Video: Rifle Kyle Rittenhouse used in self-defense to kill two attackers, injure a third is destroyed 'by mechanical shredding'
The rifle Kyle Rittenhouse used in self-defense to kill two attackers and wound a third amid Kenosha, Wisconsin, rioting in the summer of 2020 has been destroyed — and the moment was documented on video.
What are the details?
The Wisconsin State Crime Lab destroyed rifle Feb. 25; it had been in police custody since the August 2020 shootings, WISN-TV reported.
In the video, a cardboard box is opened which contains a Smith & Wesson AR-15 rifle along with a red-dot sight and a 30-round magazine. Officials verify that the rifle is from the Rittenhouse case and declare it will be destroyed "by mechanical shredding."
With that, the rifle is then placed into the shredder, followed by the sight and the magazine.
All that's left is a pile of scraps:
Anything else?
Rittenhouse’s attorneys and prosecutors agreed in January that the gun would be destroyed, the Associated Press said, adding that Rittenhouse’s lead attorney, Mark Richards, said Rittenhouse didn’t want someone to buy it and turn it into a trophy. The AP added that the agreement called for the process to be recorded.
WISN said it was the same reason Rittenhouse wanted his clothing back from the night of the shooting.
Rittenhouse was 17 at the time of the shooting, which is too young to buy a firearm in Wisconsin, the AP said, adding that his friend, Dominick Black, bought the rifle for him earlier that year. The outlet added that Black pleaded no contest in January to contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
A Kenosha jury in November found Rittenhouse not guilty of killing Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and not guilty of wounding Gaige Grosskreutz, agreeing that Rittenhouse acted in self-defense in a murder trial that captured international attention.
After his acquittal, leftists exploded with rage. Talking heads and celebrities suffered meltdowns. President Joe Biden — who referred to Rittenhouse as a white supremacist — said he was "angry and concerned" over the verdict. And protests erupted across the country, with agitators launching urine and chanting "burn it down" and spray-painting "kill Kyle" graffiti.
As for Rittenhouse, he said last month that he would look into filing lawsuits against Whoopi Goldberg of "The View" and the Young Turks' Cenk Uygur, along with politicians, news organizations, athletes, and other celebrities "for the lies they said" about him.
George Floyd mural destroyed by lightning strike, witnesses say — and reactions are particularly pointed
A George Floyd mural in Toledo, Ohio, was destroyed by what witnesses say was a lightning strike, police told WTVG-TV.
What are the details?
The building wall upon which the mural was painted collapsed, the station said, adding that WTVG's Doppler radar showed a lightning strike around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the block where the building — which used to house the Mugshots Bar — is located.
In the aftermath, the station said Toledo police were seen outside the building and setting up tape around the pile of bricks upon which the artwork was crafted.
George Floyd Mural Reportedly Struck by Lightning in Toledo, Ohioyoutu.be
The building itself is structurally sound, a city building inspector told WTVG, and the owner of the building is working to clean up the bricks and tear down the rest of the mural wall.
The mural was painted in July 2020 — nearly one year to the date of its destruction, the station said. Groups have held memorial services for Floyd in front of the mural, WTVG noted, adding that one of them took place on the one-year anniversary of Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police.
The City of Toledo said in a statement that officials will work with the arts commission on planning a new mural or help the commission and the artist find a new location, the station said, adding that they were heartbroken to see artist David Ross' work collapse.
What was the reaction to the mural's destruction?
Commenters had a bit of a field day reacting to a WTVG investigative reporter's tweet about the mural's demise:
- "And they say God isn't real," one commenter wrote.
- "I'm not a religious person whatsoever, but if there was ever an event that caused me to pause, this would be it," another user said. "Wow..."
- "Warning — be on the lookout for liberal logic on this: Lightning struck the mural; There is more lightning because of climate change; Republicans don't believe in climate change; Republicans are all white racists; White racists therefore destroyed the mural," another commenter quipped.
- "Now BLM gonna say that lighting strikes are racist, and they should check their privileges," another user observed.
- "Was wondering why we wanted a mural of a criminal anyway," another commenter noted. "Of course it's awful he's dead, but that doesn't mean we should celebrate a guy who held a knife to a pregnant woman's belly."
The following video includes a snippet showing the mural prior to its destruction:
Toledo Black Lives Matter activists remember George Floyd one year lateryoutu.be
'You will be destroyed': NY Dem says Gov. Cuomo threatened him over nursing home scandal
New York Assemblyman Ron Kim says fellow Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened to ruin him while urging him to help mitigate the fallout against Cuomo after the lawmaker criticized the governor for underreporting COVID-19 nursing home deaths in the state.
What are the details?
The New York Post revealed last week that top Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa admitted to state Democratic leaders that the governor's office hid the full data on nursing home fatalities during the Trump administration over fears of the political fallout. Cuomo denied responsibility and blamed nursing home staff for spreading the virus.
Kim told The Post Wednesday that shortly after their initial report, Cuomo called his home last Thursday night while he was bathing his kids and threatened him — yelling so loud into the phone that Kim's wife heard much of the conversation.
"At first, there was silence on the phone," Kim recalled. "Then the governor says, 'Mr. Kim, are you an honorable man?'
Kim said Cuomo asked him to release a statement "to say that Melissa DeRosa said there was a federal investigation and they had to deal with that first."
According to Kim, Cuomo went on to say, "You have not seen my wrath. I have been biting my tongue for months. I can tell the whole world what a bad person you are and you will be finished. You will be destroyed."
The assemblyman told the outlet, "After that call, we were devastated. My wife didn't sleep at all."
Kim says Cuomo called him again "four or five times on Saturday" but he ignored the calls.
During a media call on Wednesday, Cuomo acknowledged "a long hostile relationship with Assemblyman Kim," calling him a liar and accusing the lawmaker of being involved in "pay-to-play" politics in the past.
What was the governor's response?
Cuomo senior adviser Rich Azzopardi issued a statement following Kim's claims, saying that Kim was "lying about his conversation" with the governor, saying "at no time did anyone threaten to 'destroy' anyone with their 'wrath' nor engage in a 'coverup.'"
Azzopardi admitted, "We did ask for Mr. Kim to do the honorable thing and put out a truthful statement after he told the Governor he was misquoted in a news article, which he said he tried to correct but the reporter refused."
The Post noted that "Kim has been among Cuomo's most outspoken critics since his uncle, Son Kim, died in a nursing home in April after suffering symptoms of COVID-19."
On Monday, Kim rebuked Cuomo's explanations for the false reporting on nursing home deaths, saying "all of it is BS" and accusing the governor of a cover-up.
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