Rick Wilson

As he left the scene that night, was Rittenhouse a trigger-happy far-right teenager or just a patriot trying to stop mob violence?

Even at the time when we were in Kenosha after the shooting, Rittenhouse was dividing opinion.

That argument continues tonight as the uncle of Jacob Blake spoke to reporters.

Although a small crowd is gathered outside the courthouse, there is no sign of any further trouble in the town.

But what this case has highlighted is the polarizing role of vigilantes and militias in American life.

Who exactly are you?

I'm an American.

Emboldened in the Trump years, as we saw for ourselves in multiple states, the verdict today will be seen by them as a vindication of their right to carry weapons on the streets of American cities and to interpret self-defense in broad terms.

Let me finish.

No, no, no.

He can stay there.

It requires us lobbying and getting it done.

I am coming to you from Florida today.

We're about to get winter again here, where it plunges down into the 50s.

Oh, I have coats.

I mean, I travel so much.

I have to sort of be equipped for everything, unfortunately.

Yeah.

Right.

You're going to get ice and everything else.