“Our condolences go out to the families of the victims in this incident. “We abhor the recent violence in Kenosha,” said Man-Yee Lee, communications director for the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. A YMCA spokeswoman told the Tribune that Rittenhouse was a part-time employee who has been furloughed since March because of the pandemic. The lack of response, however, allowed Rittenhouse to return to Antioch, a far northern suburb more than 20 miles from Kenosha.Ĭourt records indicate that Rittenhouse worked as a lifeguard at a YMCA in suburban Lindenhurst.
The sheriff also downplayed video indicating police let Rittenhouse walk past them with a semi-automatic rifle over his shoulder as members of the crowd were yelling for him to be arrested because he had shot people. “Our deputies would toss water to anybody,” he said. Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth shrugged off the interaction at a Wednesday news conference. “We appreciate you guys,” the officer says. curfew and Rittenhouse is too young to openly carry a firearm in Wisconsin, the officer expresses his gratitude for the group. Though the people are clearly violating the city’s 8 p.m. In another video clip, officers in an armored vehicle toss bottles of water to Rittenhouse and other armed civilians. That’s why I have my rifle I’ve gotta protect myself obviously. If someone is hurt, I’m running into harm’s way. “And part of my job also is to protect people. “People are getting injured and our job is to protect this business,” Rittenhouse says in the 19-second clip. In an interview with the Daily Caller that night, Rittenhouse refers to his presence as his “job” and explains his self-appointed responsibilities in policelike vernacular. It also cautioned the public to wait until the facts emerge before weighing in on the case. The Kenosha Guard, a vigilante group that patrolled the city’s streets Tuesday night without the sheriff’s blessing, released a statement Wednesday morning saying it did not know whether the shooter had any connection to the group. In videos posted Tuesday night before the latest shootings, an armed Rittenhouse can be seen hanging out with older men who are carrying weapons and saying that they are protecting a boarded-up gas station. It’s unclear why Rittenhouse decided to involve himself in the unrest in Kenosha following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot multiple times in the back at close range on Sunday. ”I just killed somebody,” a voice on the video can be heard saying. A video posted early Wednesday shows a young man who appears to be Rittenhouse talking on the phone as he runs away from a man with a bullet wound on his head.
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