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Kyle Rittenhouse, who is charged with first-degree intentional homicide for shooting protesters in Kenosha Tuesday night, helps clean the exterior of Reuther Central High School Tuesday morning, Aug. 25, 2020 | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
Residents of the far north suburb were bracing for violence in the wake of the arrest, and the city issued a curfew.
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 Wednesday 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 Friday.
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 one he was allegedly seen firing in a video of the incident in Kenosha.
The header of Rittenhouse’s Facebook page, which has been taken offline, showed him posing in two separate photos with a rifle. His profile picture included a banner with a clear message: “Duty. Honor. Courage. Blue Lives Matter.”
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Kyle Rittenhouse poses with a long gun in a Facebook profile picture with a message supporting the Blue Lives Matter movement.
That countermovement emerged as Black Lives Matter protesters sought to hold accountable officers accused of brutality following 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 Wednesday that he participated in a “public safety cadet program” in the far northern suburbs.
Kyle Rittenhouse poses with his mother wearing a cadet uniform.
Rittenhouse also supported President Donald Trump, whose reelection campaign has centered a “law and order” agenda. Buzzfeed News reported that Rittenhouse even attended Trump’s Jan. 30 rally in Des Moines, Iowa, posting video of the event from his front row seat.
Before the alleged shooting that took place shortly before midnight, 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 other vigilantes weren’t using “non-lethal” ammunition. In another video circulating on social media, he explained his motive for being there.
“People are getting injured, and our job is to protect this business. And part of my job is to also help people,” he said. “If there’s somebody …read more
Source:: Chicago Sun Times
