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Kenosha’s divisions laid bare as Rittenhouse walks free

Kyle Rittenhouse is a free man after fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during anti-racism protests last year, but his trial has left behind a divided America – and done little to ease tensions in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where the killings took place.

Rittenhouse, 18, who faced charges of homicide, was acquitted in full on the grounds of self-defen ce. But the jury’s decision did not calm those outside the Kenosha county courthouse in the hours after the verdict

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