the two men rittenhouse killed, justice they reacted to the verdict with cheers. her fiancée said i feel like in this case, the victims lives don t matter. as i mention mr. rittenhouse shot the people during the protests last summer the police shooting of jacob blake, today jacob blake s uncle spoke to reporters outside the courtroom he said he was disappointed in the verdict, but also that he was not surprised by it. he said in his view, the judge put his hand on the scale from day one in favor of the defense, in favor of kyle rittenhouse. the naacp fun put a statement out that said this quote, we should not forget that these killings took place amid protests in kenosha. the history of protests isn t integral to the fight for racial justice in this country and it remains a concerted attack to encroach on that right. his conduct must be understood within an environment in which our militias and vigilantes are