Calling it a "sad day in America," Bishop Tavis Grant, national field director of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, reacted outside the Kenosha County Courthouse to news that Kyle Rittenhouse had been found not guilty. "This is a time that we must use peace and protest and civil disobedience to move our cause forward," he said.
Justin Blake, center, and Bishop Tavis Grant of the Rainbow Push Coalitin, right, listen to Kyle Rittenhouse verdicts outside the Kenosha County Courthouse Friday.
Justin Blake, uncle of Jacob Blake, reacts to the not guilty verdict jurors rendered in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial Friday. Jacob Blake's shooting by a Kenosha police officer sparked the protests and unrest in Kenosha that brought Rittenhouse to the area in August 2020.
Members of the media and competing demonstrators crowd the Kenosha County Courthouse steps Friday afternoon following the delivery of not guilty verdicts in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
Outside the courthouse where Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial was held, an impromptu debate took place about his actions on Aug. 25, 2020, in Kenosha. Rittenhouse and his supporters say he acted in self-defense when he shot three people, killing two, during unrest in the city last year. He was acquitted of all charges Friday.
Justin Blake, center, and Bishop Tavis Grant of the Rainbow Push Coalitin, right, listen to Kyle Rittenhouse verdicts outside the Kenosha County Courthouse Friday.
Members of the media and competing demonstrators crowd the Kenosha County Courthouse steps Friday afternoon following the delivery of not guilty verdicts in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
