America on trial—Kyle Rittenhouse, guns and race

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Both sets of lawyers used Kyle Rittenhouse’s gun to try and make their case—“a very striking moment in the trial”, says The Economist’s dlknowles. Hear more on our “Checks and Balance” podcast

are not disputed. In August 2020 he shot dead two people, and injured a third, during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. But to the right the teenager is an American hero and to the left he’s a reckless vigilante. What does the case tell us about gun culture and race in America?

We hear how the media on the left and right told the Rittenhouse story and go back to the origins of a notorious self-defence law.

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