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Kyle Rittenhouse verdict prompts protests in several cities

Activists opposed to the jury's acquittal gathered in several cities across the country, including Chicago, New York and Oakland. Authorities in Portland declared a riot.
A demonstrator raises her fist while marching on the street during a protest against the Kyle Rittenhouse not-guilty verdict near the Barclays Center in New York City on Friday.

Following the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict, protests have erupted in a number of cities across the country.

Rittenhouse was on Friday of all charges in connection to a 2020 shooting during unrest in Kenosha, Wis., in connection to the earlier police shooting of Jacob Blake,

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