Rage Against the Machine Makes Statement Over Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict “whiteness must cast itself as the victim in order to justify its violence against those resisting its oppression. Welcome to the Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.”

Rage Against the Machine shared a statement about the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict on their Instagram.

“What defines innocence in America?” the statement under a photo of Rittenhouse crying in court began. “Tamir Rice was executed by police for playing with a toy. Nobody was charged. Ahmaud Arbery went jogging and was murdered in broad daylight.

“Kyle Rittenhouse armed himself and killed people who were fighting for racial justice. He claimed self-defense. This is the settler logic of America’s founding myth: whiteness must cast itself as the victim in order to justify its violence against those resisting its oppression. Welcome to the Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.”

Rittenhouse was acquitted on Friday (Nov. 19) of all charges in connection to a fatal shooting during a 2020 protest in Kenosha, Wis. The protest was in connection to the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Rittenhouse Traveled from his home state of Illinois to Kenosha, where he shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber. He also injured Gaige Grosskreutz. His attorneys argued that he acted in self-defense.

Read More: Rage Against the Machine Releases Statement on Kyle Rittenhouse | https://loudwire.com/rage-against-the-machine-statement-kyle-rittenhouse-verdict/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referralshared a statement about the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict on their Instagram.

“What defines innocence in America?” the statement under a photo of Rittenhouse crying in court began. “Tamir Rice was executed by police for playing with a toy. Nobody was charged. Ahmaud Arbery went jogging and was murdered in broad daylight.

“Kyle Rittenhouse armed himself and killed people who were fighting for racial justice. He claimed self-defense. This is the settler logic of America’s founding myth: whiteness must cast itself as the victim in order to justify its violence against those resisting its oppression. Welcome to the Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.”

Rittenhouse was acquitted on Friday (Nov. 19) of all charges in connection to a fatal shooting during a 2020 protest in Kenosha, Wis.