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.
this dude bought a gun illegally (wasnt charged because of a loop hole) recklessly endangered numerous people. His parents fucking allowed this shit
AND he has the audacity to be a political figure? Fuck this guy, seriously.
His odds of a political career are pretty good. Repubs love guys like this. Repubs don’t want a functioning government, they want everyone they hate to be angry.
the only good thing about him in regards to politics is that he isnt 80 years old. Other than that.
Uh, he did law school maybe? I don’t know.
As a dirty European watching from the sidelines, I’m struggling to understand how to could both have bought a firearm illegally yes utilised a loophole to not get charged for it. I did a quick search but couldn’t find anything - could you explain more?
i think the technicality here is that it’s technically legal, the way he bought it. But only through one particular law that says that it isn’t. He didn’t buy it through a gun store, he didn’t buy it locally. He went out of his way, to another quite young individual, who then sold it to him (i want to say it was legal for him to buy it there, not where he lived) and then made his way to the riot.
It’s been a while since i’ve read up on this, but it was a rather weird situation regardless. I don’t care who you are, this is very weird behavior from someone who would be behaving in a legal manner. That may not be true. I’m assuming this is all stated in the legal paper work. I’m not digging that up though.
Either way this never should’ve happened. The fact that he was allowed to go there, armed was fucking insane.
Never mind he was found not guilty right? Because you know, public opinion matters more…
OJ simpy was found innocent. Clearly he never did anything wrong…
Enjoy your five minutes hate
so far i have only gotten people agreeing with me. I dont really understand why anybody would disagree with me. He is a genuinely bad person at this point.
Which should make you very suspicious.
Disagreement is normal. A diversity of opinions is normal.
When everybody agrees so readily and hates somebody they never even met, something funny is going on.
you mean the fact that everybody agrees with me on the fact that killing people and then turning into a fucking career is a dick move?
Or the fact that his parents allowed a 17 year old to attend a protest where angry armed people are likely to be, open carrying a rifle?
I don’t have the time to unpack your witty rhetoric. Speak plainly.