the trial centered on the actions of then-17-year-old kyle rittenhouse the night of august 25th, 2020. and rittenhouse s claims of self-defense after he set out with an ar-15 style gun and joined other armed volunteers to defend a business after protests following the police shooting of jacob blake. the jury in the case, five men and seven women, deliberated more than 25 hours over the past four days. requesting to review, again, some of many videos played in the trial, including graphic video showing the moments leading up to and seconds after the shootings. the verdict coming after a trial that included testimony from more than 30 witnesses, including tearful testimony from the defendant. there was people right there. reporter: and heated exchanges between the judge and the lead prosecutor in the case. the court left of the door open. for me, not for you.
to meet the cycle of undermining law enforcement, encouraging looting, creating the voice for violence and a voice for practitioners of the second amendment. that is what we are getting too. whenever they do this all they are doing is creating another opportunity for this kind of, i guess you would call it street justice because there is no justice. now justice, no peace. or a piece. emily: and law enforcement can do their job if they don t have elected officials supporting them, obviously. you can argue in this court of justice, the analysis of kyle rittenhouse in the events of that night but in a court of public opinion to me it falls squarely on the governors shoulders who that night on august 25th, 2020, failed to control the streets so that the tragedy that unfolded there, that was his responsibility. kennedy: we saw that across the country with riots, we were
homicide. not guilty. reporter: rittenhouse visibly shaken appears to stumble to his chair after the verdict is read. his mother sitting in court relieved. the trial centered on the actions of then 17-year-old kyle rittenhouse the night of august 25th, 2020. and rittenhouse s claims of self-defense after he set out with an ar-15 style gun and joined other armed volunteers to defend a business after protests following the police shooting of jacob blake. the jury in the case, five men and seven women deliberated more than 25 hours over the past four days. requesting to review again some of many videos played in the trial, including graphic video showing the moments leading up to and seconds after the shootings. the verdict coming after a trial that included testimony for more than 30 witnesses. including tearful testimony from the defendant. there was people right
to meet the cycle of undermining law enforcement, encouraging looting, creating the voice for violence and a voice for practitioners of the second amendment. that is what we are getting too. whenever they do this all they are doing is creating another opportunity for this kind of, i guess you would call it street justice because there is no justice. now justice, no peace. or a piece. emily: and law enforcement can do their job if they don t have elected officials supporting them, obviously. you can argue in this court of justice, the analysis of kyle rittenhouse in the events of that night but in a court of public opinion to me it falls squarely on the governors shoulders who that night on august 25th, 2020, failed to control the streets so that the tragedy that unfolded there, that was his responsibility. kennedy: we saw that across the country with riots, we were
by your peers if your peers don t feel intimidated to be able to grant to the verdict that they think is acceptable. so i think it s a very troubling not just in the united states, but how we look to the world based on this trial. emily: that such a great point, morgan. andy mccarthy writes with each passing hour it s more likely the case is headed to a mistrial because of a hung jury. if that happens, it will very likely be because jurors were intimidated believing that an acquittal even if compelled by the evidence would ignite more of the same violent rioting that led to rittenhouse s fateful confrontation on august 25th 2020. julie, your thoughts. first of all the question is did the defendant act in justifiable self-defense? the state has completely botched at the chance of a jury actually coming forward with a ruling, i believe a hung jury is very possible. first of all the judge did not sequester the jurors, that was