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WATCH: Moment clerk reads not guilty verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial and reaction

Kyle Ritenhouse gets emotional as the clerk reads the jury verdict in court

KENOSHA, Wis. – Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S.

Rittenhouse, 18, began to choke up, fell to the floor and then hugged one of his attorneys upon hearing the verdict.

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