Isolated protests erupted across the country on Friday after a jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin, found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty for the shooting deaths of two people during protests last year.
In New York, protesters closed the Brooklyn Bridge, and in Portland, Oregon, they forced a prison gate open, prompting the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office to declare a rebellion.
“The mob, which was described as hostile, threw urine, alcoholic beverages, water bottles and batteries at representatives during the case,” the sheriff’s office said in a press release Saturday morning.
The protests have not come close to reaching those who followed the death of George Floyd in the summer of 2020, including the one in Kenosha, during which Rittenhouse shot and killed two people and injured another.
Still, some people were clearly annoyed that Rittenhouse had been cleared of all five counts against him, including first degree willful murder, first degree reckless manslaughter, first degree intentional manslaughter, and two counts of first degree security. recklessly.
Rittenhouse claimed self-defense in the shootings.
The Portland Police Department said vandals broke the windows of the city’s printing press.
“Vandalism was also done to the Justice Center building,” said the Portland Police Department. An image released by the police showed spray-painted graffiti, including the message “All cops are Kyles”.
An arrest was made, in addition to five citations and 17 warnings issued, police said.
In New York, the protests started in Brooklyn, then crossed the Brooklyn Bridge and entered lower Manhattan, the affiliate reported. CNN WABC. The bridge was closed briefly.
The New York Police Department used Twitter to advise people to avoid the Manhattan bridge and expect closures and delays in the area.
In Oakland, California, a mob marched from city hall to the federal building, chanting “Revolution, nothing more,” according to the affiliate. CNN KGO.
Protesters in Chicago marched downtown on Friday night amid a “large police presence,” reported the Chicago affiliate. CNN WBBM.
A second protest is planned for Saturday afternoon in the United States.
In Kenosha, about 65 miles north on Lake Michigan, things were “very calm,” reported Natasha Chen da CNN.
There, the families of Rittenhouse victims were accepting the verdict.
“We’re still in shock,” the father of Anthony Huber, one of the victims, told Fredricka Whitfield of CNN not saturday.
“That guy [Rittenhouse] manages to run free and is now a hero, and this is my son right here. This is Anthony,” said John Huber, holding up a small urn and a photo of his son. “We lost our son and there is no justice now for our family and there is no conclusion.”
“If one person’s life, or two people’s lives, doesn’t matter, then none of our lives matter,” Kariann Swart, fiancée of victim Joseph Rosenbaum, told CNN. “It seems that the victims’ lives don’t matter. And I don’t think that’s acceptable.”
Anthony Huber’s great aunt told Chris Cuomo of CNN that, although “people have a right to self-defence”, his great-nephew “also had a right to life”.
“Kyle is in a difficult situation in terms of emotional maturity to deal with this, leaving after killing two people and seriously mutilating another. That doesn’t seem fair,” great-aunt Susan Hughes told Sara Sidner of CNN.
In a trailer for a Tucker Carlson documentary, Rittenhouse said the jury had reached the right verdict.
“Self-defense is not illegal,” he said.
Preparations for a civil suit are underway over his son’s death, said John Huber on Saturday, but he did not provide details.
“We will fight until there is justice,” he said.
With collaboration from: Melissa Alonso, Raja Razek e Sara Sidner
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This content was originally published in Absolution of a sniper who fired in a racial act generates protests in the US on the website CNN Brasil.
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