rittenhouse supporters heard. some celebrated showing off a white power symbol. they were not alone. the washington post quotes in the meantime americans, disappointed with the verdict took to the streets protesting in kenosha and other cities across the country. nonviolent although authorities did declare a riot in portland. barbara mcquaid, former u.s. attorney, and malcolm nance, and senior reporter. it s great to see y all. malcolm, you were the first person i heard talking about this. how did yesterday s acquittal further empower those militia? they operate within a field where they see themselves as acceptable vigilantes. starting in charlottesville in 2018 and moving onto the summer of george floyd in 2020. i said that many of these would see themselves as political enforcers as the environment would start to change based on donald trump s support for them. when the insurrection happened on january 6 we thought they would be shamed out of this game. it doubled
but one thing is clear. the far right is already lionizing rittenhouse and taking the verdict as a sign vigilante violence will be tolerated. and that s something we all must fight against. it s why in my capacity as founder and president of the national action network, i traveled to glenn county, georgia, this week to offer my support to the family of ahmaud arbery, an unarmed black man shot dead by another group of white men who sought to take law into their own hands. closing arguments in that case begin monday and we have ahmaud s mother and lawyer tonight. we ll also hear from jacob blake sr., whose son s shooting by police sparked the protests in kenosha that led to the rittenhouse case. but before that, i want to highlight a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dark week. on monday president biden signed the more than $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law. i was there at the white house for the ceremony and my capacity as the head of national action network. t