Kyle Rittenhouse

Kyle Howard Rittenhouse, also known as Kenosha Kyle and 4DoorsMoreWhores (born: ) is an American man who became the centre of national attention during the in 2020. A year later he was acquitted of all charges after he proved he had shot in self-defense.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9b4sd7f5NQ
In October 2022, Rittenhouse created a YouTube channel that will be dedicated to content related to vintage firearms.
==Content==
His first video, Welcome to my channel, was uploaded on October 17, 2022. 
==Collaborations==
After Kyle was acquitted of his charges, he would appear on many podcasts. He has appeared on the You Are Here podcast with Sydney Watsonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R9woSO6y_o&t=4035s and also made an appearance on StevenCrowder's channel.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx9XTJ5lu2c He is friends with Nick Sandmann.https://youtu.be/-R9woSO6y_o?t=6486
Others Kyle has collaborated with include Tobuscus.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfV0Bu76yDw&t=18s
==Controversies==
===Kenosha incident===
On August 24, 2020, Kyle (who was then 17) drove to Kenosha to meet his friend, Dominic Black. It was around the same time that protests were taking place after the shooting of . According to several eyewitnesses, on the next day, Kyle was seen cleaning graffiti prior to the riots, giving medical aid to injured people, and both him and Black were asked to defend local businesses from rioters.https://web.archive.org/web/20211127232829/https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/crime-pmn/how-kyle-rittenhouse-went-from-cleaning-graffiti-to-shooting-3-people-3https://web.archive.org/web/20200827051514/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/27/us/kyle-rittenhouse-kenosha-shooting-video.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20211113162807/https://www.kenoshanews.com/did-car-source-ask-for-armed-help-during-kenosha-unrest-witness-testimony-differs/article_d0d31293-6736-53f4-9dcc-f448f37b2952.html
===Owning a gun===
Rittenhouse was armed with an AR-15 style rifle that Black had bought for him. Though minors cannot buy them, it was legal for Kyle to carry it in the state of Illinois.https://web.archive.org/web/20211119185516/https://apnews.com/article/kyle-rittenhouse-business-wisconsin-homicide-kenosha-27f812ba532d65c044617483c915e4dehttps://web.archive.org/web/20211116004102/https://apnews.com/article/why-did-judge-drop-kyle-rittenhouse-gun-charge-d923d8e255d6b1f5c9c9fc5b74e691fb
===Joseph Rosenbaum===
Joseph Rosenbaum (born 1983), the first of the three men Kyle had shot, had been behaving aggressively towards other protestors, such as provoking them for fights and at one point even saying "shoot me n*gga". This could be attributed to Rosenbaum's history of mental illness.https://lawandcrime.com/live-trials/live-trials-current/kyle-rittenhouse/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-u-s-marine-corps-infantry-rifleman-testifies-that-he-wanted-to-come-help-deal-with-a-holes-in-kenosha/https://lawandcrime.com/live-trials/live-trials-current/kyle-rittenhouse/defense-attorney-says-man-kyle-rittenhouse-shot-was-screaming-shoot-me-n-word-at-protest-for-an-african-american-man-who-was-shot-by-police/ Before he was shot, he screamed at Kyle and another protestor that he was going to kill them and also called them "n*ggers".https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/watch-kyle-rittenhouse-trial-for-kenosha-shooting-continues-day-3https://youtu.be/Dx9XTJ5lu2c?t=776 After he chased Kyle, threw a plastic bag at his head and grabbed his rifle's barrel, Kyle shot him four times.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rkOwl7ARYY&t=54s
On the same day, Rosenbaum had been discharged from the hospital after he had attempted suicide. He had spent most of his adult life in prison after sexually abusing five underage children, or being homeless.https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/03/kenosha-shooting-victims/https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/2021/03/11/joseph-rosenbaum-sex-offender/ Rosenbaum leaves behind one daughter and a fiancee.https://www.the-sun.com/news/1379573/joseph-rosenbaum-kenosha-protests-shot-dead-kyle-rittenhouse/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=809LMpenjyQ
===Gaige Grosskreutz===
Gaige Grosskreutz, a protestor who was filming the incident, pointed a handgun at Kyle after witnessing him shoot others. Kyle reacted by shooting him in the biceps. Despite this, Grosskreutz survived. He is the only man to be shot by Kyle who survived.https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/11/us/kenosha-gaige-grosskreutz-shooting-victim-interview/index.htmlhttps://abcnews.go.com/US/kyle-rittenhouse-homicide-trial-key-takeaways-day/story?id=81034238
===Anthony Huber===
Anthony Huber was another protestor who, like Rosenbaum, attempted to disarm Kyle. In attempting to disarm him, he hit Kyle on the head, neck and shoulder with a skateboard. He was shot in the chest and died instantly.https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-jacob-blake-protest-shooting-appear-court-extradition-hearing-n1238502
