Kyle Rittenhouse TikTok Shown During Trial — What Happened Next?

On August 25, 2020, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, from Antioch, Illinois, fatally shot two males and wounded one other. The killings, which Rittenhouse claims had been in self-defense, passed off throughout a interval of unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Crowds had taken to the streets in protest of the police taking pictures of Jacob Blake two days prior. Rittenhouse had been current, carrying an AR-15 type rifle which, as of writing, the teenager is at present being tried for unlawfully carrying.

Rittenhouse claims he was on the scene to protect a car dealership from vandals and to provide medical aid, having departed his house with a medkit. The 2 males killed, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, are each reported to have confronted Rittenhouse in an try to forcefully take management of his rifle, whereas Gaige Grosskreutz—who had been carrying a handgun—escaped with an arm wound.

Rittenhouse’s trial is at present ongoing, with the most recent stay courtroom recording exhibiting him visibly distressed whereas on the stand.

In a weird flip of occasions, nonetheless, Rittenhouse’s presence on social media web site TikTok was raised throughout proceedings, with the prosecution confirming throughout questions that the account, named ‘4doorsmorewhores’ did, certainly, belong to him. The profile’s description? “Bruh I’m simply tryna be well-known.”