find the defendant not guilty. as to the third count, not guilty. as to the fourth count, not guilty, as to the fifth count, not guilty. now he s really crying. rittenhouse who faced live in prison broke down in court after the verdict was read. his attorney said rittenhouse would like to get on with his life but the judge heavily criticized for bias towards the defense was fair and then discussed the larger implications of the verdict. when you want to talk about implications and precedent and things like that, is it ever going to happen again? you know, is there ever going to be a total unrest in kenosha or some other city and that is going to happen? you know, i just don t see that. it was a case about self-defense. the right to protect one s self. president biden told reporters that we have to respect the jury s decision. and the parents of anthony huber, rittenhouse s second verdict released this statement. today s verdict means there is no accountability for the
rittenhouse not guilty. they were testing the limits of lethal and deadly vigilanteism. as a legal matter, this case was also about more than murder. the prosecutors made the specific case that rittenhouse was a murderer, they also gave the jury evidence of other lesser crimes, meaning the jury had the option to find a kind of middle ground. they had the option to rule, for example, there may not have been first degree murder but were crimes of endangering the public bringing that illegally obtained gun to the rally and shooting three people. killing two of them. the jury weighed five total charges, that includes first degree murder what they call homicide in that state, and options on other violence and charges about reckless endangerment of safety. so the jury could have found guilty for some and not for others, but as you see in this news, this jury cleared the defendant of everything. unanimously finding not guilty on all five charges. to keep that legal context in mind a
good. determination, focus, it s possible. hey, john, thank you, baby. love it. hall of famer gina shock, john stanton, thanks to both of you. that does it for the beat tonight. it s joy reid s time now. jason johnson is on. it s jason i m passing to, hey. hi, ari. it is always joy time. i m just a messenger now. thank you. good evening, everyone. i m jason johnson in for joy reid joining us in a few minutes. we ll begin the reidout with another gut bench an 18-year-old kyle rittenhouse that killed two human being at a black lives matter rally was found not guilty on all five counts. the state of wisconsin versus kyle rittenhouse, as to the first court of the information joseph rosenbaum, we the jury
Place to begin with but christmas lights are great, fun, kids like them. i think all the things you can possibly fine somebody over, christmas lights is really the craziest thing i can imagine so boo to those people. yeah, it s wild. i mean, i m more of a festivest person than christmas, all maybe a dash of hanukkah but i think if you want to celebrate something, go ahead and celebrate it and maybe the community could let you do that. what about you, gina, what is on your list? i can t believe this story just now about the christmas lights that blows my mind. there is a lot more things we need to be focussing on than that crap. on my fall back thing is not the biggest thing in the world but about getting more women involved and getting in the rock n roll hall of fame we had given up on but it actually happened to us and it took years for them to recognize us in this
She s been on the beat. great, great artist, also an environmentalists. she sent us a picture of her and jay together. john, i know you love music, too. i know you ve been at jazz fest. he s artists can really co-exist. yeah, i mean, it s crazy that the gogos aren t in. i wouldn t be who i am without listening to the gogos in the 80s. it was a huge part of my life and everyone s life. there has been multiple generations, i guess we re getting that old of people born who are musicians now who are directly influ influenced by musicians like y all. it s crazy. it s good that you guys and other women artist are starting to get recognized but, you know, a lot more needs to be done, for sure. gina sorry to interrupt. go ahead. go ahead. when i hear something like that, i really it s hard to