If you haven’t been following the story, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse is in jail charged with first degree murder.
On Tuesday night, he was part of an armed citizen’s militia that was attempting to keep a slobbering, violent Antifa mob from destroying property and attacking citizens in Kenosha, WI. During the course of that evening, Rittenhouse became separated from his group and was set upon by a feral pack of thugs. When the dust settled, two were dead and a third was wounded. All three were convicted felons. The wounded man had brandished a pistol at Rittenhouse before catching a 5.56mm bullet to the bicep.
Read our coverage of the shootings:
Democrats Off to The Races Making Up Things About Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse and Blaming Trump
The Men Shot in Kenosha Were Convicted Criminals Who Were Shot While Acting Like Criminals
Kyle Rittenhouse Was Right to Fire His Weapon
VIDEO: Did Rioters Lob Molotov Cocktail at Kenosha Shooter Prior to First Shooting?
Interviews With Alleged Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse
Kenosha Shooter Is Arrested and Charged With First Degree Murder In the Death of Antifa Rioters
Breaking Down The Videos Of The Two Shooting Incidents In Kenosha — Self-Defense?
There is a Body Count in Kenosha Tuesday Night — Armed Civilians Fire on Rioters Leaving Two Dead
Armed Militia In Kenosha — Reports of Shots Fired, Confrontations Multiplying: UPDATE: RIOTER SHOT
and all of our Kenosha riots stories.
Even though Rittenhouse will probably not be tried for murder, he is facing an expensive legal battle. The last thing he needs is for his very freedom to be in the hands of a public defender who might very well have been out throwing Molotov cocktails the same night Rittenhouse shot three ex-cons. I am not joking, read The Weeping Over the Fire-Bombing Lawyers Is Exactly How You Got Trump.
His family is not wealthy and so Rittenhouse’s supporters attempted to set up a GoFundMe account to raise money for his legal defense. Without explanation, and completely against their own Terms of Service, GoFundMe shut down the account.
They just took down the GoFundMe for Kyle Rittenhouse. It was organized by his father. Leftists are now methodically doxxing the people who gave to the fund in the few hours that it was up. pic.twitter.com/UEVRutBobX
— Mahound's Paradise (@MahoundParadise) August 26, 2020
GoFundMe specifically lists fundraising for legal bills as one of their services. The closest you can come to a violation of the Terms of Service is this:
for the legal defense of alleged crimes associated with hate, violence, harassment, bullying, discrimination, terrorism, or intolerance of any kind relating to race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, serious disabilities or diseases, financial crimes or crimes of deception;
Unless douchebag has become a sexual orientation or violent ex-felon a religious affiliation, none of these apply.
I know the “muh private company” people get whenever anyone complains about arbitrary and capricious conduct, so I’m not going to argue it beyond saying I will never donate another dollar to any GoFundMe and I will actively discourage anyone I know from doing so. A fair trial, unfortunately, is a right that must be bought in order to be enjoyed and GoFundMe is simply sticking with their little leftist friends and trying to ensure Rittenhouse is railroaded.
Sometimes sh***y, politically motivated actions by a sh***y leftwing corporation has unintended consequences. Enter Attorney Lin Wood. We all know Lin Wood. He’s the man who represented Nick Sandmann and took CNN’s and the Washinton Post’s lunch money in the process.
If there is something I can do, Kyle will not need to pay me. God has blessed me with enough & enough is always enough. These charges must be dismissed as video clearly shows justified acts of self-defense. When dismissed, accusers should be held accountable & they should pay. https://t.co/QKG3b1frwD
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) August 27, 2020
I will be speaking with Attorney John Pierce later today about Kyle Rittenhouse. John has taken lead in helping form #FightBack Foundation.
To help or provide information about Kyle, please contact John Pierce at [email protected] or @CaliKidJMP.
Enough is enough.
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) August 27, 2020
In touch with some great people in effort to get Kyle Rittenhouse competent defense counsel. @michellemalkin is an American hero.
The line in the sand has been crossed. If Kyle cannot defend himself under the circumstances shown in videos, we are all at risk.
Think about it.
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) August 27, 2020
My colleague at #FightBack Foundation John Pierce has assembled legal team to defend Kyle Rittenhouse. They need to be retained by Rittenhouse family so we need family contact info. They are prepared to fly out tonight. Please DM contact info to me or John at @CaliKidJMP.
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) August 27, 2020
While, on the one hand, Wood is taking on the case pro bono, the irony is that CNN and the Washington Post are actually underwriting his ability to do so.
Rittenhouse was clearly justified in the use of deadly force to defend himself. We cannot allow a politically motivated prosecution to punish him for chickensh** process crimes in order to make the Antifa thugs so beloved of the Democrats feel vindicated.
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