Conservatives took to Twitter earlier today in righteous outrage after the arrest of Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year old who fatally shot two rioters last night in apparent self-defense. They argued that the prosecution of Kyle Rittenhouse is clearly political, and that he will have a strong case of self-defense to make in front of a jury of his peers.

First, some background on the shooting.

An Illinois teen suspected of killing two people and wounding a third during a third night of protests in Kenosha has been arrested and is now jailed in Lake County, Illinois.

Court records show Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, of Antioch, Ill., has been charged there as a fugitive from justice. That document, reviewed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, said he faces a first-degree intentional homicide charge in Kenosha County.

The warrant referenced in Lake County records is not yet listed in Wisconsin online court records.

Based on Wisconsin law, Rittenhouse would be charged as an adult.

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Since Rittenhouse was taken into custody in Illinois, Wisconsin must file documents to extradite him to the state to face homicide charges in Kenosha County. [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]

Prominent conservative voices argued that this prosecution is unjust, and that Rittenhouse clearly acted in self-defense.

Political. They’ll never get a conviction on this charge. https://t.co/wZSaZhfKSx

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) August 26, 2020

I strongly support armed citizens organizing to lawfully defend lives and property from Democrat criminals.

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) August 26, 2020

Kyle Rittenhouse has been charged with 1st degree murder to satiate the mob.

Under Wisconsin law, he clearly acted in self-defense.

— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) August 26, 2020

Well, well, well… pic.twitter.com/v5qim1b6DS

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) August 26, 2020

As self-defense as it gets https://t.co/IOrkLJEnbE

— Miles Fomby (@iMLSi) August 26, 2020

Not only was Kyle Rittenhouse justified, he's a hero who stood up against violent commie rioters and won. He's more a man than most of the Kenosha population and he's a fucking 17 year old.

— Styxhexenhammer666 (@Styx666Official) August 26, 2020

This obscene persecution of Kyle Rittenhouse is why you never skip a DA election and always elect the hardest core law and order candidate.

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) August 26, 2020

Kyle Rittenhouse is seen shooting a rioter (who earlier was telling people to “shoot me n*gga!) who was charging at him about to attack. He then circles around the cars & comes back to check on him, and flees the mob for safety pic.twitter.com/D7PkS9PK8S

— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) August 26, 2020

I think there will be a line of great attorneys willing to defend the Kenosha shooter pro bono.

I’ll donate to his defense if that’s needed.

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) August 26, 2020

The #KenoshaRiot shooter was offering medical help to #BLM rioters earlier in the night

So the whole premise that he was a white supremacist or the shooting took place due to political disagreements become more difficult to prove

Also, he stated why he was armed and there https://t.co/ThS1B0Royo

— ELIJAH RIOT (@ElijahSchaffer) August 26, 2020

Kyle Rittenhouse was clearly put in a self defense situation by violent protesters. That said, he’ll go down in history as a “Right Wing militant” and get 10,000 years in jail because the media and justice system are rigged. Let this be a lesson— stay away from these riots!

— Nicholas J. Fuentes (@NickJFuentes) August 26, 2020

Reminder that shooting in Kenosha was clear cut self defense pic.twitter.com/oFd4xlYwak

— LeftyCrypto? (@LeftyCrypto) August 26, 2020

they were trying to kill him pic.twitter.com/pc8SjGw09l

— LeftyCrypto? (@LeftyCrypto) August 26, 2020

Liberals always side with the criminals. https://t.co/ewUVSSbI3E

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) August 26, 2020

Liberals will always support rioters and never you or the cops. https://t.co/x0OqfztfGC

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) August 26, 2020

So now you can be on the ground being attacked by a mob that is trying to take your gun away and you can’t even claim self-defense? The only argument for supporting Trump was he’d tell the truth in situations like this, but so far nothing. pic.twitter.com/alSPkpQgTI

— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) August 26, 2020

You're just supposed to let the mob beat you to death https://t.co/A38cpFLnLj

— Scott Greer 6’2” IQ 187 (@ScottMGreer) August 26, 2020

In the end this persecution is likely political by a leftist DA similar to the political persecution of the McCloskey case in St Louis by a leftist DA. https://t.co/T1JeaKFAVR

— ??Col. Rob Maness ret.?? (@RobManess) August 26, 2020

when you're thinking about Kyle Rittenhouse's first degree murder charge remember this black kid got probation and anger management for a blatant murder of a 59 year old man pic.twitter.com/JfVOUthCai

— james duncan (@rabdillg) August 26, 2020

I warned you all 2 months ago that what happened to armed citizen Steven Baca would happen again…beaten w/skateboard by rabid BLM/Antifa mob while cops stood down, forced to fire weapon to save life. Now same thing happened to Kenosha kid last night.https://t.co/A03CyMq5Ez

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) August 26, 2020

I interviewed the alleged shooter before the violence started.

Full video coming soon: pic.twitter.com/G3dVOJozN7

— Richie?McG? (@RichieMcGinniss) August 26, 2020

Conservatives also blasted Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post for its apparent dishonesty.

Video shows a man sprinting toward a man standing with a rifle — and throws a *Molotov cocktail* at him.

He doesn’t fire back! He runs away.

The assailant keeps charging, and catches up. *Now* he shoots at point-blank.

Then runs away down the street.

WaPo writes this: pic.twitter.com/shMzh2x0ux

— David Steinberg (@realDSteinberg) August 26, 2020

Video evidence appears to show the shooting victim throwing a Molotov cocktail at Rittenhouse, and then charging him like a raging bull.

A YouTube video examining every angle of the Rittenhouse shooting is making the rounds — notching 92K views already. See for yourself. What do you think? Is Rittenhouse guilty, or did he do nothing wrong? Let us know in the comments.

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