>> Tucker: A 17-YEAR-OLD HAS
BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER THAT
TOOK PLACE IN WISCONSIN.
THERE’S A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT
WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED.
BUT AT LEAST IN TWO OF THE
SHOOTINGS, IT SHOWS HIM RUNNING
AWAY, BEING ATTACKED, AND THEN
FIRED.
WHAT DOES THIS ADD UP TO?
SAW HIM ON LEFT DON’T WANT TO
KNOW.
ANTIFA, ACCORDING TO ACCOUNTS
ONLINE, IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT CELL HE IS BEING HELD IN.
WHAT WILL HIS LAWYERS ARGUE WHEN
IT DOES GO TO COURT?
WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM ON.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING ON.
>> HI, TUCKER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US
TO GET THE TRUE STORY OUT.
>> Tucker: I’M EAGER TO KNOW.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STORIES
THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS INTENSE
PARTISAN INTEREST AND THERE IS A
LOT OF CONFUSING VIDEO.
BUT WHAT IS BROADLY SPEAKING THE
DEFENSE FROM KYLE RITTENHOUSE?
>> THIS IS 100% SELF-DEFENSE,
TUCKER.
KYLE, HE IS GOOD KID.
IT WAS BURNING DOWN.
ACTUALLY, WHEN HE GOT DONE WITH
WORK HE TRIED TO REMOVE SOME
GRAFFITI.
AFTER THAT, HE GOT A CALL FROM A
LOCAL BUSINESS PERSON, THREE
BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN KENOSHA.
TWO OF THOSE BUSINESSES HAD BEEN
BURNT TO THE GROUND.
THE BUSINESS OWNER SIMPLY WANTED
TO DESPERATELY ATTEMPT WHAT WAS
LEFT OF HIS LIFE’S WORK SO HE
ASKED FOR HELP.
KYLE AND HIS FRIENDS DECIDED
THAT NOBODY WAS DOING ANYTHING
TO PROTECT THAT COMMUNITY.
THEY DECIDED THEY WOULD ANSWER
THE CALL AND HELP PROTECT THE
BUSINESS.
KYLE ACTUALLY TOOK A FIRST AID
KIT DOWNTOWN BECAUSE HE WAS
CONCERNED THAT THERE WOULD BE A
WOUNDED PROTESTERS DOWNTOWN AND
IN FACT, HE TOOK HIS FIREARM,
BECAUSE KENOSHA HAD BECOME A
WAR ZONE.
ANY SENSIBLE PERSON WOULD TAKE
THAT.
AND HIM AND HIS FRIENDS STAYED
ON THE PROCESS AND PROTECTIVE
THAT PROPERTY.
AND THEN COME OF THE EVENTS
STARTED TO UNFOLD WHEREBY HE WAS
TRYING TO TREAT MEDICALLY
WOUNDED PROTESTERS AND
ULTIMATELY HE GOT TRAPPED OUT ON
THE STREET ART IN THE OPEN
BECAUSE THE RIOT POLICE HAD
MOVED LINE FAR ENOUGH DOWN THAT
THEY WERE BETWEEN.
>> Tucker: SO, I HAVE READ
THAT HE BROUGHT A FIREARM ACROSS
STATE LINES.
THAT’S INCORRECT.
>> THAT IS INCORRECT.
THAT FIREARM NEVER CROSSED STATE
LINES.
THAT IS A LEGAL FIREARM IN THE
STATE OF WISCONSIN.
WISCONSIN IS AN OPEN CARRY STATE
STATE.
AS A 17-YEAR-OLD, HE WAS LEGALLY
ENTITLED TO HAVE THAT FIREARM IN
HIS POSSESSION.
MOREOVER, WE ARE GOING TO BE
ARGUING THAT THE SECOND
AMENDMENT AND TITLE TEN, SECTION
246, THE ORDINANCE THAT THAT
CHARGE WILL BE BASED ON,
BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
>> Tucker: THAT’S A TERTIARY
CHARGE.
LET’S TALK ABOUT THE SHOOTING.
ONE MAN WAS SHOT IN THE ARM.
IT’S OBVIOUS ON THE VIDEO THAT
THEY ATTACKED RITTENHOUSE.
BUT THE FIRST SHOOTING.
WAS RITTENHOUSE FIRED UPON
BEFORE HE FIRED?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" HAS A
REPORT.
THEY HAVE ANALYZED THIS VERY
QUICKLY.
THERE WAS A SHOT THAT WAS FIRED
AS KYLE WAS RETREATING ACTUALLY
FROM A MOB THAT HAD BECOME
ENRAGED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO
PUT OUT THE FIRES THAT THE
ARSONIST HAD SET BECAUSE HE WAS
TRYING TO PROTECT PROPERTY.
THE MOB BECAME ENRAGED.
THEY BEGAN SCREAMING THAT KYLE
NEEDED TO BE KILLED AND THEY
WERE GOING TO KILL HIM.
THEY STARTED RELENTLESSLY
HUNTING HIM AS PRAY AS HE RAN
DOWN THE STREET ATTEMPTING TO
RETREAT.
AS HE RAN OUT OF ROOM TO
RETREAT, SHOTS WERE FIRED FROM
BEHIND HIM.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" HAS CLEARLY
SHOWN THAT.
SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE
INDIVIDUAL, WHO WAS LEADING THE
ATTACK ON HIM SET UP ON HIM
IMMEDIATELY.
