For the first time since his acquittal, Kyle Rittenhouse spoke out, sharing that he is "not a racist person" and that he supports the Black Lives Matter movement.
The comments from Rittenhouse were released in an ad for a sit-down interview he did with Fox News' Tucker Carlson, set to be released Monday night.
"This case has nothing to do with race. It never had anything to do with race. It had to do with the right to self-defense," Rittenhouse shared with Carlson.
Rittenhouse, who is white, was acquitted on several charges, including first-degree reckless homicide for shooting three men, killing two, all of whom are white.
"I'm not a racist person. I support the BLM movement, I support peacefully demonstrating," Rittenhouse continued.
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With many protesting the jury's decision in the case and accusing Judge Bruce Schroeder of being biased towards the defendant, Rittenhouse said that the decision made was the right one.
"The jury reached the correct verdict -- self-defense is not illegal," Rittenhouse said, according to Agence France-Presse, CBS News reported. "I'm glad that everything went well. ... We made it through the hard part."
David Hancock, a spokesman for the Rittenhouse family, shared that the 18-year-old is ready to move on and be a free man, WDJT-TV reported. He also touched on why Rittenhouse spoke with Carlson in the sit-down interview.
"He's got some things to say, and I think ... you're going to be even more surprised by who Kyle actually is, [the] more people get to know him better," Hancock said.
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