{"id":73576,"date":"2021-11-20T12:41:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T12:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=73576"},"modified":"2021-11-20T12:41:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T12:41:27","slug":"biden-angry-as-teen-cleared-of-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=73576","title":{"rendered":"Biden ‘angry’ as teen cleared of shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News Desk:<\/strong> US President Joe Biden has said he is “angry” after a teenager who shot dead two men during racial unrest last year in Wisconsin was cleared.<\/p>\n

The president expressed dismay at the verdict in a written statement after earlier telling reporters he supported the jury's decision.<\/p>\n

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Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, sobbed as he was acquitted of all charges over the shooting in Kenosha on 25 August 2020.<\/p>\n

There were low-key protests over the outcome in a trial that divided the US.<\/p>\n

Rittenhouse nearly collapsed with relief as he learned his fate on Friday from a jury of seven women and five men after three-and-a-half days of deliberations. His mother, Wendy, also wept.<\/p>\n

The former police youth cadet was cleared of two counts of intentional homicide, one count of attempted homicide and two counts of recklessly endangering safety.<\/p>\n

Rittenhouse had acknowledged fatally shooting Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and injuring Gaige Grosskreutz, 28, but maintained he did so in self-defence.<\/p>\n

The defendant and the men he shot were all white, but the issue of race hung over the case because the shooting happened during civil disorder over perceived police brutality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: US President Joe Biden has said he is “angry” after a teenager who shot dead two men during racial unrest last year in Wisconsin was cleared. The president expressed dismay at the verdict in a written statement after earlier telling reporters he supported the jury’s decision. Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, sobbed as he was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":73577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n