The Rev. Jesse Jackson is scheduled to affix his Rainbow PUSH Coalition and different teams on a march in Kenosha on Sunday afternoon to demand prison justice reform following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse.
The march is about to hint the route Rittenhouse took the night time in August final yr when he shot and killed two people and wounded a third throughout protests over police brutality within the southeastern Wisconsin metropolis, based on a information launch.
The march comes two days after a jury cleared Rittenhouse of all costs. On Saturday, a whole bunch of individuals throughout the nation protested his acquittal.
Amongst different issues, the protesters will demand that the Division of Justice examine the case for additional prosecution, together with potential aiding and abetting costs in opposition to Rittenhouse’s mom, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition mentioned in a press release.
Rittenhouse, a white 17-year-old, traveled to Kenosha from his home in Antioch, Illinois, armed with an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle throughout a protest over the police taking pictures of Jacob Blake, a Black man. His acquittal has led to new debates over racial justice, vigilantism and policing in America.
Derrick Johnson, NAACP president and CEO, mentioned Sunday that the decision was onerous for African Individuals to reconcile.
“Right here you’ve a 17-year-old who illegally purchased a gun, traveled throughout state traces to guard property that was not his, for house owners who didn’t invite him, and he put himself in hurt’s manner based mostly on the rhetoric that he’s seen on social media platforms,” Johnson advised CBS’ “Face the Nation.” He known as it “a warning shot that vigilante justice is allowed on this nation or specifically communities.”
Rittenhouse’s legal professionals described him as a scared teenager who shot to save his life. They put Rittenhouse on the stand to attempt to emphasize that time.
“I didn’t intend to kill them,” Rittenhouse testified. “I meant to cease the individuals who had been attacking me.”
The march in Kenosha is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. on the Civic Heart Park.
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