Robert P. Jones is the CEO and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute and the author of White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity.

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Protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, demonstrate on the third day of jury deliberations in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial Nov. 18. Rittenhouse was acquitted Nov. 19 in the shooting deaths of two people and the wounding of another in 2020. (CNS)

Kyle Rittenhouse, whiteness and a divinely ordained license to kill

Opinion
Justice
People
Nov 23, 2021

Commentary: Lest we think Rittenhouse is an aberration, polling shows a frightening number of Americans — especially those who are white, conservative and Christian — believe violence may be necessary to "save the country."