MEMPHIS, Tenn. – An issue on campus weeks within the works is now over.
Kyle Rittenhouse made his look on the College of Memphis (UofM) on Wednesday, March 21, 2024, and the occasion was derailed by outraged college students.
Rittenhouse shot three individuals and killed two of them throughout protests in Kenosha, Wis., in 2020.
He was acquitted on the bottom of self-defense.
The UofM stated Rittenhouse had the room booked from 7-9 p.m. however attendees there stated that simply earlier than 8 p.m., his safety staff escorted him off the stage.
That’s when a pupil protest took a flip.
Swarms of scholars have been shouting at vehicles whereas they have been leaving the parking storage whereas campus police and State Troopers tried to regulate the gang.
The occasion was solely open to a restricted variety of ticket holders, and FOX13 crews weren’t allowed contained in the occasion.
FOX13 spoke to some ticketholders who have been inside and stated that college students staged a walkout minutes after he took the stage, however Rittenhouse continued along with his questions and solutions section.
“I requested him, ‘Do you assume that is hate speech?’ and he stated ‘no remark,’ then instantly walked out the door. Didn’t say goodbye, instantly walked out the door,” stated Moses David, a UofM pupil.
FOX13 reached out to the College of Memphis’ Turning Level Group, which who hosted the occasion, however the group refused to remark.
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