shootings. he was charged in two counties. in one, he has pleaded guilty to four counts of murder and was s sentenced to four life sentences. but in another, prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. our next two stories high-profile trials that put race and justice, self-defense and vigilanteism in the spotlight. breaking news, the jury finding kyle rittenhouse not guilty on all charges. rittenhouse was 17 years old when he shot a man and wounded a third, that he brought to racial justice protests in august of 2020. reporter: dozens of witnesses came to the stand over the course of six days. there s not a crowd, a mob, was chasing me. i continued to run after hearing people say people were saying, i m going to get him. kill him.
georgia that rattled the asian-american community. 21-year-old robert aaron long allegedly opened fire on three asian spas leaving eight dead, six were asian women. at the moment, you can just see the palpatable anxiety of this community. reporter: he was charged in two counties, in one, long has already pleaded guilty to four counts of murder and was sentenced to over four life sentences. but in another prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. our next two stories high-profile trials that put race and justice, self-defense and vigilanteism in the spotlight. number three breaking news in the national lead. the jury finding kyle rittenhouse not guilty on all charges. rittenhouse was 17 years old when he fatally shot two men and
listen, i want i m okay with people s businesses burning, people getting hurt. because it s going to fall on donald trump. and there is an election coming. so if i can say that donald trump is causing riots and burning and looting in america, that s good politically. right now though he has called in the national guard. rachel: it s in his political interest now. election in one year. lawrence: that s a good point. i want to get your reaction to this the prosecutor when he was speaking to the jury almost made fun of the people that businesses that were looted. he said oh rioters, as someone there on the ground how did you feel about hearing the prosecution do that? it s an outrage. people that night, those three nights lost everything. i mean, 100 businesses were affected. never reopened again. kenosha is not a big city. it s not new york city. it is a big hit. $50 million in damage. i m heart broken for everybody that was there. when i returned a year later there were still plac
sham trial and that s what happens. and that to me, is the big take away of this week and how concerning the vitriolic is from so many on the left. will gregg, it s time for accountability and time to hold lies to account. do you think as we move forward here that kyle rittenhouse has a credible defamation case either against individuals or corporations and the media? gregg: he does, he has a very strong case for defamation, libel and slander against everyone from members of the media who pronounced that he was a white supremacist, domestic terrorist, a mass murderer or just an outright murderer. including joe biden who as a white supremacist. look, defamation is a false statement of fact that damages someone s good name and reputation. rittenhouse is not a public figure, so the standard is
self-defense. his defense team telling fox news that these past 15 months for kyle rittenhouse have been extremely emotional. is he in counseling for ptsd so he doesn t sleep at night. i think eventually some anonymity will come back to it i don t think he will continue to live in this area. i think it s too dangerous. he has had 24 hour security since this happened. and just minutes after that verdict was read, the rittenhouse family left kenosha. each count rittenhouse broke down in court. beaverly breathing as he stood in the courtroom as he learned his fate. finally, finally like kyle gets to start his life as a young man, as an innocent, as an acquitted, as a not guilty young man who clearly, clearly