In his first media appearance since being found not guilty, Kyle Rittenhouse sat for an interview with Tucker Carlson of FOX News.
It is fascinating to hear him speak plainly about the fateful night and the trial, without the constraints of the courtroom.
Charles Creitz of FOX News has details:
Kyle Rittenhouse recounts Kenosha riots, reacts to media portrayal of trial in first interview since acquittalIn an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, Kyle Rittenhouse spoke out about the night of the Kenosha riots that led to his arrest, as well as his eventual acquittal by jury and the angry reaction of the mainstream media and Democrats including President Biden.Rittenhouse, 18, was acquitted in the shooting deaths of two men, Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum, as well as the wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz, whom he shot through the right bicep after the protester pointed a pistol at him.Rittenhouse told Carlson that he was staying at the home of a friend during the Kenosha riots and was mystified and troubled by the lack of resources provided to the police force in trying to quell the violence after the shooting of Jacob Blake.”I’m not really sure where [the police presence] was, because they had a hard job for sure – but I didn’t really think they got the support they needed,” he said.”The governor, Tony Evers, failed the community and there should have been a lot more resources to help with that.”
Rittenhouse summed up the trial this way:
“It was the right to self-defense on trial. If I was convicted, no one would ever be privileged to defend their life against attackers,” he said. “Apparently to many people on the left, it is criminal to protect your community.”
In what seemed to be a response to the media, Rittenhouse said that the case had nothing to do with race:
This is the moment when he talked about what the trial was really about:
You can watch the whole thing below:
In the next few days, we will probably see criticism from the media over this interview, but it’s important to remember that all journalists would have given their right arm to get this sit down.
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