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Kyle Rittenhouse's mother speaks out following acquittal

2021-11-21 | 🔗
Fox News correspondent Alexis McAdams discusses the emotional verdict with Wendy Rittenhouse.
This is an unofficial transcript meant for reference. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
Will begin with a will begin with a Fox news alert protests across american cities following into a second day, followed by the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. In of all charges, Tampa Minneapolis LOS Angeles, saw Marchs on Saturday Lawrence. One person was arrested in Portland after Fridays. Protest was considered a riot New York mayor Eric Adams, extremists who vandalize ad nabe known for supporting police following Fridays verdict. It gives the appearance black and white new Yorkers are, after each others, throats. They were not. That is out from our city and State Rachel. Five people were arrested and charged with rioting there we to to Kenosha where Alexis Mcadams is live on the ground. You spoke with Kyles mother Wendy yesterday good Morning
reporter her only interview since that verdict, we talked with Wendy Rittenhouse before the family had to get out of the area with safety concerns. There are protests popping up across the nation. The family is by no means celebrating, but trying to move forward going back through what it was like in the courtroom. As you sat there watching Kyle the judge and watching the jury there waiting to learn her sons fate. This is the only interview before she left Wisconsin take a listen. It was not about winning or losing. There was two people that did pass away and pamlys have to grief reporter Rittenhouse family were as grieving Rittenhouse grabbing his knees, barely breathing before listening to his fate, Rittenhouse shot three men
killing two during the unrest following police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha last summer, his mother claimses. This was self defense. Take you back inside the courtroom. He does have remorse you know and, like his people say, if he can do it again, I said he would do it again, but talking to him now he would never walk down there. If this ever happened again, he would never reporter right now loved ones of the two men killed by Kyle Rittenhouse heartbroken over the acquittal. They believe the teen was slandered and looking for legal action that he was found guilty in public opinion before he found his day in court. He want to go to school play with his dog. Be a normal kid, it will be different for him. There will be people out there
who want to hurt him and people need to. He needs to heal and the other people that involved in that they need to heal too. It is going to be difficult, reporter Wendy Rittenhouse telling me she is not sure if her son will ever have a normal life following the verdict. Major safety concerns for the Rittenhouse family had to get out of Wisconsin. After the verdict came down in Kenosha, there will be a march down at the courthouse people calling for justice. Not everybody was happy how this went down for Kyle Rittenhouse. He is free, looking to move forward talking about college to have a normal life. If he can do that, Rachel. That is difficult. You can tell she is worried about that Alexis. We had her on the show as well doing that time. It was during the trial, and we asked her if her family or Kyle planned to file defamation
charges an she wisely evaded the answer: did she give you any indication in this interview? That is something they want to pursue. Yes, they have been. You know, dancing around that question, but yesterday, when we talked with the family very apparent that they are going to pursue legal action, give us exactly the name of which lawyer they will being at this point. They have everything in order to make sure Kyle gets the justice he deserves. He was slandered on social media all over the place and high officials well have to see what happens next Lawrence. We look at these cases. We forget the human aspect. We saw what it looks like Kyle had a panic attack in the courtroom. The mother talk about anything about his health, how he is doing from that aspect reporter she said this is the first time she watched Kyle seem a little more relieved an happy first time. She has seen him smile in months.
Fifteen months has not been the same kid or has the look in his eye. He is being treated for PTSD, so many triggers with the protests things popping up with the things he was getting emotional got him out of KEN Nobodysa out of this area. This courthouse is few blocks away from her. This entire area for Kenosha is not a memorable place to be; they want to get out of this.
Transcript generated on 2021-11-21.