Kyle Rittenhouse, who was arrested in the shooting of 3 protesters in Kenosha Tuesday night, helps clean the exterior of Reuther Central High School Tuesday morning.
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Antioch teen arrested in Kenosha double murder is a high school dropout, Blue Lives Matter supporter
Kyle Rittenhouse built an identity around his unwavering support for the cops.
But after the 17-year-old from Antioch was accused of shooting two people to death Tuesday night and wounding another amid the ongoing unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he’s found himself firmly on the other end of the law.
Antioch police reported yesterday that Rittenhouse was arrested on suspicion of first-degree intentional homicide after he allegedly opened fire during a protest that erupted in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Rittenhouse remains held in Lake County awaiting an extradition hearing set for tomorrow.
Meanwhile, a portrait has emerged of a high school dropout who used social media to back the pro-police Blue Lives Matter movement and flash a high-powered weapon — one that looks similar to the gun he was allegedly seen firing in a video of Tuesday night’s incident in Kenosha.
The banner image on Rittenhouse’s Facebook page, which has been taken offline, showed him posing in two separate photos with a rifle. A frame overlaid on his profile picture carried a clear message: “Duty. Honor. Courage. Blue Lives Matter.”
The Blue Lives Matter countermovement emerged as Black Lives Matter protesters sought accountability for officers involved in high-profile police killings. Rittenhouse’s Facebook also included memorials to Samuel Jimenez, a Chicago cop killed during a mass shooting at Mercy Hospital in 2018, and McHenry County Deputy Sheriff Jacob Keltner, who was shot to death serving a warrant in Rockford last year.
A photo of the baby-faced alleged killer posted to another Facebook page belonging to his mother shows Rittenhouse clad in a blue cadet uniform adorned with a badge. WBEZ reported that he participated in a “public safety cadet program” in the far northern suburbs.
Rittenhouse also supported President Donald Trump, whose reelection campaign has centered on a “law and order” agenda. Buzzfeed News reported that Rittenhouse even attended Trump’s Jan. 30 rally in Des Moines, Iowa, posting a video of the event from his front-row seat.
Before the alleged shooting that took place, Rittenhouse was photographed helping clean the exterior of Reuther Central High School Tuesday in Kenosha. Rittenhouse later told a reporter he had been “pepper-sprayed” and said he and the …read more
Source:: Chicago Sun Times