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Saying he was not allowed to have the gun is not true. read the wisconsin law. you can not like the law, but he was within the rights that the state affords. you can criticize the law. you should. he didn't violate it. it's a more relevant question to ask -- and i know you're not going to like this. but if you want to talk about the law, have you heard anybody ask why the third person he shot, the man with the gun who was chasing him and pointed it at him and came at him, why he escaped all police scrutiny? none of the people who were angry about this verdict see anything curious about that si...

You did just see that clip from kyle rittenhouse what was aired in a promotional trailer on the tucker carlson show last night. his attorney said he left y quickly, he will probably move away from the area and get on with his life. we asked what kind of reaction, immediately after the verdict was read. his attorney said he said thank you and said it's taking time for it to sink in. it's also sinking in now for the families of the people he killed that night. we're hearing from the girlfriend of an anthony huber and joseph rosenbaum. >> i don't think that any of us know what happened on august ...

Yesterday. >> now we're being told that someone can cross state lines with a semiautomatic rifle and kill people and say it's self-defense and they have this case to cite as saying that i'm like rittenhouse. let's remember, rittenhouse is now being offered internships by members of congress, like he's some hero. >> charles, do you think he's right, and could we see future examples of so called vigilante justice? >> good morning, lindsey, i do think that there is a concern about how this plays out with regard to future periods of racial unrest in the united states. i think we have to be honest ...

Verdict, that self-defense is not illegal. it's been a long journey but we made it through it. >> cnn's natasha chen is live this hour. talk to us specifically about the reaction there? >> reporter: yeah, christi and boris, good morning, it's been relatively calm in kenosha, compared to the scenes you just showed in other parts of the country. no marching, no rioting. around the courthouse after the verdict was read, there are some celebratory shouts from people supporting rittenhouse and reaction from the people that he killed. here is the family of anthony huber, joseph rosenbaum, their part...

>> saying that you didn't want this to be about a cause. [indistinct] >> i don't know that it says -- i mean, i personally don't like people carrying ar-15s around. there was so much anger and so much fear in kenosha on august 25th the people did arm themselves. we knew from the beginning that if you read that statute correctly. if you read it correctly, he was legal in having a firearm. obviously once the evidence came in the judge through the charge. they threw the curfew. those were things that the state wanted to kind of hang their hat on so they could argue he couldn't be there, that he c...