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 collegeā€™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 Rittenhouseā€™s presence.

The 21-year-old gained notoriety in August 2020 when, at the age of 17, heĀ shot and killed two menā€”Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, as well as injuring 26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutzā€”at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

He said theĀ three shootings, carried out with a semi-automaticĀ AR-15-style firearm, were in self-defense. TheĀ Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest where the shootings took place was held afterĀ Jacob Blake, a Black man, was left paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot by a white police officer.

  • aidan@lemmy.worldM
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    6 months ago

    State lines means nothing when itā€™s a city on the border, and the illegal firearm charge was thrown out for, yk, not being true

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      6 months ago

      State lines means nothing

      ā€œLaws donā€™t matter as long as some shit bag gets to shoot liberals.ā€

      Fuck off.

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        6 months ago

        Thatā€™s not what I said, but iirc he didnā€™t cross the gun with state lines- I may be misremembering though.

        Fuck off.

        Please read the rules if you care so much about laws.

        • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Please read the rules if you care so much about laws.

          Lol, fuck off, rules on Lemmy arenā€™t laws and you know it

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            No they arenā€™t laws, but you should follow them if you want to stay in the community. Youā€™re free to disagree with me all you like, but just insulting any user is forbidden