Facebook and Instagram allowed to support Kyle Rittenhouse

Social networks Facebook and Instagram removed the ban on posts in support of the acquitted Rittenhouse

Social networks Facebook and Instagram removed the ban on posts in support of 18- year old American teenager Kyle Rittenhouse, who was previously acquitted of the murder of two BLM activists. CNN writes about this.

Immediately after a video appeared on the network with Rittenhouse shooting at the attackers of the pogroms in the city of Kenosha (Wisconsin), Facebook and Instagram deleted the teen's profiles and began to block posts. justifying his actions.

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After the Kenosha County Court qualified Kyle's actions as self-defense and dropped the charges, social media changed policy. Users are now allowed to post in support of Riethenhaus himself, but they are still prohibited from making excuses for killing people.

Earlier, Rittenhouse promised to destroy the AR-15 rifle with which he killed two BLM activists. Rittenhouse admitted that after the high-profile murder and the subsequent trial, he no longer has the desire to own a gun. He also said that as a child, he wanted to work in the police and help people.

On August 26, 2020, a video was published in which a crowd of BLM activists stalk 17-year-old Rittenhouse during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin. A young man armed with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle stumbled and fell, after which several demonstrators pounced on him. He opened fire, killed two of them and wounded a third, also armed with a pistol. On November 19, 2021, the jury found the young man innocent. The teenager was charged with six counts, including first-degree murder. The maximum term is life imprisonment. Rittenhouse's defense convinced the court that the young man did not exceed the limits of admissible self-defense.

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