Rittenhouse is latest symbol of a nation divided on guns, crime and protest | Analysis by StCollinson
The sight of Rittenhouse, 18, walking free on Friday after shooting dead two men and wounding another last year in unrest sparked by the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, also opened a fresh debate over state laws on self-defense and the concept of vigilantism. The case's political reverberations are already rocking a tense political environment ahead of 2022 elections and even the 2024 presidential race.
Beto O'Rourke: Texas campaign won't be about Biden 01:41"Yes, I still hold this view," O'Rourke told CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday, trying to turn the conversation to his claim that permit-less carry laws signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott would make the lives of the state's police officers more dangerous.
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