Kyle Rittenhouse Insists He's 'Not Racist,' Says He Supports Black Lives Matter In First Interview Since Being Found Not Guilty Of Killing 2 People
Nov. 22 2021, Published 10:54 a.m. ET
Kyle Rittenhouse is speaking out in his first interview since being found not guilty of murdering two black lives matter protesters and chose to sit down with right-wing conservative Tucker Carlson.
Doubling down on his self-defense argument, the 18-year-old insisted he's "not racist." Rittenhouse also told Tucker that he supports the BLM movement, which is interesting considering he took his AR-15 to a protest in Kenosha and shot three people, killing two.
"This case … had nothing to do with race, had to do with the right to self-defense,” Rittenhouse said during his Fox News interview, scheduled to air on Monday. “I’m not a racist person. I support the BLM movement and peacefully demonstrating.”
He also addressed his version of what happened that fatal night in 2020.
Claiming there was no other outcome, Rittenhouse stated, “I tell everybody there what happened. I said I had to do it."
"I was just attacked. I was dizzy, I was vomiting, I couldn’t breathe," he told Tucker.
Saying the 12-person jury got it right, Rittenhouse continued, "I believe they came to the correct verdict and I’m glad that everything went well." Adding that it's been a "roug