Psaki: White House Communicating With Law Enforcement Following Rittenhouse Verdict

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White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that the Biden administration has been in communication with local law enforcement in Kenosha, Wisconsin, of possible unrest following the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse case.

A jury of seven women and five men declared Rittenhouse, who was accused in the shooting deaths of two men on a night of riots and protests last year, not guilty on all five charges on Friday afternoon. The most serious charge would have carried a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Psaki on Friday said that the White House โ€œhas been in close touch with officials on the ground through law enforcement channelsโ€ to ensure they are โ€œsupporting any effort towards peaceful protests.โ€

โ€œThatโ€™s certainly what we will continue to encourage as anyone looks to have their voice heard, regardless of the outcome,โ€ she continued, without offering a comment on potential riots, arson, and unrest.

The verdict was read while Psaki was speaking to reporters. She declined to comment.

โ€œObviously this happened while I was out here,โ€ she told reporters. โ€œLet me talk to the president and talk to our team and we will get to a statement as soon as we can.โ€

โ€œIโ€™m not going to give an assessment of this from here,โ€ Psaki said, adding: โ€œLet us get you a statement as soon as we can.โ€

Rittenhouse, during the trial, had testified that while armed, he traveled to Kenosha to protect local businesses from being burned down during riots, arson attacks, and looting that erupted alongside protests after the officer-involved shooting of Jacob Blake.

This week, protesters began to congregate outside the Kenosha Courthouse. Some of them appeared to make threats of violence.

โ€œWeโ€™ll shut everything down,โ€ one protester shouted Friday ahead of the juryโ€™s verdict. โ€œThe justice system, this whole system.โ€

As he dismissed the jurors who sat in judgment in the politically combustible case, Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder assured them the court would take โ€œevery measureโ€ to keep them safe.

Byย Jack Phillips

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