Kyle Rittenhouse has begun the process of trying to get back his rifle from the Wisconsin prosecutors who tried unsuccessfully to convict him of homicide and other charges for shooting three people during the August 2020 riot in Kenosha. Mark Richards, a lawyer for Rittenhouse, filed a motion on Wednesday …
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Rittenhouse’s legal woes ended last month when a jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin, found him not guilty of murder, attempted murder and reckelss endangerment. The charges stemmed from his shooting dead of two men who attacked him, and injuring another, during Black Lives Matter protests in the Wisconsin city last August. …
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Rittenhouse was 17 when he was blacklisted by Facebook in August 2020, just days after fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during a night of rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was charged with murder but acquitted on all counts on November 19, as the jury decided he acted …
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“I’m gonna get a lot of hate for this, but I was a pretty big Andrew Yang supporter before all of this,” Rittenhouse told Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday. “I was part of the Yang Gang.” Rittenhouse’s admiration for a non-white, progressive candidate with immigrant parents is ironic, …
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Greene introduced a bill that calls for awarding the prestigious medal to Rittenhouse because he “protected the community of Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a Black Lives Matter riot on August 25, 2020.” The legislation comes after at least two other Republicans in Congress – Representatives Matt Gaetz (Florida) and Madison Cawthorn …
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Introduced on Tuesday by State Senator Nathan Dahm, a Republican who is running for the US Senate, ‘Kyle’s Law’ would force Oklahoma to cover the legal fees and damages incurred by anyone accused of murder but found to have been acting in self-defense, if the defendant could prove they were …
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Asked whether the president would apologize for allegedly defaming the 18-year-old in a campaign video issued last year, Psaki danced around the issue – briefly changing the subject to ex-President Donald Trump – but ultimately hinted that no apology would be forthcoming. “Well let’s be clear what we’re talking about …
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In his first media interview following his acquittal last week, the 18-year-old told Fox’s Tucker Carlson that the US president possibly committed an act of libel, adding that he should have learned the facts of the case before weighing in. “Mr. President, if I could say one thing to you, …
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“I’m not a racist person. I support the BLM movement. I support peacefully demonstrating,” the 18-year-old said in a teaser for an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, to be aired on Monday. “I believe there needs to be change. I believe there’s a lot prosecutorial misconduct – not just …
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Among several dozen people that gathered on Sunday was Justin Blake, uncle to Jacob Blake who was shot and injured by Kenosha police. Blake appeared to have blamed Biden for the verdict, accusing the president of betraying his supporters. “President Biden sold us out. He betrayed our families. He betrayed …
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