Greater than 3 years after he fatally shot two other people all the way through an anti-police brutality protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Kyle Rittenhouse introduced Sunday that he’s freeing a e-book about his “story of survival, resilience and justice.”
“I never wanted to be a public figure,” Rittenhouse, now 20, wrote on a web page selling orders for his e-book, “Acquitted.” “I went to Kenosha to help my community — not become a whipping boy in the national debate. In less than three minutes, the direction of my life was horribly altered when I was forced to defend myself with deadly force.”
The web page contains 0 information about a possible writer or when the e-book can be to be had, apart from for a imprecise commentary promising to “ship as soon as we can.”
All over his broadly publicized trial in November 2021, Rittenhouse tearfully testified that he acted in self-defense when he shot 3 other people with the AR-15-style rifle that he delivered to the protest, killing two and injuring one. He stated he went to the protest to assist give protection to personal assets and act as a medic. A jury in the long run discovered him no longer to blame on 5 legal charges, together with two counts of murder and one rely of tried murder.
Rittenhouse changed into one thing of a darling amongst right-wing circles after his trial: Former President Donald Trump stated Rittenhouse had visited him at Mar-a-Lago; Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida stated he would be open to hiring Rittenhouse as a congressional intern; and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia offered a invoice to award him the Congressional Gold Medal (the invoice has no co-sponsors).
He has additionally extended his second within the solar by way of positioning himself as a sufferer of the “liberal media.” He has spoken at conservative occasions, together with at a Turning Level USA convention in 2021. He began a “Media Duty Venture” to “fundraise and hold the media accountable for the lies they say.” He introduced a YouTube channel about weapons remaining yr that seems to had been deserted.
Rittenhouse says his e-book is an try to inform his tale, one who started, on the nationwide degree, with two other people’s deaths. (Is it any marvel that his e-book announcement garnered intense reactions on-line?)
He indubitably appears to be milking his notoriety for all it’s price.