HE BEGAN TO ASSAULT HIM FROM
BEHIND.
ATTEMPTED TO TAKE HIS WEAPON,
TAKE HIS FIREARM, AND KYLE, WHEN
HE TURNED, HE INSTANTANEOUSLY
HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO DEFEND
HIMSELF BY FIRING ONE, HE WAS IN
EMINENT DANGER.
SERIOUS BODILY HARM OR DEATH.
>> Tucker: SO, THAT WAS THE
FIRST SHOOTING.
HE CALLED A FRIEND ON THE HOME
AND SET I THINK I HAVE KILLED
SOMEONE.
AND THEN HE BEGINS TO RUN.
>> LET ME CLARIFY.
LET ME CLARIFY THAT.
SO ACTUALLY, KYLE ACTUALLY
ATTEMPTED TO STOP AND TO CHECK
ON THE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD BEEN
SHOT.
HE DID MAKE A CALL TO HIS
FRIEND.
HE SAID TO HIS FRIEND THAT HE
HAD SHOT SOMEONE.
HE IMMEDIATELY HAD TO RETREAT
FROM THAT AREA BECAUSE THE MOB,
THE RIOTERS THAT WERE CHASING
HIM WHO HAD WITNESSED THIS
IMMEDIATELY CALLED HIM OUT FOR
THE SHOOTING, WHICH OF COURSE
WAS IN SELF-DEFENSE BUT THEY
CALLED HIM OUT FOR THE SHOOTING.
THE BEGAN SAYING THAT HE NEEDS
TO BE --
HE RETREATED DOWN THE STREET.
HE BEGAN RUNNING DOWN THE POLICE
LINE TO TRY TO GET TO SAFETY.
AGAIN, THE MOB RELENTLESSLY AND
VICIOUSLY PURSUED HIM AND HE WAS
STRUCK AS HE WAS RUNNING FROM
BEHIND BY ONE OF THE RIOTERS.
HE TRIPPED AND FELL TO THE
GROUND AND THEN ONE OF THE
RIOTERS WAS RIGHT OVER HIM.
THE OTHER ONE WAS ATTEMPTING AND
BOTH OF THEM WERE ATTEMPTING TO
DISARM HIM TO TAKE HIS AR-15.
HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN BEING ABLE
TO FIGHT THAT OFF AND HE HAD NO
CHOICE BUT TO THEN IMMEDIATELY
DEFEND HIMSELF.
IT WAS SERIOUS BODILY HARM OR
DEATH.
HE FIRED AND DISARMED THE
INDIVIDUAL HITTING HIM IN THE
ARM.
HE SHOT AND KILLED THE OTHER
PERSON WHO WAS ATTACKING HIM.
AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, IF YOU
REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS, TUCKER,
IN THIS WAR ZONE, IN THIS CHAOS
THAT IS OCCURRING IN THE CITY IN
AMERICA IN THE MIDDLE OF
WISCONSIN, KYLE, THE ONLY
INDIVIDUALS THAT KYLE SHOT WHERE
THE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE
ATTACKING HIM AND PUTTING HIM AT
RISK OF SERIOUS BODILY HARM OR
DEATH.
THIS IS A 17-YEAR-OLD KID.
THIS IS AMAZING.
SPEECH WAS TO LET ME ASK YOU
THIS AND I THINK THIS IS A FAIR
POINT.
HE DIDN’T SHOOT
INDISCRIMINATELY.
I’M TAKING YOUR WORD FOR IT IN
THE FIRST ONE BECAUSE I HAVEN’T
SEEN THE VIDEO.
IN THE SECOND TWO, I HAVE SEEN
THE VIDEO.
ONE GUY ATTACKED AND THE OTHER
GUY WAS POINTING A GUN.
HERE’S MY QUESTION.
HE SHOT THAT MAN IN THE ARM AND
THE MAN BACKED OFF.
THAT MAN SURVIVED.
THAT MAN HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED.
HE CAME OUT A 17-YEAR-OLD WITH A
GUN.
WHY HAS HE NOT BEEN CHARGED?
>> HERE’S THE QUESTION THAT I
HAVE, TUCKER.
WHERE ARE THE CHARGES FOR
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AGAINST KYLE
RITTENHOUSE?
WHERE ARE THE CHARGES FOR ARSON
IN OUR CITIES?
WHERE ARE THE CHARGES FOR
RIOTING?
WHERE ARE THE CHARGES FOR
CROSSING STATE LINES?
WHERE ARE THE CHARGES AGAINST
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FUNDING THIS
ACTIVITY AND WHO ARE FINANCING
IT?
AND WHY IS KYLE RITTENHOUSE, WHO
IS ATTEMPTING TO PROTECT THE
BUSINESSES IN HIS COMMUNITY,
ATTEMPTING TO HELP WOUNDED
PROTESTERS, AND WAS PROTECTING
HIS OWN LIFE WHILE KENOSHA WAS
BURNING, WHY IS HE THE ONE
SITTING IN JAIL TONIGHT AS
FORCES WITHIN THIS COUNTRY
SICKENINGLY ATTEMPT TO FIND A
WAY TO BRING HARM TO HIM WHILE
HE IS IN DETENTION?
>> Tucker: THANKS FOR COMING
ON TONIGHT AND GIVING YOUR SIDE
OF THIS, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN