Rittenhouse Jury Has to Decide If the Men Who Tried to Stop Him Were Heroes or Villains

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Kyle Rittenhouse’s far-right defenders say he is not a murderer but a hero. The prosecutor says the protesters who tried to disarm him were the real heroes.


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Rittenhouse Jury Has to Decide If the Men Who Tried to Stop Him Were Heroes or Villains

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