Protesters gathered on Wednesday November 17 outside the Kenosha courthouse where the jury were deciding the fate of Kyle Rittenhouse.

Protest leaders included Lamar Whitfield of the No More Foundation of Chicago, and Bishop Tavis Grant II, National Field Director for the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

Rittenhouse, then 17, shot three people, two of them fatally, during unrest that followed the shooting of Jacob Blake seven times by a Kenosha police officer.

LAMAR WHITFIELD, left, of the No More Foundation of Chicago, and BISHOP TAVIS GRANT II, National Field Director for the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, right, as protesters gather Wednesday November 17, 2021 outside the Kenosha, Wisconsin, County Courthouse as the jury deliberates in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. Rittenhouse, then 17, shot three people, two of them fatally during the unrest that followed the shooting of Jacob Blake seven times by a Kenosha police officer. Video credit © Mark Hertzberg/ZUMA Press Editorial Use Only

Protesters gather Wednesday November 17, 2021 outside the Kenosha, Wisconsin, County Courthouse as the jury deliberates in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. Rittenhouse, then 17, shot three people, two of them fatally during the unrest that followed the shooting of Jacob Blake seven times by a Kenosha police officer. Video credit © Mark Hertzberg/ZUMA Press. Editorial Use only