Casey Parker
3 min readNov 21, 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse was recently acquitted of all charges. While it is clear from the amount of outrage that many hoped for a different verdict, I feel safe in saying that deep down, this was the expected outcome. Outside of the tumultuous situation in which the crime occurred, the prosecution’s legal flailings, and Rittenhouse’s already strong self-defense case, Rittenhouse is a white male, hailed as a heroic vigilante on the right. Trying Rittenhouse in front of a predominantly white jury, in a primarily…