Four years later: Kyle Rittenhouse cleared in shootings at racial injustice protest in 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse’s legs gave out under him as a clerk read the verdict of a jury that had been deliberating for close to 3 1/2 days — not guilty on all counts on Nov. 19, 2021.

Rittenhouse, 18, had pleaded self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S.