{"id":994316,"date":"2021-11-10T12:43:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T17:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=994316"},"modified":"2021-11-10T12:43:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T17:43:43","slug":"kyle-rittenhouse-testifies-he-received-bulletproof-vest-from-police-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyle-rittenhouse-testifies-he-received-bulletproof-vest-from-police-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Rittenhouse Testifies He Received Bulletproof Vest from Police Department"},"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\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkyle-rittenhouse-testifies-he-received-bulletproof-vest-from-police-department%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=994316&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">On Wednesday, November 10, 2021, Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand in his own trial and explained that his bulletproof was given to him by a police department.<\/p>\n<p>During introductory questions, Attorney Mark Richards asked Rittenhouse if he was a \u201cmember of any groups.\u201d<\/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>Rittenhouse responded, \u201cI was a Police Explorer for Grayslake Police Department, and I was firefighter\/EMT cadet for Antioch Fire Department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As questioning continued, Rittenhouse testified that he was in Kenosha on August 24, 2021, and became aware of the unrest in the city via various social media posts and videos.<\/p>\n<p>Rittenhouse said, \u201cI saw the Car Source lot being burned down, I saw a police [officer] get assaulted, he had a brick thrown at his head, and I saw the mattress store owner get knocked out, and I believe his jaw was broken, it had to be wired shut or something.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18685682\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kenosha.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18685682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kenosha.jpeg\" alt=\"Burned out vehicles are seen in Kenosha, Wisconsin, August 24, 2020. The cars were set on fire during protests in the city Sunday night following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. (AP Photo\/Morry Gash, File)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burned-out vehicles are seen in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 24, 2020. The cars were set on fire during protests in the city Sunday night following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. (AP Photo\/Morry Gash, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Richards asked, \u201cSo you saw all that on the 24th?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d&nbsp;Rittenhouse answered.<\/p>\n<p>Richards then asked, \u201cDid you go to downtown at that time and try to do anything about that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, I did not,\u201d&nbsp;Rittenhouse replied.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Rittenhouse talked about cleaning graffiti off an area high school around noon on August 25, 2021, then walking by Car Source One to see the destruction from the fire the day before.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18685842\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"39\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kyle-Graffiti.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18685842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kyle-Graffiti.jpeg\" alt=\"Volunteers, including Kyle Rittenhouse, clean graffiti from a high school near the Kenosha County Courthouse following another night of unrest on August 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers, including Kyle Rittenhouse, clean graffiti from a high school near the Kenosha County Courthouse following another night of unrest on August 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He then talked of getting a call from an individual named Nick Smith and explained that Smith wanted to be driven by O\u2019Hare airport to buy a bulletproof vest.<\/p>\n<p>Rittenhouse testified that he and a friend went and bought two slings for their rifles \u201cabout 2:30 p.m.,\u201d then picked up Smith around 3:15 or 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>He said Smith asked him to help keep an eye on a car lot, and Rittenhouse agreed to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Rittenhouse testified that he then passed his own bulletproof vest to Smith and said, \u201cHere, Nick, I don\u2019t need my bulletproof vest. I\u2019m going to be helping people with first aid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richards asked, \u201cWhy does a 17-year-old kid have a bulletproof vest?<\/p>\n<p>Rittenhouse responded, \u201cIt was issued to me by the Grayslake Police Department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, November 10, 2021, Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand in his own trial and explained that his bulletproof was given to him by a police department. 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