emotions. the reaction to the verdict represents a huge divide in terms of where we are. but in terms of the jury and the people who watched that trial unfold, there's very little argument that can be made. what this came down to is ultimately, did you believe the prosecution's narrative around provocation in as much as rittenhouse was the one who started it and should not be able to claim self-defense and that his actions were not reasonable, or do you believe the narrative that the defense put forward, which was essentially kyle rittenhouse was there to help and his intention was honorable, up and until he felt like his life was threatened by a situation that he was in and he had no other recourse but to actually pull the trigger in defense of his own life. ultimately what it appears is that the jury decided that they believed that the self-defense narrative, much more than they believed the provocation, and that's why kyle rittenhouse right now is a free man, despite however many may feel about it.