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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Kyle Rittenhouse texts pledging to ‘murder’ shoplifters disillusion his ex-spokesperson

a man in a suit looks off to the side
Kyle Rittenhouse sits in court in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on 17 November 2021. Photograph: Reuters

A former spokesperson for Kyle Rittenhouse says he became disillusioned with his ex-client after learning that he had sent text messages pledging to “fucking murder” shoplifters outside a pharmacy before later shooting two people to death during racial justice protests in Wisconsin in 2020.

Dave Hancock made that remark about Rittenhouse – for whom he also worked as a security guard – on a Law & Crime documentary that premiered on Friday. The show explored the unsuccessful criminal prosecution of Rittenhouse, who killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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