After the riots last week in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Kyle Rittenhouse has become a household name. The 17-year-old shot three rioters who attacked him, and two of them died. He has been arrested and charged with murder.
Attorney John Pierce, who is representing the teenager, spoke with SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday host Joel Pollak, explaining that Rittenhouse legally obtained the gun and acted in self defense.
“Wisconsin is an open carry state,” Pierce said. “You’ve seen the video of what was going on in that city. It was a war zone, and Kyle had every right — just as much a right — to be there as the people that were trying to burn down that city, and he was attempting to protect property and attempting to be there to provide medical aid.”
He continued, “Every person that has any sense at all is going to take a weapon to that location. It was a legal weapon. I can’t comment right now further on the specifics of where the weapon was obtained. It was obtained as a legal weapon. It did not cross state lines. That charge is incorrect as a matter of law in Wisconsin. Actually, that weapon can be possessed by anyone 16 years or older.”
Pollak inquired, “People are wondering why he would come to a violent scene. Was he looking to be a hero? Was he looking for confrontation? What was his motivation?”
“Kyle was not there looking for a fight,” Pierce replied. “He is a great kid who serves as a community lifeguard in Kenosha. He was there to protect businesses that were being destroyed and burned to the ground. He was also there to provide medical aid to protesters and others who might be wounded. He actually took a first aid kit there to help wounded protesters, which he did repeatedly.”
“Of course, Kenosha was burning, and he took a rifle so that he could protect himself if he needed to — and to protect property and to protect others. This is one hundred percent self-defense. It’s not even close. Kyle was actually attempting to put out a dumpster fire that the rioters had set," he said.
Pierce continued, “The rioters got enraged by that. Kyle actually attempted to retreat. He was chased down by attackers that were repeatedly stating that he should be killed. They came at him lightning-fast and attempted to begin striking him and wrestling with this rifle with an intent to kill. He had no choice but to fire his weapon and protect himself.”
Pollak then asked, “Could he have helped these people with the medical kit without bringing a gun, and is that something he thought about doing?”
Pierce rebutted that if Rittenhouse had not been armed, then he would have been killed by the rioters.
Pierce said Rittenhouse would have been killed had his client been unarmed.
“We’re going to trial. We’re going to win this case. If I’m the prosecutor, I drop these charges immediately. I think that this is a rush of judgment, and if I was the prosecutor, I would be terrified to take this case to trial. I do not believe that there’s a jury in this country that’s going to look at these facts and is going to find him guilty for murder," Pierce added.
“It’s absolute 100 percent self-defense, and we’re going to prove it if we have to,” he concluded. “It was legal for him to possess that weapon in Wisconsin.”
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