KENT, Ohio — The scheduled appearance of a controversial figure at Kent State University is sparking debate. Since a conservative student group announced it was inviting Kyle Rittenhouse to give a speech on campus, other students have called for the college to intervene.Kent State facing backlash after organization says it plans to host Kyle Rittenhouse Rittenhouse was thrust into public consciousness when he fatally shot 2 men and wounded another during 2020 protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
“I think it’s really interesting that he came to Kent,” said KSU freshman Gisella Blake. “We are very famous for the May 4 and what happened, all the killing that occurred on that day. I think that’s kind of disrespectful a little bit, that he’s known for shooting and killing .”“It’s just completely separate events. Kyle had nothing to do with anything Vietnam War and anything May 4,” said Brady Seymour, the president of the Turning Point USA Kent State chapter.
The announcement of Rittenhouse’s speaking engagement prompted one student to create an online petition, calling on KSU administrators and Turning Point USA to reconsider hosting him on campus. “His past with violence, having it on campus is going against Kent State’s mission, which includes ‘ethical and humanitarian values, in service of Ohio and the global community.’ And this is not ethical and this does not promote those values at all,” Greco said.
Kent State University officials said the event is protected free speech and issued the following statement:
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