“Christian” fundraising site GiveSendGo says it has collected more than $500,000 for the defense of the teenage homicide suspect Kyle Rittenhouse.
The 17-year-old drove to Kenosha from his home in Antioch, Illinois to protect local businesses from looting amid unrest ignited by the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Rittenhouse, who is seen in a video firing an AR-15 style rifle into a crowd of people, is accused of fatally shooting protesters Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and injuring Gaige Grosskreutz on Aug. 25.
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His attorney’s Los Angeles-based law firm, Pierce Bainbridge, created the nonprofit #FightBack Foundation that’s raised $1.8 million of a $5 million goal so far. A fundraiser on the Christian fundraising platform GiveSendGo said it’s received $517,804 in donations toward his defense, surpassing the stated goal of $500,000.
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Rittenhouse ‘s gun-enthusiasm, aspirations to be a law enforcement agent and support for President Donald Trump has prompted many to hail him as a patriotic hero who wanted to help maintain law and order amid chaos in Kenosha.