- Rittenhouse "embodies" the "danger" of "armed white supremacist culture," March For Our Lives said.
- "Young people are enraged watching this trial," the gun control advocacy group said on Friday.
- Rittenhouse was acquitted on all charges by a jury for fatally shooting two men and injuring a third.
Kyle Rittenhouse embodies the threat of "armed white supremacist culture," March For Our Lives said after the teenager was fully acquitted on Friday in his homicide trial.
Rittenhouse — who was found not guilty for fatally shooting two men and injuring a third during unrest in August 2020 — came to Kenosha, Wisconsin, during the Black Lives Matter protests to "exploit tragedy," the gun control advocacy group wrote in a statement on Friday.
The group claimed Rittenhouse was treated with "kiddy gloves" and called him a "dangerous vigilante."
"This deadly culture ensnared Kyle Rittenhouse and his three victims," March For Our Lives said. "One thing is clear: Young people are enraged watching this trial, and this will not be our normal."
The group added: "He embodies the very danger posed by an armed white supremacist culture."
March For Our Lives is a gun control advocacy group that was created in 2018 following a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
—March For Our Lives (@AMarch4OurLives) November 19, 2021
The jury delivered its verdict in the Rittenhouse trial on Friday after three-and-a-half days of deliberation.
The teen had pleaded not guilty in all charges against him and said that he acted in self-defense.