Police Lieutenant Who Was Fired for Donating to Kyle Rittenhouse Files Grievance

Police Lieutenant Who Was Fired for Donating to Kyle Rittenhouse Files Grievance
Kyle Rittenhouse, left, with backwards cap, walks along Sheridan Road in Kenosha, Wis., with another armed civilian, on Aug. 25, 2020. Adam Rogan/The Journal Times via AP
Jack Phillips
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A former Norfolk, Virginia, police lieutenant who was fired by the department after donating to an anonymous fundraiser for Kyle Rittenhouse said that he was fired just days after he made the donation and is now seeking due process.

Norfolk Police Lt. William Kelly said he was fired from the Norfolk Police Department in April and was left with a number of penalties, including no health insurance for his wife, who is sick with cancer, and their three children. Rittenhouse, meanwhile, faces several charges including murder and being in possession of a firearm after he was accused of fatally shooting two and injuring a third person during riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year. The teen maintains he was defending himself.

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