Kyle Rittenhouse says he used coronavirus stimulus check to buy AR-15 used in fatal shooting

[SheltieLover]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1248290

"No, I don't regret it," Rittenhouse told The Washington Post about buying the gun. "I feel like I had to protect myself."

Kyle Rittenhouse cashed a coronavirus stimulus check to purchase the semi-automatic rife that authorities say he used to fatally shoot two men in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he said.

In a telephone interview with The Washington Post, posted Thursday, the jailed Rittenhouse said he acted in self-defense and has no regrets for arming himself that fateful August night as protesters marched in the wake of Jacob Blake's shooting by police.

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"I got my $1,200 from the coronavirus Illinois unemployment because I was on furlough from YMCA, and I got my first unemployment check, so I was like, 'Oh, I'll use this to buy it,'" Rittenhouse said in his first jailhouse interview.

More at link.

[BusyBeingBest]

1. Why is the media requesting interviews with this little pile of garbage?

[TexasBushwhacker]

3. They really shouldn't. They're tainting the jury pool n/t

[PSPS]

5. They're hoping to inspire copycats. More death! More click$!!!!!11!

[LizBeth]

2. Under 18, shouldn't have gotten 1200 check.

[SheltieLover]

4. My 1st thought too

But article says it was part of IL Unemployment.

Either way, bad choice for this terrorist!

[PSPS]

6. trump likes having the taxpayers pay his terrorist cells

[beachbumbob]

7. I don;t see how in Illinois a 17yr can purchase an AR-15

[ProfessorGAC]

9. He Can't & Didn't

Some tool in Wisconsin, over 18, drove a few hours each way to but it for him.
Bought in Wisconsin by someone else.
The "someone else" seems to have gotten himself into a little legal trouble by buying the weapon.

[raccoon]

8. What a liar and idiot. He had to Have a gun so he could travel

To another state to “defend himself?”

What a shit head. Maybe he’ll be president someday. Hope I won’t be around to see it.

[Buckeyeblue]

10. Hope he enjoys the attention

In 5 years he'll be in a maximum security prison and few people will remember his name.