CLAIM: The “Minister” representing Karmelo Anthony claimed Kyle Rittenhouse shot BLM rioters ‘within the again’ with an AK-47.
VERDICT: False in quite a few methods.
Rittenhouse shot and killed two folks and wounded a 3rd in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 25, 202o. He was charged with two counts of homicide and one cost of tried homicide and was acquitted of all prices on November 19, 2021.
Opposite to “Minister” Dominique Alexander’s declare, Rittenhouse was armed with an AR-15, not an AK-47. Furthermore, the individual he shot and wounded, Gaige Paul Grosskreutz, was shot within the arm, not within the again.
The Related Press famous that in Rittenhouse’s trial, Grosskreutz admitted that he was a pointing a gun at Rittenhouse when Rittenhouse shot him.
So…Rittenhouse didn’t shoot anybody with an AK-17–he was carrying an AR-15–and he shot Grosskreutz within the arm, not the again.
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