Huber leaves behind a girlfriend and a stepdaughter.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxNu2EMCH1ghttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/27/kenosha-protesters-killed-who-were-they-anthony-huber-joseph-rosenbaum In addition, Huber's family have said many times that Kyle is guilty and deserves to be in prison for shooting him.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4h_8KgxRNk
===Criminal trial and lawsuits===
After the shooting, Kyle instantly turned himself to the police and told them he had shot someone.https://web.archive.org/web/20211111113416/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/takeaways-key-moments-us-murder-trial-kyle-rittenhouse-2021-11-11/
During November 2021, Kyle's criminal hearing took place. Many witnesses testified that Kyle had shot in self-defense, as all three men had attacked him and displayed violent behaviour towards other protestors. Footage of the incident from multiple witnesses was shown. Kyle was found not guilty of all charges.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnYlV6UAlLw&t=19s
Black, on the other hand was charged with giving a minor a weapon.https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2021/11/23/man-who-bought-ar-15-kyle-rittenhouse-wants-gun-charges-dismissed/8689543002/ He pleaded not guilty, though in February 2022 the rifle was destroyed.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/kyle-rittenhouse-rifle-destroyed-video-b2034911.html
Kyle has also stated that he will sue any media outlet that spreads lies about him, stating on Tucker Carlson's show that "Me and my team have decided to launch The Media Accountability Project as a tool to help fundraise and hold the media accountable for the lies they said and deal with them in court. I don't want to see anybody else have to deal with what I went through. So I want to hold them accountable for what they did to me, because I don't want to see anybody have to go through what I went through.".https://tennesseestar.com/2022/02/23/kyle-rittenhouse-launches-new-initiative-to-hold-media-outlets-accountable-for-telling-defamatory-lies/
===Reputation===
Kyle was banned from Facebook and GoFundMe after the incident, but after he was found not guilty, these bans have been lifted.https://web.archive.org/web/20211124025156/https://deadline.com/2021/11/rittenhouse-gofundme-ban-lifted-after-acquittal-1234878482/
Many people on the right wing of the political spectrum have called Kyle a "hero" for defending himself, including Donald J Trump.https://web.archive.org/web/20211121060350/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/19/the-lionization-of-kyle-rittenhouse-by-the-right-523054 However many on the left side of the spectrum have called the verdict unfair, and said that Rosenbaum, Huber and Grosskreutz were the victims, though Biden has stated "I stand by what the jury has concluded. The jury system works and we have to abide by it." The White House issued a written statement saying "While the verdict in Kenosha will leave many Americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included, we must acknowledge that the jury has spoken..".https://web.archive.org/web/20211120001941/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/19/statement-by-president-biden/
==Quotes==
*"I'm not a racist person. I support the BLM movement, I support peacefully demonstrating"https://apnews.com/article/kyle-rittenhouse-shootings-race-and-ethnicity-kenosha-wisconsin-64f379ffb884fba5b1420f88d0b8feb6
*"I like crepes"https://youtu.be/Dx9XTJ5lu2c?t=415
*"I'm not interested in any internships, respectfully no"https://youtu.be/Dx9XTJ5lu2c?t=2549
==Memes==
*Kyle's crying reaction has become a popular reaction meme on places like r/shitposting. Even Kyle himself joined in on it.https://twitter.com/ThisIsKyleR/status/1516054345640468489/photo/1
*Many people refer to him as "4DoorsMoreWhores" since it is his Tiktok username.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FD2TPL8WQAgvliY.jpghttps://twitter.com/TheAKGuy/status/1580272605931933697/photo/1
==Personal life==
Kyle was born in Antioch, Illinois, and is the middle child between an older sister and a younger sister. In 2014, his parents separated, and he would primarily live with his mother, though he frequently visited his father, who lives in Kenosha.https://web.archive.org/web/20210928072212/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/05/kyle-rittenhouse-american-vigilantehttps://web.archive.org/web/20210928072212/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/05/kyle-rittenhouse-american-vigilante He is of German and Irish descent.https://youtu.be/-R9woSO6y_o?t=2360
==Trivia==
*He has a dog named Milo.https://twitter.com/ThisIsKyleR/status/1504088673805123585
*In Call of Duty, he is a prestige 27.https://youtu.be/Dx9XTJ5lu2c?t=1123
*Kyle tans easily. Because of this, he is often mistaken for Latino/Hispanic. The police report filed on him incorrectly states that he is Hispanic, but Kyle confirmed on the You Are Here podcast that he isn't.https://youtu.be/-R9woSO6y_o?t=2363
*Kyle says he uses memes of himself as a coping mechanism (as he still has PTSD) and discussed his favorite ones with the You Are Here podcast.https://youtu.be/-R9woSO6y_o?t=741
*He is 5'8https://twitter.com/ThisIsKyleR/status/1485766747793895424
==Gallery==
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==References==
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