'I did what I had to do to stop the person who was attacking me.' I intended to stop the people who were attacking me,' he said. Rittenhouse dramatically claimed self-defense on the witness stand. On Friday, November 19, a jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teenager, of intentional first-degree homicide and attempted first-degree homicide in the shootings of three men. While it is ill-advised to draw broad conclusions from three trials with distinct circumstances, under different state laws, before different judges and juries - there are three recent cases that suggest that the reality of justice in America is more complicated than Van Jones and others claim it to be. Wilson reportedly shot at a vehicle carrying the purported victim and her friends, after they allegedly yelled racial slurs, swerved at him on the highway and threw an object at his car. 'In a justice system that has historically treated Black defendants more harshly than white ones, WilsonвЂ™s case raises the question of whether a young Black manвЂ™s self-defense claim will carry the same weight as those made by other recent high-profile defendants,' Buzzfeed wrote. Vice President Kamala Harris aired her disappointment with the verdict in Kenosha, telling reporters, 'I've spent a majority of my career working to make our criminal justice system more equitable.В It's clear, there's still a lot more work to do.'Д«uzzfeed focused on the case of 21-year-old Marc Wilson, who is facing felony murder charges, after shooting and killing a white 17-year-old woman. Of course, Van Jones is not alone in bringing up these questions following the Rittenhouse trial. (Right)В Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty of intentional homicide and other charges

(Center)В Andrew Coffee IV was acquitted on felony murder and attempted murder. 3 CASES, 3 DIFFERENT OUTCOMES: (Left)В Travis McMichael was found guilty for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.

Coffee found not guilty