Kyle Rittenhouse, mom focused on social media comments as teen asked for a lawyer and did not answer cops’ questions, new video shows
CHICAGO — Kyle Rittenhouse and his mother fixated on social media comments about them in the hours after he fatally shot two men in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the teen immediately asked for a lawyer when he sat down with detectives, according to video released Monday.
The nearly four hours of footage was captured at the Antioch police station, the far north suburban department where Rittenhouse turned himself in following the shootings during Kenosha protests in late August. Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, died from their injuries, while Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, suffered a gunshot wound to his arm.
Rittenhouse sobs, hyperventilates and bemoans his fate during the police recording, which offers a new glimpse of the teen before he was publicly embraced by far-right groups and gun rights advocates whose donations helped him get out of jail. The image stands in stark contrast to the smiling, defiant Rittenhouse who wore a T-shirt with the phrase “Free as (expletive)” and
