Arizona State University Students Want School To Withdraw Kyle Rittenhouse

By Tadi Abedje Published: November 29, 2021

Arizona State University Students Want School To Withdraw Kyle Rittenhouse

Kyle Rittenhouse listens as the his attorneys speak to the judge during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges in the killings of two people and wounding of a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2020. Rittenhouse and his attorney have since asked the court to return a number of his personal belongings, including the rifle-style weapon using in the shootings. (Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool)

In Summary

The student groups believe that the 18-year-old is a “violent, blood-thirsty murderer.”

A number of student organizations at Arizona State University are calling for the administration to withdraw Kyle Rittenhouse from the university, according to Fox News.

Those groups are the Arizona State University Students for Socialism, Multicultural Solidarity Coalition, Students for Justice in Palestine and MECHA de ASU. These four groups are calling the 18-year-old “Murderer Kyle Rittenhouse,” according to Fox News.

On Nov. 19, Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges by a Wisconsin jury. He had been facing charges after shooting and killing two people and injuring a third during a Black Lives Matter protest in August of 2020 amid the aftermath of Jacob Blake being shot by police.

According to 12News, Rittenhouse is a student at Arizona State University.

The student groups at the school require that the university administration “reaffirm support for the multicultural center on campus as a safe space from White Supremacy,” according to Fox News.

On Dec. 1, the groups will be hosting a rally at ASU to get Rittenhouse out of the campus.

“Even with a not-guilty verdict from a flawed ‘justice’ system – Kyle Rittenhouse is still guilty to his victims and the families of those victims,” Students for Socialism ASU said in a letter. “Join us to demand from ASU that these demands be met to protect students from a violent, blood-thirsty murderer.”

A spokesperson from the Students for Socialism at Arizona State University said to Fox News that the idea is to let the university know that having Rittenhouse on campus would create an unsafe environment.