After 2 years of threats, Gaige Grosskreutz, surviving victim of Kyle Rittenhouse, wants name change

[cbabe]

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After 2 years of threats, Gaige Grosskreutz, surviving victim of Kyle Rittenhouse, wants name change

The single protester to survive being shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during the 2020 protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, wants to change his name. After two years of death threats, Gaige Grosskreutz, a volunteer medic and protestor who was the third and final man shot by Rittenhouse in the summer of 2020, filed a petition to change his legal name on Tuesday, Sept. 27.

While the petition was meant to be secret, it was leaked to the Kenosha County Eye, which published a story on it Wednesday. According to The New York Times, the outlet is run by Kevin Mathewson, who used Facebook to organize a group to “protect” the city during Black Lives Matter protests

In a statement made through his lawyer, Kimberley Motley, to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Grosskreutz confirmed the petition to the outlet: "Yes, after two years of death threats from right-wing lunatics I made the difficult decision to change my name for the protection of me and my family."

"But the real story here isn't that I am seeking to change my name, but that a process that is supposed to protect and shield those in danger was undermined and sealed information was released to the right-wing media within hours of my filing," the statement continued.

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[ProfessorGAC]

1. Find The Leaker

And fire them.
No excuses.

[maxsolomon]

2. Grosskreutz had a handgun, and was trying to neutralize a mass shooter.

He should be a hero to the RWNJs.

Good luck with your new name, John Smith.

[Jose Garcia]

3. This was the guy running around with a gun like Rittenhouse was and

pointed his gun at Rittenhouse before bring shot.

[Kaleva]

4. Is he the guy who was illegally carrying a concealed gun?

[Dr. Strange]

5. Yeah.

Seems odd that he never got charged for that.

[Sympthsical]

14. And was obliterated on the stand

After lying to an almost compulsive degree. I am amazed he walked away from all that without any kind of charges.

He should've been allowed to change his name quietly through. The Right went after him hard. Not that he didn't earn some universal scorn for reasons above, but they really, really hated and villainized him to an absurd degree. In addition, no one who googles that name is going to find anything great. Future employment would be a thing.

[Kaleva]

15. I agree

[OMGWTF]

6. WTF is WRONG with people? Kyle R should be in prison for the rest of his shit life.

[Kaleva]

7. True but that doesn't excuse this guy from illegally carrying a gun

At the very least, he should be prohibited from ever owning a gun

[Danascot]

8. MAGA left turds

in the jury pool.

[FakeNoose]

9. This is what passes for justice in Kenosha County

If the guy formerly known as "Gaige Grosskreutz" had any smarts, he would have left the state already.

[ShazzieB]

12. With a name that distinctive, they could track him down no matter where he went.

Sounds to me like changing his name would be the way to go.

Besides, no one should be forced to flee their home to escape those MAGA assholes.

[appleannie1]

10. Seems most trump supporters are sociopaths that enjoy torturing or killing people.

[Kingofalldems]

11. Gunners seem to love Kyle Rittenhouse.

[certainot]

13. he should sue the rw radio blowhards. it would be easy to get the recordings from significant

dates, analyze them with AI, and come up with shitload of material calling BLM a terrorist org, etc. and possibly naming him.