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Two big names have joined the fight to defend Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old Illinois teenager who’s been charged with intentional homicide for opening fire on and killing two left-wing extremists who’d attacked him during a riot Tuesday in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
One of those names is L. Lin Wood, the renowned attorney made famous first for defending media-smeared security guard Richard Jewell and then later for helping media-smeared former Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann win a defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post.
In tweets posted Thursday morning, Wood said his colleagues have assembled a legal team to defend Rittenhouse and also revealed that conservative commentator Michelle Malkin will be “assisting.”
Look:
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
Michelle Malkin @michellemalkin is also assisting so please DM Michelle also.
This young man needs & deserves courageous legal counsel who will fight for him. John is ready to do so & others will join him. The fight is for Kyle and for ALL Freedom Loving Americans.#FightBack
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) August 27, 2020
The announcement provoked widespread praise and appreciation.
Look:
This is how I know I’m fighting on the right side of history. Thankful for @LLinWood and everything you are doing to save our great Country!
— ChicagQ 🌟🌟🌟 (@dino2223) August 27, 2020
Thank you so much @LLinWood! You and the others mentioned are true American Patriots through and through! God bless and Godspeed!
— Trixie (@snapmommy) August 27, 2020
We stand with Kyle Rittenhouse. #KyleRittenhouseDidNothingWrong
— Iowa Girl Patriot (@meljlaake) August 27, 2020
That is Great News! Heard that he was guarding a gas station? In a riotous firestorm? Crowded with protesters and residents? Imagine a gas station on fire. If true, he probably saved countless lives. TY for helping him.
— Theresa Villarreal (@Newzmonkey56) August 27, 2020
God bless you and John. You and John are Guardian Angels of American Justice. May Archangel Michael be with you and John. And may Archangel Michael protect Kyle Rittenhouse and his family.
— BayRidgegirl8 (@BayRidgegirl8) August 27, 2020
This movement in defense of Rittenhouse erupted Wednesday after local authorities charged him with first-degree intentional homicide and took him into custody.
The growing outrage is rooted in the strong belief that Rittenhouse should not have been charged given evidence that he’d been acting in self-defense.
The evidence is extensive and includes multiple video clips of Rittenhouse being chased and attacked by the left-wing extremists in Kenosha.
View some of the evidence below (*Graphic content):
It’s unclear why Rittenhouse was being chased or why he was in the area of this car dealership about four blocks away from the one he claimed to be protecting. We do know vehicles in this lot were damaged minutes before the first shooting. pic.twitter.com/7mbLQ3K21B
— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) August 27, 2020
A Molotov cocktail appears to have been thrown at the shooter in Kenosha before he fired at the first victim. pic.twitter.com/DPVgjepDsb
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 26, 2020
While fleeing from the scene, Rittenhouse is again chased by several people. He trips and falls to the ground and fires four shots as three people rush him. One person appears to be hit in the chest, while another, who is carrying a handgun, is hit in the arm. pic.twitter.com/wy0T26UmkR
— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) August 27, 2020
GRAPHIC: Rioters chase down a man with a semi-auto rifle. He shoots them. Video by @BGOnTheScene. #KenoshaRiots pic.twitter.com/yrYxgIFs96
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 26, 2020
In all of the clips above, Rittenhouse was the one being chased.
According to Wisconsin law, fatal shootings are allowed in cases of self-defense.
“In plainer terms, you can use force against another person if you reasonably believe force is necessary to prevent the imminent death or serious bodily injury of yourself or another,” the Madison-based law office of Nicholson, Gansner & Otis, S.C. notes.
“The law does not require that you become injured before using self-defense. It doesn’t even require you to actually be in any danger. Instead, the law is all about what you reasonably believe under the circumstances”
Besides being charged with intentional homicide, Rittenhouse has also been smeared by an elected congressional Democrat who’s claimed without any evidence that he’s a “white supremacist” and “domestic terrorist” who’d showed up in Kenosha to purposefully stir up trouble:
A 17 year old white supremacist domestic terrorist drove across state lines, armed with an AR 15.
He shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives.
Fix your damn headlines.
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) August 27, 2020
However, multiple parties have debunked this false narrative, including The New York Times, which confirmed that Rittenhouse had shown up not only to protect suffering local business owners, but also to provide medical assistance to protesters.
Look:
In the hours before the shooting incident, @KristanTHarris, @RichieMcGinniss and @ElijahSchaffer all interviewed Rittenhouse, who said he was protecting a local vehicle dealership together with several other armed men. He also offers medical assistance to protesters.
— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) August 27, 2020
One of the interviews mentioned by the Times can be watched below:
I interviewed the alleged shooter before the violence started.
Full video coming soon: pic.twitter.com/G3dVOJozN7
— Richie🎥McG🍿 (@RichieMcGinniss) August 26, 2020
With all the evidence known thus far accounted for, the chances of prosecutors being able to obtain a conviction against Rittenhouse for homicide seem extraordinarily low, especially now that someone like Wood has his back.
Learn more about Wood below:
Prosecutors may however be able to obtain a successful conviction if they choose to pursue illegal firearm charges.
Rittenhouse “was not old enough to legally carry the assault-style rifle he had, according to statutes, which say anyone under 18 who ‘goes armed’ with any deadly weapon is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel notes.
“John Monroe, a lawyer who specializes in gun rights cases, believes an exception for rifles and shotguns, intended to allow people age 16 and 17 to hunt, could apply.”
He may also “be in violation of having a gun within a gun-free zone, if there was, for instance, a school nearby. Also, Illinois law requires anyone who owns any kind of firearm in that state to have a Firearm Owners Identification card, but that is only available to someone 21 or older, or someone with a sponsor who is 21 and eligible for a card.”
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