Two people were shot dead and a third was injured.
But Kyle Rittenhouse, 17 years old at the time of the incident, has been acquitted on all charges.
- The jury has concluded that at the time he had a reasonable reason to assume that he was actually exposed to threats or threats of lethal violence and therefore had the right to fire the weapon, says Johanna Björkman, legal expert.
Took weapons with him
That Rittenhouse had brought weapons from his home state of Illinois to the demonstration has been debated.
- In Wisconsin, it is said that even if you carry a deadly weapon to a public place, you can go free and invoke self-defense if you perceive that you yourself are employed, attacked or at risk of being killed, and that you in self-defense shoots first, says Johanna Björkman, legal expert.
Johanna Björkman is convinced that the large amount of video material has played a major role in the outcome.
- It has played all the role, through the material, the jury members have been able to create a picture of what it looked like on the site in a completely different way than what we are used to when we are dealing with self-defense objections.