Accused Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse Free After Posting $2 Million Bail

The teenager charged with killing two unarmed Black Lives Matter protesters during a demonstration over the killing of unarmed Black men is free from a Wisconsin jail after posting bond on Friday. Suggested Reading New Black TV Shows To Watch In 2026 Did You Know These Black Celebs Are Trump Supporters? Not McSteamy! Why Black…

The teenager charged with killing two unarmed Black Lives Matter protesters during a demonstration over the killing of unarmed Black men is free from a Wisconsin jail after posting bond on Friday.

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A Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson announced that 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney paid a $2 million cash bond set by a Wisconsin judge earlier this month, WTMJ reports.

Rittenhouse is charged with one count of first-degree intentional homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree reckless homicide, possession of a dangerous firearm by a person under 18 and two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment for the August 25 shooting that left 26-year-old Anthony Huber and 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum dead during a protest. Rittenhouse said he used an unemployment stimulus check to purchase the AR-15-style rifle that he brought with him from Antioch, Ill., to the Kenosha protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

The gun-toting teenager has become a cause celebre among Trump supporters, right-wing gun advocates and the Blue Lives Matter crowd and has raised more than $500,000 from supporters of people who apparently like white-on-white violence.

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