this is "nightline." >> tonight, not guilty. kyle rittenhouse acquitted on all counts. the crucial video at the heart of the case. >> he wishes none of this would have ever happened. >> and the loved ones of those he killed speaking out. >> i think the question that most of us are feeling right now is what can we do next? >> what the p verdiverdict mean divided nation. plus escaping the house of horror. 13 children held captive by their parents. >> my two little sisters right now are chained up. >> diane sawyer's exclusive interview with the brave sister that risked it all to save her siblings. >> i don't know how you have the courage. >> i just felt like i have to do it. >> "nightline" will be right back.

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♪ ♪ tequila herradura. extraordinary awaits. good evening. thank you for joining us. the trial of kyle rittenhouse divided many americans along partisan lines. and today the 18-year-old charged with killing two people and wounding a third walked out of court a free man.

>> we the jury find the defendant kyle h. rittenhouse not guilty. >> reporter: kyle rittenhouse trembling with emotion as the court clerk read the jury's verdict. a jury acquitted him of all charges, including homicide, attempted homicide, and reckless endangerment. >> we the jury find the defendant kyle h. rittenhouse not guilty. >> members of the jury, are these your unanimous verdicts? >> reporter: immediately after, rittenhouse burst into tears, overwhelmed by the moment. >> is there anyone who does not agree with the verdicts as read? >> no. >> do you wish the jury polled? >> no. >> okay. >> reporter: the 18-year-old's mother and sisters breaking down in the gallery. rittenhouse and his defense team claimed it was self-defense when he shot and killed joseph rosenbaum and anthony huber and maimed gaige grosskreutz during the protests in kenosha, wisconsin last year. today a jury agreed after four days of deliberation. rittenhouse's attorney spoke

after the verdict. >> he wishes none of this would have ever happened. but as he said when he testified, he did not start this. >> reporter: lead prosecutor thomas binger issuing a statement, "while we are disappointed with the verdict, it must be respected. we ask that members of our community continue to express their opinions and feelings about this verdict in a civil and peaceful manner." president biden agreed. >> i stand by what the jury has concluded. the jury system works, and we have to abide by it. >> reporter: but for the loved ones of the two victims today's vertical. verdict was a crushing blow. >> if one person's life or two persons' lives don't matter then none of our lives matter. >> we know that this system is a failure. i think the question that most of us are feeling right now is what can we do next? >> no justice! >> no peace! >> reporter: this polarizing case a snapshot of the deep political and cultural divisions in the country. kyle rittenhouse became a symbol for a lot of people on the right he's a hero, an american hero, a

young man who took up his weapon as he has a right under the second amendment to protect people and property in a city that was burning. for progressives he was a vigilante. he was somebody who injected himself across state lines in a community he doesn't know or live in with an ar-15 rifle he shouldn't have had and he killed two people and maimed another. >> reporter: for many americans who believe that a black man who did what rittenhouse did would have been treated differently the verdict was painful. >> there is no justice in america for the oppressed. this is a fact. if you are oppressed in america, there is no justice for you. >> reporter: some focusing their anger on judge bruce schroeder, who threw out a misdemeanor gun charge on the basis of his interpretation of wisconsin law before jurors could deliberate on it. >> we saw incredible judicial bias by this judge, giving

liberties that the average black and brown defendant that's here in kenosha county never receives. >> you have to understand, from day one the judge had his hand on the scale. he was doing everything he could to allow this young man to leave this courtroom clear and free. >> so you guys are full on ready to defend the property? >> yes, we are. >> reporter: rittenhouse's acquittal comes more than a year after protests spilled into the streets in the aftermath of the police shooting of jacob blake, a 29-year-old black man who was shot in the back seven times by white police officer in kenosha, wisconsin. [ gunshots ] >> all my grandson asked repeatedly is why did the police shoot my daddy in the back? >> reporter: the shooting sparking outrage. protesters demanding justice. but turning deadly when armed men who authorities called vigilantes clashed with protesters. among them, then 17-year-old kyle rittenhouse from antioch, illinois, who was seen guarding a car repair shop that night, telling blaze tv he was armed

