ALBAWABA - The American man who shot three people Kyle Rittenhouse was reportedly screamed at and booed off his event with BLM protestors demanding the individual get arrested and locked up.
Amid the event his name quickly rose to X's (formerly Twitter) trending charts as users took to the platform and posted a plethora of videos and photos of protestors allegedly screaming "Lock his a** up" and "F*** his a** up" while also spitting on cars as the speakers of the event departed.
"Lock his a** up" Protestors attack Kyle Rittenhouse at the University of Memphis
According to Commercial Appeal, around 200 people gathered outside of the event in protest of the individual who was about to speak at the UC Theatre at the University of Memphis. What did the individual do to receive such hate and anger?
Kyle Rittenhouse who is 17 years old shot and killed two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and injured a third one in a Black Lives Matter event about a police officer shooting a person of color. The event naturally caused quite a stir making students of the university angry as mentioned above.
Protestors were seen holding signs including:
"Put Rittenhouse behind bars, not a podium".
"Murderers don’t belong here".
"No one should be open to Racism, Christo-Fascism, Murderous Little Sh*ts".
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The talk was held on Mar. 20, 2024, but was not received kindly by students and activists alike as they complained about the matter. Commercial Appeal added that the school in question was legally bound to let Kyle Rittenhouse speak at the event which is why they went with the decision.
