Dozens rally in Downtown Jacksonville to protest Rittenhouse verdict

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18-year-old recovered not blameworthy successful execution proceedings successful Kenosha shootings

Dozens gathered by the national courthouse downtown to protestation the not blameworthy verdict of Kyle Rittenhouse. (WJXT)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The not blameworthy verdict successful the execution proceedings of 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse sent shockwaves passim the U.S. with nary shortage of beardown opinions successful the verdict’s wake.

Those opinions adjacent rippled down to Northeast Florida, wherever dozens of assemblage activists gathered successful Downtown Jacksonville connected Saturday, calling connected the Department of Justice to bash thing and not fto Rittenhouse roam free.

Rittenhouse testified helium acted successful self-defense successful the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint successful the statement over guns, vigilantism and radical injustice in the U.S.

About 50 radical were extracurricular the national courthouse successful Jacksonville connected Saturday, calling for alteration successful this country. They said if Rittenhouse were a Black male, helium wouldn’t person had the aforesaid outcome.

“It’s disgusting,” said Christina Kittle with the Jacksonville Community Action Committee. “We each saw the kid spell into the protestation with the weapon. I don’t cognize however helium could assertion helium felt unsafe erstwhile helium traveled successful determination with weapons.”

Rittenhouse testified helium acted successful aforesaid defence aft sidesplitting 2 men and injuring a 3rd astatine a protestation against constabulary brutality successful Kenosha, Wisconsin, past year.

State Rep. Angie Nixon besides attended Saturday’s rally successful Jacksonville.

“I consciousness disappointment, fearfulness due to the fact that vigilantism prevailed successful the Rittenhouse trial,” Nixon said. “I’m disquieted vigilantism volition prevail successful the Arbery trial.”

Nixon was referring to the proceedings of 3 achromatic Glynn County men charged with the decease of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black antheral who was changeable and killed successful the Satilla Shores vicinity successful February 2020.