with lethal ammunition. >> we're protecting from the citizens and i just got pepper sprayed. >> reporter: and during the night of unrest rittenhouse shot and killed rosenbaum and huber and injured grosskreutz. he later turned himself in to police back home in illinois. a jury of 11 women and nine men including alternates heard eight days of testimony in a wisconsin courthouse. the prosecutor painting a portrait of of rittenhouse as a vigilante and an outsider. >> we shouldn't have 17-year-olds running around our streets with ar-15s. because this is exactly what happens. >> reporter: the defense countering rittenhouse was a concerned citizen protecting private property and ready to give medical aid. >> kyle was not an active shooter. that is a buzzword that the state wants to latch onto. whenever kyle was there, he reacted to people attacking him. >> reporter: crucially, the fatal encounter was also captured in multiple videos that were played in the courtroom. >> they didn't have to take the

defendant's word that he was being chased, that he was being hit. they could see on the video evidence itself what was going down on that street. >> reporter: those videos bolstering the defense's argument of self-defense. the jury asked to see them again during deliberation. >> we can see what happened, who was where. it gives more context as to what's going on. and i think the context is what really helped kyle rittenhouse and his case. >> reporter: rittenhouse testified that in that moment he feared for his life. >> sorry for my language. he screamed if i catch any of you [ bleep ]s alone i'm going to [ bleep ] kill you. >> reporter: and he broke down when he described the moments leading up to shooting rosenbaum. >> mr. rosenbaum was now running from my right side and i was cornered from in front of me with mr. zeminsky, and there were -- there were --

right there. >> it's not very often a defendant takes the stand, but when they do so and they do so as well as kyle rittenhouse apparently did, that can be powerful for the jury to push them past the reasonable doubt e days after taking the stand, he was acquitted. >> we the jury find the defendant, kyle h. rittenhouse, not guilty. >> reporter: his verdict has consequences. think of the incentives for people who are staunch second amendment supporters who believe that you should be able to carry your weapon wherever you want, use it in self-defense in this way. it encourages them. we'll see more of them at protests. we'll see more confrontations. >> reporter: kyle rittenhouse left the courtroom smiling in the back seat of a car after the verdict. his attorney says he wants to move on with his life and become a nurse. but for much of america moving on will require more than a car

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food, by their parents. but free thanks to the bravery of one sister. diane sawyer with her story. here's a preview of diane's exclusive report. >> reporter: a security camera is rolling in a quiet suburban california neighborhood. at the house across the street in the shadows someone quietly opens a window and slips out. watch. there. a blurry figure stepping forward. a small uncertain girl. heading one way. then she turns, hesitates, and starts to run. clutching an old cell phone. >> that was my only chance. at least if something happened to me, at least i died trying. >> 911, emergency, what are you

reporting? >> um, hello? >> this is 911 emergency. >> um, i just ran away from home. >> do you know what street you're on? >> um, no. i just ran away from home because i live in a family of 15. okay? can you hear me? and we have abusing parents. did you hear that? >> how did they abuse you? >> okay. they hit us, they throw us across the room. they pull our hair. they yank out our hair. i have two -- my two little sisters right now are chained up. >> okay. how old are you? >> i'm 17. >> what's your name? >> jordan turpin. >> okay. i'm going to connect you to the sheriff's department so they can help. one moment.

