Kyle Rittenhouse Is Latest Trump-Spawned Domestic Terrorist

Right Wingers Respond to Alleged Teen Killer By Defending Him, Raising Money

Manny Otiko
Democracy Guardian
Published in
5 min readAug 30, 2020

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Trump fan Kyle Rittenhouse was allowed to return home after he killed two people (YouTube sreencap by Manny Otiko)

The Kyle Rittenhouse story, which involved a 17-year-old cop groupie and MAGA cultist, encapsulates everything wrong with America.

Rittenhouse became a national news story earlier this week when, armed with an AR-15, he drove from his home in Illinois to join other militia types in Kenosha, Wis. The militiamen arrived on the scene armed to protect property against arsonists and looters.

Protesters were demonstrating against a Kenosha Police Department officer who shot Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, seven times. However, once the militiamen arrived, they were welcomed by local police who thanked them and gave them water.

Later, Rittenhouse, who should have never been carrying a gun, shot an anti-police protester in the head. During a scuffle with another protester, he shot two more people, killing one of them. Still, Rittenhouse was not arrested and allowed to return home. He…

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Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @mannyotiko.