'Squad' Members Sound Off on Rittenhouse Verdict, Call Defendant a White Supremacist

After Kyle Rittenhouse on Friday was found not guilty on all counts in a murder trial, progressive Squad Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Cori Bush (D-MO) and Rashida Tlaib claimed that both the defendant and the criminal justice system were racist. The jury acquitted Rittenhouse of first-degree reckless homicide, first-degree recklessly endangering safety, first-degree intentional homicide and attempted first-degree intentional homicide after he had been on trial for shooting and killing two men and injuring a third during an August 2020 Black Lives Matter riot in Kenosha, WI.-- More...