{"id":1033168,"date":"2021-11-19T16:58:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T21:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1033168"},"modified":"2021-11-19T16:58:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T21:58:42","slug":"fact-check-false-uk-news-publication-claims-kyle-rittenhouse-shot-three-black-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-false-uk-news-publication-claims-kyle-rittenhouse-shot-three-black-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check False: UK News Publication Claims Kyle Rittenhouse Shot \u2018Three Black Men\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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   <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Independent falsely claimed that Kyle Rittenhouse \u201cshot three black men with rifle\u201d after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/law-and-order\/2021\/11\/19\/verdict-kyle-rittenhouse-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges\/\">cleared<\/a> of&nbsp;two charges of murder, one charge of attempted murder, and two charges of reckless endangerment in Kenosha, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>The legacy British news outlet, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2016\/02\/12\/independent-newspaper-goes-online-only-after-tying-its-flag-to-the-mast-of-the-islamophobia-industry\/\">no longer publishes a print edition<\/a> but retains an online audience and influence in the UK media and political sphere, led with \u2018Full story: Teenager who shot three black men with rifle found not guilty on all charges\u201d as the top subheadline of its front-page coverage of the verdict.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In fact, Rittenhouse\u2019s three assailants \u2014 Joseph Rosenbaum, a 36-year-old&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2021\/11\/11\/fncs-carlson-kyle-rittenhouse-has-already-won\/\">convicted paedophile<\/a> who chased Rittenhouse through the streets during a Black Lives Matter riot on August 25th, 2020; Anthony Huber, a 26-year-old with convictions for <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/05\/kyle-rittenhouses-lawyer-says-victim-anthony-huber-has-violent-past\/\">strangulation and suffocation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/anthony-hubers-girlfriend-says-kyle-rittenhouses-verdict-wont-change-what-happened-it-can-set\">domestic abuse<\/a> who bludgeoned Rittenhouse in the head with a skateboard and appeared to try and grab his rifle; and Gaige Grosskreutz, a 28-year-old with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/16\/prosecutions-witness-kyle-rittenhouse-trial-criminal-record\/\">a range of convictions<\/a> for offences including striking his grandmother, felony burglary, and prowling who himself testified that Rittenhouse did not shoot him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/08\/watch-prosecution-appears-to-fall-apart-as-rittenhouse-victim-admits-he-pulled-gun-first\/\">until he pointed an unlawfully-carried handgun at him<\/a> \u2014 were all white.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18829618\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/Screenshot_20211119-205713_Chrome.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18829618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot_20211119-205713_Chrome-592x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rittenhouse\" width=\"592\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Screenshot via independent.co.uk<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Independent is not the first high-profile organisation or individual to make erroneous claims about the night Rittenhouse, then aged 17, exercised his right to lawful self-defence, with no less a person than now-President Joe Biden having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/12\/kyle-rittenhouse-mom-blasts-biden-for-defaming-son-as-white-supremacist\/\">intimated<\/a> \u2014 without any evidence \u2014 that the teenager was a \u201cwhite supremacist\u201d to a mass audience.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s mother, Wendy, has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/12\/kyle-rittenhouse-mom-blasts-biden-for-defaming-son-as-white-supremacist\/\">slammed<\/a> the 78-year-old Democrat for having \u201cdefamed\u201d her son, telling Fox News:&nbsp;\u201cPresident Biden don\u2019t know my son whatsoever, and he\u2019s not a white supremacist\u2026 [Biden] did that for the votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart London has contacted the Independent to ask if it would be issuing a formal retraction or otherwise commenting on its own claims about Rittenhouse, but received no answer as of the time publication.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.4135338345865\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyle Rittenhouse Collapses as He Is Found Not Guilty <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jQUxH6jJ3o\">pic.twitter.com\/jQUxH6jJ3o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1461787055676174346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Jack Montgomery on Twitter:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>@JackBM<\/span><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>ontgomery<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent falsely claimed that Kyle Rittenhouse \u201cshot three black men with rifle\u201d after he was cleared of\u00a0two charges of murder, one charge of attempted murder, and two charges of 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