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US President Donald Trump defended the actions of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two people last Tuesday during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and justified the right-wing groups that participated on Saturday. . to the clashes in Portland (Oregon). “We are evaluating your actions – you answered a question about why you did not condemn the work of the young man – but you also saw the video and he was trying to escape from them (the protesters), I suppose, and he fell and they attacked very violently. Probably him. they would have killed ”.
The 17-year-old is currently incarcerated in the Lake County Jail and faces two counts of murder and one attempted murder for his actions in Kenosha, during protests by Jacob Blake, the African-American shot in the back by a police officer. policeman. white and now paralyzed from the waist down.
On the Italian evening, the president confirmed that he will be in Kenosha for a rally today, despite calls not to be launched by the governor of the Midwest state and the mayor of the city. According to CNN, Trump will not meet with Blake’s family: “Well, I spoke with the pastor (of the family) … and I thought it would be better not to do anything where there were lawyers involved,” Trump said. “They wanted me to speak. They wanted to involve lawyers and I thought it was inappropriate, so I didn’t. But I spoke with the family pastor, “added the president. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said “currently” the president’s plans “are to meet with local police and some business owners, and (Trump) will investigate the damage.”
During a press conference, the president said he was “willing to deploy the men of the National Guard” to “guarantee order in our cities.” “There is a war against the police. Democrats have lost control and are in the hands of the radical left, of crime, and their mayors refuse to jail the rioters. Instead, what we need is zero tolerance against anarchy and violence, what we need is order, otherwise democracy is dead ”.
A video shows Rittenhouse running into a parking lot in Kenosha, chased by a 36-year-old white man identified as Joseph Rosenbaum, who threw what appears to be a plastic bag but failed to hit the teenager, who then threw him. shot at least five times and killed him. The fall Trump refers to appears to be the one recorded in other footage, when Rittenhouse fled as protesters demanded his arrest because he shot Rosenbaum. At that moment the teenager fell and then pointed the gun at those who were chasing him, who tried to disarm him. One of the protesters, 26-year-old white Anthony Huber, tried to hit Rittenhouse with his skateboard to draw his gun, but the teenager shot him in the chest and killed him; The 17-year-old then wounded a third protester, Gaige Grosskreutz, in the arm, who according to court documents was carrying a weapon. Rittenhouse’s lawyers insist the teenager, who is a Trump supporter and participated in one of his rallies in January, acted in self-defense.
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