Kyle Rittenhouse's Defense Fund Crowdfunded on a Christian Website

3rd September 2020

Kyle Rittenhouse's Defense Fund Crowdfunded on a Christian Website

Kyle Rittenhouse, a local resident, was arrested and charged with shooting three (Getty Images)

The Claim

A crowdfunding campaign on the Christian site GiveSendGo solicited donations to help Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old accused of killing two people at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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Emerging story

After Jacob Blake was shot by police on August 23rd 2020, rioting and protests commenced in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the city in which the incident occurred. These protests continued until the 26th, at which point the national guard was called in to stop them. Also on the 26th, Kyle Rittenhouse, a local resident, was arrested and charged with shooting three of the rioters the day before, killing two of them. Since then, a crowdfunding campaign has been set up by Kyle’s family in order to fund his legal defense.

Misbar’s Analysis

Misbar’s investigation into this claim reveals it to be True. There is a crowdsourced Rittenhouse legal defense fund on the website givesendgo.com, along with several other websites. What distinguishes givesendgo.com is that it is a Christian website. However, just as Youtube and Facebook are not responsible for, or actively endorse, any and all content that is posted on their site, neither does any crowdfund website do the same for content on theirs.