A Texas tiny-town police division refused to apologize for a selfie just one of its officers snapped with Kyle Rittenhouse amid a slew of on the internet criticism, noting how the now 19-year-old was acquitted by a jury of his peers in the August 2020 shooting of three demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin.  

"Make all those stops, you by no means know who you might meet. Currently it was Kyle Rittenhouse, welcome to Texas," the Thrall Law enforcement Department, which serves the town outside the house of Austin, wrote in a Facebook publish on Thursday, sharing a selfie of an unknown officer smiling with Rittenhouse.

The put up been given far more than 1,700 remarks, 1,500 shares and 10,000 likes as of Sunday’s count. 

Immediately after getting an outpouring of unfavorable feedback on the publish, the Thrall Law enforcement Department additional a paragraph hours afterwards, crafting: "I have to have skipped a thing, I believed that this younger male was arrested, billed, indicted and then observed not guilty by a jury of his peers."

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A Thrall Police Division officer snaps a selfie with Kyle Rittenhouse.  (Thrall Law enforcement Department/Fb)

"Is this not how our nation is effective anymore?" Thrall law enforcement extra. "The hate in these comments is terrible, if you have data that is contrary to that I would actually like to listen to it."

Rittenhouse was 17 and residing in Illinois when he answered phone calls on line to defend organizations for the duration of rioting unfolding in close by Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2021 in response to the police shooting of a 29-year-old Black male named Jacob Blake though officers responded to a domestic dispute. 

Amid the chaotic scene, Rittenhouse opened fireplace, taking pictures 3 folks, two of them fatally. 

Rittenhouse testified that he fired in self-defense, and his authorized crew showed online video suggesting that protesters very first chased down and attacked the then-17-year-old in advance of he fired his rifle. In November 2021, Rittenhouse was acquitted by a jury on all charges stemming from the capturing all through racial justice protests regardless of being vilified by left-leaning media as an alleged white supremacist.

Kyle Rittenhouse cries as he is discovered not guilty on all counts on November 19, 2021, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the capturing of a few demonstrators.  (Sean Krajacic - Pool/Getty Pictures)

"Ill you are generating him out as a hero. Disgrace on your officer and this department," a single Fb person, Kari Ashpaugh, of Sattuck, Oklahoma, commented beneath the photo shared by Thrall Law enforcement Office of Rittenhouse and the officer smiling. 

"I get it, induce each can get rid of people today devoid of repercussions," yet another Fb user, Joshua Davis, whose profile says he attended Lake Erie School, commented. 

Numerous other feedback criticized the article as a "disgrace," questioned if Rittenhouse was stopped for a visitors violation and ripped the selfie as a waste of taxpayer bucks on law enforcement do the job. 

A protester retains a "Rittenhouse is responsible" indication whilst increasing her fist in the course of a protest towards the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse in the West Village on November 19, 2021, in New York Town.  (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

"Is this a joke? You’re welcoming a recognized killer into our condition?" Phoenix Woods, of Plano, Texas, commented. "This is totally disgusting." 

A couple end users did protect Rittenhouse in the remark portion. 

"Welcome to Texas Kyle and have a wonderful year at university. Overlook these haters. They wouldn't know bravery [if] it bit them on the rear," Theresa Lounder, of Conroe, Texas, commented.  

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The now 19-yr-old, from Antioch, Illinois, is reportedly attending Blinn College, a community junior college or university in Texas, with hopes of finally transferring to Texas A&M University. Amid organized protests from student teams and an on the net petition opposing his enrollment, Rittenhouse reported previous yr that he would no more time be attending Arizona State University, where he experienced planned to analyze nursing.