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 collegeās Turning Point USA chapter to speak at the campus. However, the event was met with backlash from a number of students who objected to Rittenhouseās presence.
The 21-year-old gained notoriety in August 2020 when, at the age of 17, heĀ shot and killed two menāJoseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, as well as injuring 26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutzāat 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.
Iāll do one better. Iāll just delete some of my previous comments on the subject, as itās not worth the time of day we are both putting into this.
Iāll just assume at this point that Lemmy web mod filtering is problematic, if Iām seeing things in it youāre not.
Thatās not better, I doubt Lemmy filtering is problematic. I think you filtered incorrectly at first and now canāt reproduce it.
Typing in somebodyās name and choosing their name from a list is not rocket science.
Yep, Iāve done that. Nothing about a ban. So why not prove it and send me a DM with what youāre seeing? I donāt see it. Letās see what you see.