Colin Kaepernick slams Kyle Rittenhouse as 'white supremacist' after verdict

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Civil rights activist and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has called Kyle Rittenhouse a 'white supremacist' after the 18-year-old was found not guilty at his murder trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Friday.

'We just witnessed a system built on white supremacy validate the terroristic acts of a white supremacist,' Kaepernick tweeted after the verdict was revealed. 'This only further validates the need to abolish our current system. White supremacy cannot be reformed.'

Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the US.

The verdict in the politically combustible case was met with anger and

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