
Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to control crowds, which included men wearing military-style gear and carrying rifles who confronted the sometimes-violent demonstrators.ĭressed in a navy blue suit and dark blue tie, Rittenhouse initially was composed on the witness stand until his attorney asked him to detail his encounter with Rosenbaum, who he shot four times. Several businesses were burned down and there was looting. Many on the left see Rittenhouse as a symbol of an American gun culture run amok.īy the night of the shootings, Kenosha had experienced two nights of tumultuous protests triggered by the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed from the waist down. He is a hero to some conservatives who believe in unfettered gun rights and see the shootings as justified during the Kenosha chaos. Rittenhouse has emerged as a divisive figure, with politics coursing through the case. Rittenhouse, 17 at the time of the killings, has pleaded not guilty. Rittenhouse is charged in the killing of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and the wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, during protests on Aug. But I used deadly force to stop the threat that was attacking me." I didn't know if it was going to kill them. "Two of them passed away but I stopped the threat from attacking me," replied Rittenhouse, whose testimony ended on Wednesday in the trial, which the judge said could be finished by Monday or Tuesday. "I did what I had to do to stop the person who was attacking me," Rittenhouse said under questioning by Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger.
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Both victims were white.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Register An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed two Black men. Note: This story was corrected on March 21.

"Man it’s almost like Kyle Rittenhouse was faking that crying at trial, now he gets to sh**post about gas prices after murdering two people," another Twitter user said.Īlthough Rittenhouse was acquitted in the trial, citing self-defense, he still faces a civil lawsuit by the family of Huber.

All he’s managed to do is make himself look like even more of a a liar and psychopath by sending a big “f*ck you” to the families of the people he killed," Shari said on Twitter. "Kyle Rittenhouse posted this in an attempt to disparage gas prices under Biden.
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Many called the use of his trial footage for the sake of a joke tasteless. Like Rittenhouse, many people are blaming Biden for the rising fuel costs.īut Rittenhouse's dig at Biden did not seem to resonate well with people on Twitter. When the US began cutting ties with Russia, gas prices surged around the world. Soaring gas prices have been a point of contention for Americans since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. UpPvfHEjRv - Kyle Rittenhouse Rittenhouse) it\u2019s the burning hole in my pocket thanks to a Joe Biden presidency. The meme splices the video of Rittenhouse to make it appear he is filling up a gas tank at a gas station. Sign up for our new free Indy100 weekly newsletter Man knock it off! That boy ate some lemon heads before walking into court." James accused Rittenhouse of faking his tears saying, "What tears? I didn’t see one. The 'Lemon Head' is a reference to a tweet NBA player LeBron James made while Rittenhouse was on trial. Rittenhouse shot and killed two men, 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum and 26-year-old Anthony Huber, with a semi-automatic AR-15.

The video features footage of Rittenhouse infamously hyperventilating while standing trial for the Kenosha unrest shooting incident. it’s the burning hole in my pocket thanks to a Joe Biden presidency." Rittenhouse wrote in the tweet. Rittenhouse shared the video, made by on Twitter poking fun at gas prices and President Biden.

19-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who was recently acquitted of five charges related to the killing of two men, has caused outrage after he posted a meme regarding gas prices.
