Chrystul Kizer was 17 when she was charged in the killing of a man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, who was under investigation for child sex trafficking.
, a Black man, by a white police officer in Kenosha last year. Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time, successfully argued that he had acted in self-defense.Milwaukee Journal SentinelActivists protest the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial on November 21, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin."Show Chrystul Kizer the same attention," Bishop Tavis Grant, of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, said on Sunday, according to WUWM."Show her the same sympathy. Make her a hero.
State Rep. David Bowen, a Democrat, called on protesters to take up Kizer's cause with the same energy they put into Rittenhouse and Blake.."That if you truly believe in justice, just like the Lord believes in justice, then you too can fight for justice for that Black woman, who deserves it." Kizer is awaiting trial on charges in the 2018 killing of 34-year-old Randall Volar III. Prosecutors allege Kizer went to his home in Kenosha, shot him in the head, set his house on fire and stole his car. At the time of his death, Volar was under investigation for sex trafficking underage girls.
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