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Kyle not guilty meme4/18/2023 ![]() ![]() For example, journalist and author Nikole Hannah-Jones took to Twitter to say: “In this country, you can even kill white people and get away with it if those white people are fighting for Black lives.” In the Tweet, she refers to how Rittenhouse shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, two white men who were protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man who was shot seven times by police the year before. ![]() Other people have attributed Rittenhouse’s verdict to the fact that the people who were killed supported these social justice movements. On Twitter, for example, CNN’s Ana Navarro-Càrdenas compared how “Rittenhouse killed two men” and was found not guilty while “Tamir Rice was shot by police for holding a toy gun.” To her, the Rittenhouse case served as a “stark reminder of inequality.” On Instagram, various trending posts depicted Tamir Rice and Rittenhouse side-by-side, with the clear motive of propagating the social justice movement forward. Some posts draw comparisons to the Tamir Rice incident, which involved the police shooting of an African-American boy holding a toy gun. Many on social media have vilified Rittenhouse, claiming that the Rittenhouse case is a clear example of racial bias within the criminal justice system. The reactions to the verdict from many on the left reveal a clear political bias that pervades social media and its ability to push a narrative forward. While systemic racial inequality exists within the justice and enforcement systems of America, this case does not demonstrate this. Yet, this case is neither-the verdict is legally legitimate and Rittenhouse is neither the villain nor the hero. With Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty of all charges, some champion it as a victory for a gun-holding America others interpret it as a symptom of a corrupt and broken justice system. The Kyle Rittenhouse verdict has drawn both the ire and admiration of those all over the political spectrum. ![]()
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