The injustice is hard to stomach.”Ĭomic Sarah Cooper tweeted, “I know everyone’s saying if you’re surprised you haven’t been paying attention but I was paying attention and I’m still shocked.” “What a disaster,” model and actor Brooklyn Decker tweeted. If your justices don’t respect the law, there is NO law.” “The judge sat down next to the defendant to watch the evidence! This is why the appointment of judges is so important. ![]() “Did you ever think it was not going to turn out that way?,” Broadway star Harvey Fierstein asked another Twitter user. “This Not Guilty verdict represents a myriad of injustices.” ![]() “A White teen showed up, at a protest of police brutality against Black people, with an assault rifle and was allowed by police to freely roam an already volatile space,” King continued. and Coretta Scott King, tweeted, “We are traumatized.” This is a signal to vigilantes throughout the country.īernice King, youngest child of the late Martin Luther King Jr. Kyle Rittenhouse brought an assault rifle to a protest, killed two people and was just acquitted. Opinion Letters to the Editor: The Kyle Rittenhouse verdict portends a violent future for America And regardless of anybody’s verdict anywhere and at anytime, Black Lives Do Matter. “Our 1st amendment right to free speech should not cost any of us our lives. They should be alive today,” actor Kerry Washington tweeted. The lives of Joseph Rosenbaum & Anthony Huber mattered. ![]() “It has now been put it out there that vigilantes can just go and kill people protesting issues like racial equality whenever they want and get away with it,” Josh Gad opined. “Kyle Rittenhouse walks free as we are all taken prisoner by our now openly authoritarian state,” actor Ellen Barkin tweeted.Īctor Sophia Bush wrote, “No words. “kyle rittenhouse being acquitted on all charges after such heinous heinous crimes is the epitome of white privilege and exactly what is wrong with this godforsaken country,” wrote actor Rachel Zegler, while actor Emmy Rossum said, “This is a devastating blow.” The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all counts sends a chilling message about the acceptability of vigilantism.Īctor Rosanna Arquette weighed in, saying, “I have no faith in the justice system In America today I don’t want to live in a country that is ruled by violent ignorant racists.” Opinion Op-Ed: The verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial sends a chilling message “This country is a sick joke,” author Frederick Joseph tweeted, while fellow author Stephen King wrote, “So.the white guy goes free. ![]() “Tell me again there are not two kinds justice in America!,” actor LeVar Burton wrote. But mark these words: We will never stop fighting for what is right and just.” “Today that system defeated true justice, once again. On trial was not only a killer, but a system that continues to kill,” actor George Takei tweeted. “Justice denied is a body blow to our national psyche. “With Kyle Rittenhouse, it was images of their kids & others they cared about.” “If a Black kid crossed state lines & shot people, the mostly-white jury would not only hear facts & arguments, but weigh the lifetime of violent images of young Black people they’ve seen in media,” comic Hari Kondabolu tweeted. Don’t give up.”Īlyssa Milano expressed her disgust, tweeting, “F- NOT GUILTY.” In the accompanying video showing the trial on TV, she gasps loudly after the first two verdicts are read and says “Holy. We keep demanding that this country bends toward justice. “I wish I was surprised,” tweeted actor Colman Domingo. Actor Yvette Nicole Brown wrote, “The good news is that white men & boys can still kill whoever they want and do NO jail time! Isn’t that fun! And he killed white people! I bet little #KyleRittenhouse is gonna go right out and take some more white power pics with #TheProudBoys & plan his next massacre.”
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