larger inequalities throughout our criminal justice system? i think it highlights it perfectly. it talks about why, you know, you have these two major trials that you just pointed out, alicia, going on right now. but at the forefront of both of them, at the core of both of them is that vigilanteism. and understanding that the kyle rittenhouse case there were three white victims. but at the core of it was the racial tension behind the shooting of jacob blake, the black man. and so when you re looking at these cases, you know and i will say that i think the two cases are very different. i think that the kyle rittenhouse shouldn t be the weather case. i m glad you brought up arbery because i think when we re talking about the reckoning with vigilanteism and the racial biases and we re talking about the disparities in the justice system, particularly when you have a black victim versus a white victim, then you look at the ahmaud arbery case, which is the bellwether case, because
they were referring to white, non-college educated men. they said, the defense attorneys, what they were thinking. they acted in accordance with that. the answer is no. you only appeal the defendant when you get convicted. the prosecution, if there s an acquittal, has no basis or remedy under the law. if the jury utters the words, not guilty, the case is over. double jeopardy. the ship has sailed at that point. they would need to run it much sooner. now to the case of the 18-year-old kyle rittenhouse who s on trial for killing two people and wounding another during riots in kenosha, wisconsin last year. now, a juror was dismissed for making a joke about jacob blake. he, the black man whose shooting by police sparked the protests in kenosha. is this a case of clear racial
i m doing okay. many times over the last couple last 18 months, i questioned what happened to ahmaud, his last minutes of his life. i often avoided the video, but today i decided it was time to see the video. to cure my curiousities. it s heartbreaking but i got past that part. the emotional start to the trial of the three men accused of killing ahmaud arbery, the black man who was out for a jog in brunswick, georgia, when he was chased down, shot, and killed. the trial is moving forward despite the judge saying there appears to be intentional
over a loose marginalised people. he stumbles over a loose cobblestones - marginalised people. he stumbles over a loose cobblestones and - over a loose cobblestones and corrects over a loose cobblestones and corrects his balance self consciously, looking left and right self consciously, looking left and right he self consciously, looking left and right. he is paranoid he stepped in something right. he is paranoid he stepped in something strange. flat footed, his shoes something strange. flat footed, his shoes are something strange. flat footed, his shoes are a something strange. flat footed, his shoes are a size too big to allow for the shoes are a size too big to allow for the painful cones on his feet. you cannot for the painful cones on his feet. you cannot show weakness, or your days are you cannot show weakness, or your days are numbered. he had learnt to do the days are numbered. he had learnt to do the black days are numbered. he had learnt to do the black
be a theme in this trial. this is a case that has drawn nationwide attention. opening statements are underway, the prosecution trying to make the case that of the hundreds of people involved in the demonstrations here in kenosha, that kyle rittenhouse is the only one who killed someone. the defense is trying to make the case he acted in self-defense when he was attacked. yesterday we spoke with jacob blake s uncle, the black man shot multiple times by a white police officer. this town erupted in protests after that shooting. we asked him about his thoughts about the case and the ruling by the judge in pretrial hearings that the people that rittenhouse shot should not be referred to as victims but they could be referred to as arsonists or looters if evidence was presented proving those claims. take a listen what jacob blake s