don't hang up. >> i won't. >> reporter: a second dispatcher picks up. >> hello? >> yes. i'm still here. >> reporter: nearly four years later this is jordan turpin remembering that night. >> my whole body was shaking.sh. and when i was holding the phone i remember the phone -- like i couldn't really dial 911. because -- i'm sorry. >> reporter: you were shaking? >> yeah, i was shaking. i was trying to dial 911. but i couldn't even get my thumb to press the buttons because i was shaking so bad. but i was like trying to calm down. thank you so much. i was trying to like calm down so i could -- i could -- to do

it. and then i finally like pressed it. and then they answered. i literally never talked to somebody on the phone. >> reporter: i don't know how you had the courage, never having spoken to anyone like that. >> i think it was like us coming so close to death so many times, and like i was worried about my siblings. and when i saw them crying and worried, i just felt like i had to do it it. like i just wanted to do it. i wanted to help everyone. >> okay. >> is that the deputy? >> yes. >> go talk to him, okay? >> yes. >> all right. bye-bye. >> reporter: you're looking at the body camera footage from the deputy as he arrives. >> what's going on? >> okay. i just ran away from home. >> okay. >> and i live in a family of 15.

>> okay. >> my two little sisters right now are chained up. >> they're chained up? >> yes. >> where are they chained up at? >> on the bed. now, mother didn't chain them up just to be mean. okay. they're chained up because they stole mother's food. >> uh-huh. >> but i'm sorry if i talk too much. okay. i've never talked to anybody out there. so i don't -- i've never been alone with a person. so this is very hard for me to talk. >> how do you -- do your parents know you left your house? >> no, they don't. >> do you take any medication? >> what's medication? >> medication? >> yeah. what's medication? >> do you take pills? do you take pills? >> oh. i don't think i've ever taken a pill before. >> all right. >> i haven't. >> reporter: the girl with the strange vocabulary nervously puts on a little hat, a reminder of one of her sisters who's depending on her. >> my parents are abusing. they abuse us. but the reason i called and

managed to get out here, this is one the most scary things i've ever done. i'm terrified. but i called because my two little sisters, they're chained up right now. >> reporter: and then on instinct he asks aquestion. >> do you have picture of that? >> yes, i can show you. i actually didn't have it and then one of my sisters told me i need to get pictures. >> you have pictures of your sisters chained up? >> yes. but they're -- yeah, they're in here. i don't have proof of everything but i have proof that my sisters are chained up. so see? >> reporter: she doesn't seem to know the word bruised. >> see? those are the places that make in on them. and see how dirty she is? we're so filthy. we don't take baths. we don't -- >> reporter: how did your sisters get like this? your parents chained them up? >> yes. because they stole food. >> okay. >> but they stole it because they were hungry. >> who took this picture?

>> i did. i took those pictures. >> okay. you make sure to save these. okay? don't get rid of those. >> i will. i won't. >> reporter: quietly, riverside county sheriff's deputies pull up to a house. it has been an hour and a half since jordan turpin climbed out the window. >> so they was like if we walk in will they still be chained? and i was like, if they didn't notice me missing yet, yes. but if they notice me missing they're going to try to cover that all up. and they asked me if i wanted to come up. and i was freaking out. i was like no, no, no. honestly, i thought like knowing them what if they killed me right then and there even if the police were there? >> say you're doing a welfare check? >> yeah. [ knocking ] >> reporter: since a child may be in danger, the deputies do not need a warrant to enter the house. [ knocking ] they knock for two minutes and

ten seconds. >> they're obviously not opening. >> reporter: then suddenly the door cracks open. >> hi. rr >> reporter: a mother and father appear. >> we got a call about children at your house. >> reporter: they are breathing heavily. >> you guys have kids in the house? >> yes. okay. what kind of call did you get? >> how are you doing, sir? >> i'm doing fine. >> we were just in bed. >> reporter: david and louise turpin, who have concealed a chamber of horrors for almost 30 years, now watch as deputies start to make their way through >> we're going to come in and check. okay? >> reporter: and in one of the rooms inside the house someone is waiting in her bed, eyes wide open, praying that the knock on the door means her sister made it to freedom. >> knock knock knock. and then they said it's the police. i'm like, this is it.

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