Kyle Rittenhouse is back on social media this week, and he’s already drawn the ire of at least one Florida sheriff.
Rittenhouse shot three people, killing two, during a racial injustice protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 2020, claiming self-defense and was acquitted. Still, he remains controversial, and his new show appears to be an attempt to shine a light on what he considers to be a Second Amendment issue.
That led him to share a video on Friday of him standing in front of the Walton County Jail, claiming Michael Reddick “was using Florida’s ‘stand your ground’ law to legally protect himself when his life was in danger.”
“Michael did nothing wrong and he deserves all our support,” Rittenhouse said in a video he pinned to the X page.
“We expect the defendant to be fully exonerated under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law,” he added.
Walton County Sheriff Michael Adkinson didn’t take kindly to Rittenhouse’s claims. He retweeted the video via the Walton County Sheriff’s Office’s official X account and posted a video of his own scathing response.
“I wouldn’t normally do that,” Adkinson said. “I don’t normally take the time to opine on cases, certainly not publicly. But in this particular case, a murder occurred yesterday in Walton County, I felt compelled to respond to something that I can only describe as extremely irresponsible. What I will say is that, given a number of factors, None of it is about justice, and individuals, specifically Kyle Rittenhouse and his attorney Anthony Sabatini, trying to frame Thursday’s murder of Mr. Keene in Walton County as a “base case” or wrapping it in a constitutional law or a Second Amendment case.
Atkinson’s mission is far from over.
“After doing this for over thirty years, I’m rarely personally offended, but I’m actually just kind of disgusted by them,” the chief continued. “A man lost his life yesterday. A father, a husband with two young children, was murdered on his property. He was unarmed and unprovoked by a man who drove a tractor more than half a mile onto the victim’s property. Once there, he assaulted his wife in front of witnesses. When the husband, who was not involved in the conflict, came to help lift his wife from the ground, the suspect shot him in the face. There was no fight between them and the suspect, Michael Reddick, was lying on the ground dying. Rediker stood over him and made some remarks, which he will respond to in court. At the same time, he carried out serious assaults on several others as he murdered the man in front of witnesses, who was then murdered on his own property after his wife was beaten.
“Now, for some reason, Mr. Rittenhouse and his attorney, Anthony Sabatini, have determined that this is a great stand your ground case,” Adkinson continued. “Well, I’ll tell you this. I’ll bet you my badge. Not only is this not your position, Mr. Reddick will face ultimate punishment in the state of Florida, or God willing he spends the rest of his life in prison. Because, come Christmas morning in two weeks, there are two little boys in elementary school, two kids, who will be without their dad, and a wife who won’t have her husband, so these two idiots can get more likes on their Facebook and call it a constitutional issue.”
Atkinson then took it home.
“I think you both are a joke and I don’t think you should make a penny off of other people’s pain,” he said. “So, if you don’t like this, you can file it under I really don’t care. I know people aren’t going to like this, and I don’t care. I’m absolutely disgusted and saddened by the Keene family and their loss and the fact that these two yo-yos are trying to make money and press. I probably shouldn’t give them this, but I think the public should know that this has nothing to do with damnation. So, I hope a lot of you guys will reach out and tell these two trucks what you think of what they did to this family’s misery.
“Don’t let them make a dime from likes.”
WMBB reports Reddick, 44, was arrested Thursday and charged with open murder, battery and three counts of aggravated battery.
Rittenhouse made headlines this week after returning to social media after leaving in June and sharing some big news.
“I’m back on social media, I’m back in the fight, and I’m here to stay,” He wrote two pictures of himself and a girl on the X.
Then he explained what it was all about.
“Quick update, six months ago I made the best decision of my life and married my best friend,” he wrote. “(Bella Rittenhouse), I couldn’t be happier. I love you beautiful.”
She replied: “I love you!”
One of his followers replied: “Kyle, I’m so happy for you. Being able to turn your whole world upside down and fight it. Man, that’s awesome.”
“I’m still being sued for $20 million,” Rittenhouse responded. “But thankfully, the Lord provided.”
Rittenhouse made several more posts that day, including one saying that he “could no longer stand by” after the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
“So I’m back,” he wrote. “Not quietly. Not halfway. I’m coming back in a big way.”
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