<ul class="summary-list"><li>The suspect in a shooting at the Kenosha protests attended a campaign rally for President Donald Trump in January, event footage and a social media post show.</li><li><keyword id="9830379" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="kyle-rittenhouse">Kyle Rittenhouse</keyword>, 17, of Antioch, Illinois, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with first-degree intentional homicide after he opened fire on protesters Tuesday night, killing two and injuring one.</li><li>The teenager attended the <keyword id="3204148" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Trump-rally">Trump rally</keyword> at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 30, and can be seen in a screenshot of the C-SPAN broadcast of the event, BuzzFeed <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">News</keyword> first reported.</li><li>The teenager expressed support for "<keyword id="5024399" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="blue-lives-matter">Blue Lives Matter</keyword>" — a counter-movement to <keyword id="2771111" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="black-lives-matter">Black Lives Matter</keyword> that supports police officers — and idolized the police in posts shared on social media.</li></ul>The suspect behind a shooting at Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, sat front row at a campaign rally for President Donald Trump in January, event footage and a social media post show.Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was arrested Wednesday at his home in Antioch, Illinois, and charged with first-degree intentional homicide in connection with the shooting.<a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/kenosha-suspect-kyle-rittenhouse-trump-rally">BuzzFeed News</a> first reported that Rittenhouse attended the Trump rally at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, at the end of January. A screenshot of a C-Span broadcast showed the teenager just a few feet away from President Donald Trump in the crowd. Rittenhouse also posted a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@kylerittenhouse33/video/6787960032760761606">TikTok video</a> of the event.<blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@kylerittenhouse33/video/6787960032760761606" data-video-id="6787960032760761606" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@kylerittenhouse33" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@kylerittenhouse33">@kylerittenhouse33</a> Trump rally! <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - kylerittenhouse33" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6787953753766005509">♬ original sound - kylerittenhouse33</a> </section> </blockquote> A Trump campaign spokesperson told <a href="https://twitter.com/MarioDParker/status/1298776047039787009">Bloomberg's Mario Parker</a> that Rittenhouse, who was not named in the statement, had "nothing to do with our campaign.""President Trump has repeatedly and consistently condemned all forms of violence and believes we must protect all Americans from chaos and lawlessness," the spokesperson said. "This individual had nothing to do with our campaign, and we fully support our fantastic law enforcement for their swift action in this case."Armed with an AR-15, Rittenhouse shot into a crowd of protesters Tuesday night in Kenosha, killing two people and injuring another, who is now hospitalized.The protests in Kenosha were sparked by the shooting of <keyword id="9813213" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="jacob-blake">Jacob Blake</keyword>, a 29-year-old Black man who was shot seven times in the back by police officer Rusten Sheskey as he opened the door to his vehicle with three of his children inside. Blake's family told reporters on Tuesday that he was in stable condition but is still in the ICU. He is paralyzed from the waist down, his family and attorney said.<div type="image" title="Kyle Rittenhouse, shooting, Kenosha" height="2456" width="3275" msid="77774722" hostid="261"></div>Koerri Elijah, a Kenosha resident who was filming the protests, told <a href="https://www.insider.com/kyle-rittenhouse-who-shot-kenosha-protesters-was-obsessed-with-cops-2020-8">Insider's Haven Orecchio-Egresitz</a> that Rittenhouse seemed "on edge" but didn't initially pose as a threat."I noticed him the entire time. He didn't seem like he was there with anyone," he said. "He was armed. He didn't seem like he was a threat, but I thought maybe I should keep an eye on him."Video taken at the scene shows a teenager who appears to be Rittenhouse running with the gun, before he trips and falls to the ground. As protesters approached him, shots rang out and the crowd scattered.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1298502384654651392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2020</a></blockquote><a href="https://www.insider.com/kyle-rittenhouse-who-shot-kenosha-protesters-was-obsessed-with-cops-2020-8">Insider previously reported that the teenager expressed support for "Blue Lives Matter"</a> — a counter-movement to Black Lives Matter that supports police officers — and idolized the police in posts shared on social media.

