Kyle Rittenhouse appears during a court hearing.
KENOSHA, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — Kyle Rittenhouse is on a college speaking tour.
Rittenhouse became a 2nd Amendment celebrity following his acquittal for fatally shooting two men in the August 2020 riots in Kenosha.
The Illinois teen used an illegally obtained AR-15 to kill Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and wounded a third man during the unrest following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
The conservative group Turning Point USA is sponsoring “The Rittenhouse Recap.”
According to the group’s website, the now 21-year-old will speak about “the importance of the 2nd Amendment and the lies of BLM” – the Black Lives Matter movement.
He’ll speak Wednesday at the University of Memphis, and has upcoming events at Western Kentucky and Kent State.
Campus officials have released statements pointing out that they cannot cancel the events.
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