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Open season on protesters, but the fight to defend rights is on

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Coverage of the Rittenhouse murder trial, and more dirt from Media Land

There’s no legal right anywhere in the United States to self-defense against systemic injustice. By contrast, there is a right, in many states, to “stand your ground.”

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The family of victim Anthony Huber released a statement after Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of his murder. Make no mistake: our fight to hold those responsible for Anthony's death accountable continues in full force.

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The verdict, said the Huber family, sends the "unacceptable message" that armed vigilantes can "use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street."

Each of the three trials dominating the news this month features armed citizens taking up weapons to travel to public spaces where they believed themselves to be under threat.

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