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 Mr Rittenhouse appeared to nearly collapse with relief as he learned his fate on Friday from a jury of seven women and five men after three-and-a-half days of deliberations. His mother, Wendy, also wept. The defendant and the men he shot were all white, but the issue of race hung over the case because the shooting happened during civil disorder over perceived police brutality. ANALYSIS: Why Kyle Rittenhouse case so divides the US PROFILE: Who is US teen cleared of protest killings? BACKGROUND: When can you shoot as self-defence? During last year's election campaign, Mr Biden tweeted a video that appeared to link Rittenhouse, without any evidence, to white supremacists. On Friday outside the White House a reporter asked the Democratic president whether he stood by his past comments about the teenager. Mr Biden said he had only just heard the news and added: "I stand by what the jury has concluded. The jury system works and we have to abide by it." He later released a stat...

 US President Joe Biden has said he is angry after a teenager who shot dead two men during racial unrest last year in Wisconsin was cleared by a court. The president expressed dismay at the verdict in a written statement although earlier he said he stood by the jury. Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, sobbed as he was acquitted of all charges over the shooting in Kenosha on 25 August 2020. There were low-key protests over the outcome of the trial that has divided the US. Mr Rittenhouse had acknowledged fatally shooting Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and injuring Gaige Grosskreutz, 28, but maintained he did so in self-defence. The former police youth cadet was cleared of two counts of intentional homicide, one count of attempted homicide and two counts of recklessly endangering safety.