What a 17 year old Kyle Rittenhouse was doing in Kenosha with a Semi-Automatic Rifle?
Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty in Kenosha shooting. Kyle Rittenhouse killed two people and injured a third at protests last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Script: He is Michael Graveley, Kenosha County District Attorney As America was marching for Black Lives Matter, Blacks keep getting shot by police. On August 23, 2020, Jacob S. Blake, a 29-year-old black man, was shot seven times in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Police officer Rusten Sheskey shot Blake in the back four times and on the side three times. Blake was paralyzed but was still handcuffed to his hospital bed. That inhumanity ignited protest. Kenosha declared a state of emergency overnight on August 24 after police vehicles were damaged. Armed militiaman showed up in the name of protecting businesses. Among them was a 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse. He came from the neighboring state of Illinois. He brought an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle. On August 25, he killed two white protesters killed and injured a third one. He was arrested the next day and charged with first-degree intentional homicide. Why did Rittenhouse go to Kenosha? Why did he take a semi-automatic rifle with him. Why did he shoot unarmed men? He says he went to protect a business. Isn’t that the job of the police? Why was he taking law in his hands? How was he able to join other armed white males that evening? Was he a part of some militia? Was he responding to a call? His defense lawyers argue the shootings were in self-defense. No one might have died that night if Rittenhouse had not shown up with his semi-automatic rifle. He says the rifle “looked cool.” The U.S. civilians own 393 million guns. We have more guns than people. And the number is rising. Gun sales in the United States rose 40% last year to 39,695,315. Guns. Guns. and more guns. While we are less safe. U.S. murder rate rose 30% between 2019 and 2020
