Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted On All Charges

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 20 November 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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A jury finds Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges, the most serious of which was first-degree intentional homicide, after more than 25 hours of deliberations over four days. In a case that has fueled debate over vigilantism, self-defense and gun rights, Rittenhouse has also been meme-ified by both sides of the political spectrum. What happens now? Mark Richards, attorney for Rittenhouse joins to give his perspective. Later, Professor Cornell William Brooks, former President & CEO of NAACP joins to discuss the Culture Wars & what the Rittenhouse case signifies.

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0:00.0	The news continues.
0:02.3	Let's end it over to Chris for Cuomo, Primetime.
0:04.2	Chris?
0:05.2	All right, I'm Chris Cuomo and welcome to Primetime.
0:07.4	The jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin spoke.
0:10.4	The case is over.
0:11.8	The story is not.
0:14.2	And let's be clear, there's plenty to be upset about.
0:17.6	It is too easy to kill in this society.
0:20.9	And our law is make it so.
0:23.2	And yet, there are too many tonight offering
0:25.6	a jaundiced view of this case.
0:27.9	So let's take a clear eye and look at the realities of the law
0:31.1	and the facts in this case.
0:32.2	And you will see why this happened.
0:34.0	And you will see where your problems are.
0:37.9	And there are no questions here tonight
0:40.4	that this outcome is problematic.
0:42.8	It is.
0:44.2	Right now, there are no protests.
0:46.1	That's a good thing.
0:47.0	Protesting is a right, of course.
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