Posted on 08/26/2020 2:42:00 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
KENOSHA, Wis. — lllinois police have arrested a 17-year-old after two people were shot to death and another was injured during another night of Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Kyle Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois, was taken into custody Wednesday in Illinois on suspicion of first-degree intentional homicide. Antioch is about 15 miles from Kenosha.
Two of the victims shot Tuesday night, a 26-year-old Silver Lake resident and a 36-year-old Kenosha resident, died following the shooting. A 26-year-old West Allis resident suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the shooting.
Videos circulating on social media show a young white man opening fire in the middle of the street with a semi-automatic rifle.
“I don’t need more guns on the street in the community when we are trying to make sure that we keep people safe. Law enforcement is trained. They are the ones who are responsible. They are the ones we have faith that they’ll do their jobs to make sure it gets done,” Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian said. “It would be beneficial and helpful for everyone to realize that.”
Wednesday afternoon, Kenosha Sheriff David Beth, police Chief Dan Miskinis, Kenosha County Executive Jim Kreuser and Mayor Antaramian gathered for a press conference to discuss the ongoing civil unrest and the shooting that happened Tuesday night.
Police said their investigation is ongoing, but police are working to have Rittenhouse transferred to Wisconsin so he can face criminal charges. According to Lake County, Illinois, court records, Rittenhouse has an extradition hearing scheduled for Friday.
“What I can’t tell you is what led to the disturbance that led to the use of deadly force by this person, and if both deaths are related to the same person,” Miskinis said. “I don’t know that at this point.”
The shooting was met with condemnation from political and community leaders alike.
Gov. Tony Evers said in a statement that he is grateful law enforcement officials have already made an arrest in connection to the killings.
“A senseless tragedy like this cannot happen again. I again ask those who choose to exercise their First Amendment rights please do so peacefully and safely, as so many did last night,” Evers said. “I also ask the individuals who are not there to exercise those rights to please stay home and let local first responders, law enforcement, and members of the Wisconsin National Guard do their jobs.”
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul called for unity following the shooting, saying that anyone involved in violence and destruction is causing division in the community.
“Kenosha residents deserve the opportunity to grieve, come together, peacefully protest, call for change, and heal. The heavily armed vigilantes, arsonists, and other opportunists who have come to Kenosha to attempt to spur chaos have interfered with that and caused drastic harm to people,” Kaul said. “If those engaging in violence and destruction of property believe they are furthering some broader goal, they are wrong. They should leave Kenosha.”
Freedom Inc. a non-profit group based in Madison condemned the shooting in a statement shared Wednesday afternoon and called Rittenhouse a white supremacist.
“These shootings, as well as the presence of white supremacist militias at uprisings for Black lives across the country, are designed to suppress Black people who are rightfully fighting back against generations of murder and exploitation by the state,” the statement reads.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department announced the emergency curfew in Kenosha would start at 7 p.m. each night beginning Wednesday and continuing through Sunday.
The county had previously enacted city curfews, including at 10:15 p.m. Sunday, the day Blake was shot by police. Then at 8 p.m. on Monday night and Tuesday night. The shooting during protests that took place Tuesday night happened after the city’s 8 p.m. curfew.
“I like the mayor’s comedy routine about keeping people safe.”
Mayor is just a little late, and a whole lot of stupid.
agreed it seems there are kids who have not took the commie kool aid.
My youngest is 17 also and he has just been sworn into the Marine Corps. These scumbags which riot, loot, attack are the modern day NAZI brown shirts who are too dumb to understand they are being used.
I guess this stupidity has turned real. Ok by me!
After Failing to Keep / Restore Order They Prosecute Citizens Who Defend Themselves. It started with the McCloskeys
You're just spoda take the beat down and hope you survive it.
You’ve been pushing white people for 12 years ... what did you expect ?
It’s not as bad here in nearby Louisville KY but I’m afraid once the investigation in the Breonna Taylor case is done and it’s announced that the cops involved won’t be charged with anything, my hometown is gonna look similar to Kenosha. Idiot Dem city mayor says public safety is our #1 priority yet we’ve had 80+ days of protests/riots with no end in sight. Stay safe, FRiend.
youtubes posted require “sign in”...and I don’t do that.
anyone find one that you can watch without signing in?
He was unwise to be there but innocent of any and all charges. Bill him up as an unwise hero, and demand that he be released and made rich with donations.
What has Jake Blake received so far? More than a million dollars? Make sure that Kyle Rittenhouse gets much more, and tell him to avoid doing anything that stupid again. ;D
This is crap could have been stopped back when the first riots, looting and arsons took place. Every last one of those leftist thugs should have been shot. That would be a deterrent going forward. Now it appears that we will live with less freedom going forward. America has lost its backbone.
Can he legally have a gun in Illinois? What are the laws when you cross state lines?
These young people, many young adults are stupid. Real life is not a video game.
No it started with the Bundy’s of Oregon.
None of them lived there. Two of the of them came farther than Rittenhour, but he crossed a state line with a gun.
The question few are asking:
Who gave a 17yr old kid an AR-15?
I say make a statute of him!
Maybe ??
That's the only way it'll be brought to a halt.
That’s my take also, at this time. Wish I knew more about why he was out on the street.
There needs to be a 10,000+ Kyle Rittenhouse Brigade Militia , standing up all across this nation .
Say his name! He had the balls to take on the rioters .
How about the rest of us ? Are going to just sit and watch
out TVs?
CONFRONT the Commies-socialist-anarchists.
Make them fear .
Kyle got it . It’s time for the serious push-back to begin
Minor’s name revealed, adult’s names not?
Many are outraged that a 17 year old would stand up to the mostly unopposed Marxist insurgents. Many conservatives are lulled asleep, thinking a mythical figure from Q, or Barr’s DOJ are going to rescue us.
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