Rittenhouse's appearance at a university generated hostility from a number of students but he remained positive, saying it had been "a great event."

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.

  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
    23·
    9 months ago

    Hell he drove across state lines to get said protest. His whole purpose was to kill people he was itching to do so.

    I am against killing people but if this little fucker was shot and killed I feel no remorse.

    • Samueru@lemmy.world
      3·
      9 months ago

      Holy shit people are still repeating the drove across state lines crap to this day lmao. That shit was actually mentioned in the trial and quickly fell thru when Rittenhouse mentioned that they worked as a paramedic in that very place and made the prosecutor look like an asshole lmao.

      At least don’t spread misinformation my dude.

      • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
        12·
        9 months ago

        How stupid he 17 and no paramedic. And what paramedic is carrying around AR15? And yes he drove across state lines.

        • Samueru@lemmy.world
          2·
          9 months ago

          My bad, not paramedic but lifeguard.

          And what paramedic is carrying around AR15?

          Oddly enough one of the people shot were indeed an EMT and they were also armed.

          And yes he drove across state lines.

          Because they worked on that town and he was there the day before the shooting, unlike the other people involved in the shooting which iirc never lived or worked there.

            • Samueru@lemmy.world
              2·
              9 months ago

              He was no where near that town and fucking life guard. Why are defending this murdering little fuck?

              Because you’re spreading misinformation lol. Did you even watch the trial?