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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 statement saying: "While the verdict in Kenosha will leave many Americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included, we must acknowledge that the jury has spoken."


Kyle Rittenhouse in court on 19 November 021

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Mr Rittenhouse, then 17, had shown up in Kenosha after the city had been convulsed by two nights of rioting, looting and arson when police shot a black man, Jacob Blake, seven times in the back on 23 August 2020, leaving him partially paralysed.


The defence presented their client as a civic-minded teenager who had gone to the Midwestern US city to protect private property and only shot the men because he was in fear of his life.


The prosecution had depicted Mr Rittenhouse as a reckless vigilante and the men he shot as heroes attempting to disarm someone they thought was an "active shooter".


The trial heard that Mr Rosenbaum had been acting erratically that night and chased Mr Rittenhouse before trying to grab his gun. Mr Rittenhouse fatally shot him.


Mr Huber was then killed after striking Mr Rittenhouse in the head or neck with a skateboard.


Mr Grosskreutz had his bicep shot off after pointing his own gun at Mr Rittenhouse.

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