By Davis Carlton
The Kyle Rittenhouse trial is a microcosm of the injustice and lawlessness of the dying Western world. Rittenhouse is a 17 year old who shot and killed two assailants and wounded another on August 25, 2020. The incident took place during riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man who pulled a knife on police serving an active arrest warrant for Blake, who was attempting to commit kidnapping and automobile theft. Blake survived the shooting, but the unrest that followed cost millions of dollars in damage and for some, their very lives. On Friday November 19th Rittenhouse was formally acquitted of all charges by the jury.