdict was announced Friday, Evers released a statement calling upon those who plan to protest to do so peacefully. “We must have peace in Kenosha and our communities, and any efforts or actions aimed at sowing division are unwelcome in our state as they will only hinder that healing,” Evers said. Rittenhouse, now 18, was 17 when he fatally shot two men and injured another during a night of protests in Kenosha following the August 2020 police shooting of Jacob Blake....