Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense announces new nonprofit to advocate for people targeted by ‘cancel culture’By Michael Lee, Fox News
August 8, 2023
The group of people behind the defense of Kyle Rittenhouse announced the formation of a nonprofit aimed at helping regular people they believe are unfairly facing attacks from “cancel culture.”
“We aim to help everyday Americans being victimized for exercising their constitutional rights,” Jillian Anderson, a board member of the newly formed Themis Alliance, told Fox News Digital. “Whether it’s blatant censorship or the government being weaponized against people for simply speaking up against government policy, it’s clear there’s a coordinated assault on the First Amendment underway.”
Anderson was one of a handful of people who stepped up in the defense of Rittenhouse, who as a 17-year-old was charged in the shooting of three men, two fatally, during the August 2020 unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Rittenhouse benefited from a massive fundraising effort for his legal defense and was eventually acquited, but the fight did not come without obstacles, according to Themis.
Adam Waldeck, another Themis Alliance board member, told Fox News Digital that Rittenhouse was “kicked off at least a dozen online platforms just for trying to raise resources for Kyle’s legal defense,” calling the saga a shocking example of censorship that motivated him to get involved in standing up the new nonprofit.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/08/kyle-rittenhouses-team-forms-group-to-fight-for-everyday-people-targeted-by-cancel-culture/
