'I shot two White kids': Records detail Kyle Rittenhouse's surrender to police, origin of gun
Source: Washington Post
The teenager accused of killing two men during protests in Kenosha, Wis., in August used an assault rifle that a friend had bought for him, according to police records made public Friday.
Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, enlisted the friends help several months earlier because he was too young to legally buy the gun, an AR-15, himself, the records say.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/30/kyle-rittenhouse-extradited/
DeminPennswoods
(15,285 posts)murder charges? He played a significant role by buying the gun then giving it to Rittenhouse.
Ford_Prefect
(7,894 posts)jmowreader
(50,557 posts)Straw purchasing (buying a gun for someone legally unable to buy one himself, like a 17-year-old) is a federal offense that carries stiff penalties: 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
Considering that the person who was straw-purchased for used the gun to murder people, I would imagine the feds are going to look at maxing out his sentence.
DallasNE
(7,402 posts)Especially since she also crossed state lines and knew he wasn't old enough to have that weapon unsupervised.
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)my car with an AR-15. What kind of parent does that?
dware
(12,369 posts)the mom didn't drive him there, a friend did and the rifle wasn't stored at Rittenhouse's home in IL, it was stored at his friend's stepfather's home in WI, that's why IL isn't pressing any firearms charges against Kyle.
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)dware
(12,369 posts)I fervently hope that this murderer, if convicted, spends the rest of his life contemplating what he did, but, as in most cases, most RW'ers think this would be a badge of honor.
dware
(12,369 posts)a friend drove him there, not the mom, and the rifle was stored in WI at a friend's stepfather's home, that's why there are no firearms charges in IL.
DallasNE
(7,402 posts)The first news account was very much different that this convenient story being weaved by his lawyers. This, for instance, is the very first time that we have heard about this older friend living in Wisconsin. For now, I am taking this new story with a grain of salt. Oddly, the defense plans to call no witnesses -- not even this friend. Things are just too tidy -- and convenient.
Now the friend can say both weapons were his and avoid the straw purchase charge but it still leaves the possession issue. He didn't steal the AR-15.
reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)... the hearing lasted a very short time and was based on the defenses claim that there was a 'technical flaw' in the extradition request. The judge said 'so what', banged his gavel, and off the kid went to be handed over to the other states police.
No witnesses are needed for this sort of decision.
The friend who bought the rifle for him has admitted to doing so, provided details of the transaction, and has acknowledged that he is in trouble. An admission in prejudice of self interest is not going to be easily denied.
DallasNE
(7,402 posts)The first news account was very much different that this convenient story being weaved by his lawyers. This, for instance, is the very first time that we have heard about this older friend living in Wisconsin. For now, I am taking this new story with a grain of salt. Oddly, the defense plans to call no witnesses -- not even this friend. Things are just too tidy -- and convenient.
Now the friend can say both weapons were his and avoid the straw purchase charge but it still leaves the possession issue. He didn't steal the AR-15.
Marrah_Goodman
(1,586 posts)She is a sorry excuse for a mother.
Ahpook
(2,749 posts)Fucking punk!
That article is a bit misleading or the writer didn't see the videos we all saw. It states they weren't sure why the fight started that lead to him shooting those people in the street
Well, the videos clearly show that motherfucker killing an innocent man 20 seconds prior to getting jumped by a few people in the street. I'd suggest they were trying to restrain him from doing anymore damage.
This fucking country protecting him, and people like him is infuriating!
BigmanPigman
(51,585 posts)Did she drive him there knowing what he had in mind with a rifle?
Ahpook
(2,749 posts)The same friend that illegally purchased the gun for the psychopath.
I remember early reports of his mom buying the gun, and driving him there. Apparently false info!
BigmanPigman
(51,585 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,285 posts)He is going to be charged with murder, too.
Aussie105
(5,383 posts)Did he need to go to the rally?
No.
Did he need to be driven there?
No.
Did he need to bring the AR-15?
No.
Did he need to strut around like a Tough Guy with the AR-15 at the ready?
No.
Did he need to 'defend' himself?
No. (Definitely not if he came unarmed.)
Talk about putting yourself in harm's way, just so you can fire at somebody.
Hope he gets what he deserves. And the AR-15 supplier.
But don't be too hard on the mom. Assuming she isn't directly involved, she will still be beating herself up over not bringing the kid up right.
Sin
(472 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,898 posts)Link to tweet
TEXT
Linda Case
@lindacaseauthor
·
Aug 28, 2020
#morningjoe Drove minor son to Kenosha, allowed him to ILLEGALLY carry a weapon, then drove the kid home after murdering two people and maiming a third. If that isnt Accessory to Murder, what is?Link to tweet
Linda Case
@lindacaseauthor
Heres the picture of mother Wendy Rittenhouse in Kenosha on the night her son killed two people in cold blood.
Image
7:04 AM · Aug 28, 2020
reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)Our ruling: False
A composite photo purported to be Kyle Rittenhouse's mother, Wendy, is not her. It is an image from a protest in Madison, not from a Kenosha protest. Its cropped from a larger image of a handful of people with guns standing outside the state capitol two days earlier. We rate the claim FALSE.
reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)Our ruling: False
A composite photo purported to be Kyle Rittenhouse's mother, Wendy, is not her. It is an image from a protest in Madison, not from a Kenosha protest. Its cropped from a larger image of a handful of people with guns standing outside the state capitol two days earlier. We rate the claim FALSE.
BumRushDaShow
(128,898 posts)reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,898 posts)that if you have families who promote a "militia" type of mentality, it's often inevitable that their offspring will too.
reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)... posting unsourced and dubious photos is unnecessary to making that point and doesn't prove anything in this particular case. Let's keep it real!
BumRushDaShow
(128,898 posts)is that it is FALSE to say that the pic that was shared was taken at the same event as that where the shooting occurred. But it never addressed whether that was her or not.
But the old adage about the "apple not falling far from the tree" is as old as the hills and most likely applicable in this case, particularly when they have caught the attention of and have started hobnobbing with some of the most prominent of the RW loons.
reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)... there is no sure way of determining that. That being the case it isn't a good idea to claim that it is her. There is enough misinformation and outright deception circulating already, we don't need to add to it.
dware
(12,369 posts)and you're right, there's enough misinformation and outright deception circulation without adding to it.
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BumRushDaShow
(128,898 posts)I.e., what was apparently being circulated were 2 separate photos that were falsely included together, whereas those images were from 2 different events.
Meaning they don't know.
Again the whole original point of the poster I replied to was that "the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree" and her embrace of and celebration by the likes of ilk like Michelle Malkin, underscores the familial politically-charged impact that this could have on him.
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BumRushDaShow
(128,898 posts)but they are being specific about what was being circulated as a picture of BOTH of them together, purportedly at the same event where the shooting took place, which was FALSE. So no, they have no idea what her involvement might have been at the shooting site.
lark
(23,097 posts)Damn the destruction being done by right wingers and aided and abetted by drumpf and his fascist inJustice Dept.
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)NickB79
(19,233 posts)Having a friend buy you a gun when you legally can't is a straw purchase. Very illegal for both of them.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,183 posts)for leaving an unsecured weapon accessible to minors.