I'd add that there were three, some say four nights of violence after daytime (mostly) peaceful protests.

Also, according to his lawyer, the Rittenhouse family had historical roots in Kenosha...in particular his mother and grandmother.

As well, a youtube video was circulating which showed an elderly man being assaulted, with a cinder block no less, as he tried to defend a Danish Cultural Centre with his fire extinguisher the previous night.

See: Man in his 70s attacked while trying to protect burning ...www.youtube.com › watch

PREVIEW

2:20

Fire leveled the building amid violent protests in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha ...

YouTube · FOX6 News Milwaukee · Aug 25, 2020

I suppose most MSM did not show that video during their coverage of the trial.

Thanks for the cogency.