Kyle Rittenhouse returned to social media this week, and he’s already drawing the ire of at least one sheriff in Florida.
Rittenhouse, who shot three people and killed two at a racial injustice protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2020, claimed self-defense and was acquitted of all charges. He remains controversial, though, and his new gig seems to be trying to call out incidents that he believes are Second Amendment issues.
That led him to share a video Friday of himself standing in front of the Walton County Jail and claiming that Michael Rediker “used Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law to defend himself when his life was legally at risk.”
“Michael did nothing wrong, and he deserves all of our support,” Rittenhouse said in a video he pinned to his X page.
“We’re expecting a total not guilty plea under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law,” he added.
Walton County Sheriff Michael Adkinson did not take kindly to Rittenhouse’s claims. He reshared the video via the Walton County Sheriff’s Office’s official X account, and released a video of his own horrified reaction.
“I don’t usually do this,” Adkinson said. “I usually take the time to speak in public comment on cases, certainly not open cases. But in this particular case, a murder yesterday in Walton County, I feel compelled to respond to what I can only say is irresponsible. I say prompted by many factors, none of which are in the interest of justice involving individuals, particularly individuals from Rittenney, Southney, Centenary and Antihouse. Thursday’s murder of Mr. Keene here in Walton County as a stand-your-ground case or wrapped up in the Constitution Or trying to frame it as a Second Amendment issue.
Adkinson was far away.
“After thirty-something years of doing this, I personally rarely get angry, but actually I’m kind of disgusted with them,” the sheriff continued. “There was a man who lost his life yesterday. A father, a husband with two young children, murdered, unarmed on his own property, a man who drove a tractor over half a mile on the victim’s property, without provocation, beat his wife in front of witnesses when he got there. When the husband, who there is no doubt, came out of the field to pick up his wife. There was no fight on his face, and this suspect, Michael Rediker, stood over him and was going to answer. Yes, he had killed this man on his own property, after beating his wife, and there was no confrontation.
“Now, somehow from that, 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 put my stake in it. Not only will you not take a stand, Mr. Rediker will either face the ultimate penalty in the state of Florida or God willing the rest of his natural life in prison. Because, come two weeks on Christmas morning, there are two little boys of elementary school age, two children, whose husbands don’t go there, and all of their fathers don’t go there. These two idiots can get a lot of likes on their Facebook and make it a constitutional case.” can say
Then Adkinson brought it home.
“I think you’re both a joke, and I don’t think you should make a cent off of someone else’s pain,” he said. “So, if you don’t like that, you can file it. I really don’t give a damn. I know people don’t like it, and I don’t even care. I’m so disgusted and saddened by the Keen family and their loss and the fact that these two yo-yos are trying to make money. It has nothing to do with the Second Amendment or Stand Your Ground. So, I hope that many of you will see what these two jack-wagons do to this family’s pain.” Tell us what you think about what they are doing.
“Don’t let them make money on a like.”
WMBB reported Ki Rediker, 44, was arrested Thursday and charged with open murder, battery, and three counts of aggravated battery.
Rittenhouse made headlines this week when she returned to social media after sharing some big news after leaving in June.
“I’m back on social media, I’m back in the fight, and I’m here to stay,” He wrote along with a couple of photos of himself with a girl on X.
He then explained what that was.
“For a quick update, 6 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.”
He replied, “I love you!”
One of his followers replied, “You couldn’t be happier for Kyle. To have your whole world humiliated and fight through this. Man, that’s awesome.”
“I’m still being sued for $20 million,” Rittenhouse replied. “But thankfully the Lord provides.”
Rittenhouse made several posts during the day, in which he said that Charlie Kirk’s murder made him “not able to sit on the sidelines anymore.”
“So I’m back,” he wrote. “Not quietly, not halfway. I’m going back in a big way.”
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