Several leftist student organizations at Arizona State University are demanding that Kyle Rittenhouse be banned from attending classes at the school.
Rittenhouse, 18, was found not guilty Nov. 19 on all charges relating to the fatal shootings of three men during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020. The demonstrations followed the shooting of a Black man by police.
Rittenhouse is a non-degree-seeking ASU online student, 12News reported. The Arizona Daily Independent added that he had expressed the desire to attend in-person classes eventually.
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The university’s Students for Socialism, Students for Justice in Palestine, Multicultural Solidarity Coalition, and MECHA de ASU are demanding that school officials “withdraw” Rittenhouse from the university and release a statement against him and “white supremacy.
“Join us and rally against racist murderer Kyle Rittenhouse being permitted on our campus – [Dec. 1] at 3:30 outside the Nelson Fine Arts Center on campus,” Students for Socialism ASU tweeted Friday.
The group, which describes itself as “a socialist, revolutionary Marxist club” with the mission to “end capitalism, and fight for socialism,” shared its demands in the tweet. Continue reading at Newsmax.
