Rittenhouse's appearance at a university generated hostility from a number of students but he remained positive, saying it had been "a great event."

Kyle Rittenhouse abruptly departed the stage during an appearance at the University of Memphis on Wednesday, after he was confronted about comments made by Turning Point USA founder and president Charlie Kirk.

Rittenhouse was invited by the college’s Turning Point USA chapter to speak at the campus. However, the event was met with backlash from a number of students who objected to Rittenhouse’s presence.

The 21-year-old gained notoriety in August 2020 when, at the age of 17, he shot and killed two men—Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, as well as injuring 26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz—at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

He said the three shootings, carried out with a semi-automatic AR-15-style firearm, were in self-defense. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest where the shootings took place was held after Jacob Blake, a Black man, was left paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot by a white police officer.

  • Samueru@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Oh yeah, what kyle did is very stupid. But what the others were doing is orders of magnitude more stupid.

    He brought a gun to an area he had no business being in to protect property. With his gun. What did he think he was going to do with it if not shoot people (take lives) to protect property?

    Not really, usually just having people armed is enough to deter others from looting, that’s more likely what they expected to happen.

    And it doesn’t matter because no looter was shot here.

    So yeah if you shoot at some people simply because they were looting you’re in big trouble, or maybe you are, in the end in the US trials are by jury and most likely than not if you are the owner of the place it is very likely that the jury would not found you guilty, don’t test it out though lol.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      usually just having people armed is enough to deter others from looting

      So the plan was to threaten people with a gun and people are surprised he got attacked?
      What do you think the plan would have been if someone ignored the gun and went after damaging property anyway?

      in the end in the US trials are by jury

      Unless they’re by a vigilante or a cop giving someone a death sentence. Then they “had it coming.”

      • Samueru@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        So the plan was to threaten people with a gun and people are surprised he got attacked?

        Did kyle threatened people with their gun? Open carry =! brandishing

        What do you think the plan would have been if someone ignored the gun and went after damaging property anyway?

        They yeah they would have fucked up if they fired on that person.

        Unless they’re by a vigilante or a cop giving someone a death sentence. Then they “had it coming.”

        k