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Kenosha responds to the Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty verdict
The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse is reverberating through Kenosha, Wis., a city of about 100,000. Residents Rittenhouse, who killed two people during protests over a police shooting in 2020.
Former prosecutor discusses how the Kyle Rittenhouse trial played out
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Charles Coleman Jr., a civil rights lawyer and former prosecutor, about Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two people, being found not-guilty of all charges.
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