In right-wing media, Kyle Rittenhouse was exalted as a hero after shooting three Black Lives Matter protestors — two of them fatally — during George Floyd-related protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020. Many liberal and progressive outlets, however, attacked Rittenhouse as a “vigilante.” During his criminal trial, Rittenhouse’s defense team argued that he acted in self-defense. And a jury in Kenosha, in November 2021, acquitted him on charges of homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangerment. Rittenhouse has been treated like a celebrity by Fox News and other right-wing medi…