On today's In the News roundtable, Esther Iverem, Nicole  Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the menace of racist vigilante  violence received a dramatic boost by the U.S. court system with the  acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges. They also discuss how  protesters took to the streets in outraged response to the verdict, the  victory of pro-Revolution candidates in the Venezuelan election, the  latest Jan. 6 attack court developments, demonstrations worldwide  against U.S. intervention in Ethiopia, resistance to the coup in Sudan,  and more.

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