The 17-year-old suspect in the shooting at Kenosha protests sat front row at a Trump rally in January

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9813213" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="jacob-blake">Jacob Blake</keyword> was shot seven times by a <keyword id="4833574" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="kenosha">Kenosha</keyword> police officer and paralyzed from the waist down.</li><li>"He can't go anywhere," but the 29-year-old Black man was handcuffed to his hospital bed and deputies were standing guard in his room, his father told the Chicago-Sun Times. </li><li>After an incident in May, Blake was charged with felony sexual assault as well as disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing, both misdemeanors, court records show. That's why the warrant had been issued.</li><li>Defense attorney Patrick Cafferty told the Chicago Sun-Times that a $500 bail payment had vacated the warrant. The cuffs have been removed and the deputies are gone too, he said. </li></ul>When Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey fired <a href="https://www.insider.com/jacob-blake-police-shooting-timeline-kenosha-wisconsin-2020-8">seven shots at Jacob Blake</a> on Sunday, bullets caused "eight holes" in the 29-year-old Black man's body and left him paralyzed from the waist down, <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/25/21400481/jacob-blake-kenosha-police-shooting-riots-evanston">his family said</a>.Still, Blake's father, Jacob Blake, Sr., told the <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/27/21404463/jacob-blake-father-kenosha-police-shooting-hospital-bed-handcuffs">Chicago Sun-Times</a> on Thursday that his son was handcuffed to his hospital bed. "I hate it," he told the <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> outlet. "He can't go anywhere. Why do you have him cuffed to the bed?"As of Friday afternoon, though, the younger Jacob Blake is no longer in cuffs, several news outlets, including <a href="https://patch.com/wisconsin/mountpleasant/jacob-blake-no-longer-handcuffed-hospital-bed-warrant-vacated">Patch reported</a>, and sheriff's deputies who were standing guard have left his room. Patrick Cafferty, an attorney representing the Blake family, said a $500 bail was posted for his July arrest warrant, according to the <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/28/21405814/jacob-blake-kenosha-shooting-handcuffs-guards-removed-hospital-room">Chicago Sun-Times</a>."The warrant is vacated, the cuffs are removed, and the deputies have left the hospital," Cafferty told Patch. Ben Crump, another attorney on Blake's legal team, echoed the sentiment in a statement to Insider."Fortunately, a man who is paralyzed and fighting for his life after being shot seven times in the back, will no longer have to deal with the pain of having his ankles and wrist shackled and the traumatic stress of being under armed guard," he said.Blake was charged with a third-degree felony sexual assault, according to <a href="https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2020CF000736&amp;countyNo=30&amp;index=0&amp;mode=details&amp;_ga=2.163344892.1774649925.1598640205-1305191380.159864020191380.1598640201">Wisconsin court records</a>. Two misdemeanor charges for disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing also stemmed from the alleged incident on May 3. The case was filed on July 6 and a warrant was issued the next day.Even though the warrant has been resolved, the charges still stand, Crump said."Obviously, it's going to be easier on him and his medical personnel and family now that it's been addressed," Cafferty told the Chicago Sun-Times. "We'll be able to focus on the merits of the criminal case."This issue caught the attention of former Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang, who wrote on Twitter that Blake's feet were restrained.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1299097131148603392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2020</a></blockquote><keyword id="567797" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</keyword> Gov. Tony Evers also addressed the topic at a news conference on Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times said."I can't imagine why that's happening, and I would hope that we would be able to find a ... better way to have him get better and recover," Evers said. <ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/kenosha-gunman-kyle-rittenhouse-interview-2020-8">Video emerges of Kyle Rittenhouse before the deadly shooting in Kenosha saying he was carrying a gun because 'I need to protect myself, obviously'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/killed-kenosha-protester-anthony-huber-tried-to-stop-shooter-skateboard-2020-8">One of the protesters killed in Kenosha tried to stop the shooter with his skateboard before being shot, girlfriend says</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/rittenhouse-killed-protester-after-they-threw-plastic-bag-prosecutors-2020-8">Suspected Kenosha gunman Kyle Rittenhouse fatally shot a protester after they threw a plastic bag at him, criminal complaint says</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/kyle-rittenhouse-who-shot-kenosha-protesters-was-obsessed-with-cops-2020-8">Kyle Rittenhouse — the teen charged with first-degree homicide over the shooting of 3 people at Kenosha protests — was obsessed with Blue Lives Matter and appeared 'on edge' before shots rang out</a></li></ul>

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The 17-year-old suspect in the shooting at Kenosha protests sat front row at a Trump rally in January

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