Yesterday Twitter locked and censored the twitter account of Lin Wood, one of the attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse and Nick Sandmann, accusing him of glorifying violence. They eventually unlocked his account claiming it was some error:
FOX NEWS – The high-profile attorney for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with fatally shooting two people in Kenosha, said he was locked out of his Twitter account Tuesday after posting about raising money for Rittenhouse’s legal defense.
Wood was blocked from tweeting for several hours on Tuesday for violating Twitter rules. Wood said he’s been careful to abide by Twitter’s terms of service. But he got a notice that his account was locked for “glorifying violence.”
“I knew they were going to censor me because I’m sending a message of hope,” Wood, who posts regularly to his nearly 138,000 followers, told Fox News. “I’m sending a message of truth. And I’m sending a message that Kyle Rittenhouse is innocent.”
Hours after the account had been suspended, Twitter said it made a mistake in a statement to Fox News.
“This account was incorrectly actioned,” a Twitter spokesperson said. “This has been reversed and the account has been reinstated.”
“I’m sending a message that Kyle Rittenhouse is innocent.” I love this, because it’s true!
Lin Wood then said “I’m going to take Jack Dorsey’s ass down…”
L. Lin Wood argued the action against his account is the latest example of Twitter censorship of conservative voices and he intends to file a lawsuit against the social media giant and its CEO Jack Dorsey.
“I’m going to take Jack Dorsey’s ass down,” Wood told Fox News. “He has been abusing the First Amendment of this country for his own agenda.”
Here’s what Lin Wood wrote about the incident on his Twitter account last night after he’d been freed from ‘Twitter jail’:
(1) I was arrested today & confined in Twitter jail falsely accused of glorifying violence. I was exonerated this evening by a finding of “incorrectly actioned.” I am free tonight.
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) September 2, 2020
(2) Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested on 8/26 & is confined in Illinois jail falsely accused of murder. Kyle will be exonerated when truth is revealed by a finding of “incorrectly actioned.” Kyle will be free soon.
To donate to Kyle’s criminal defense visit:https://t.co/sXM1PeRA2O
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) September 2, 2020
Lastly, here’s a message from both Rittenhouse and his other attorney John Pierce to America that you’ll want to hear:
KYLE RITTENHOUSE SPEAKS!!!!!! THIS MUST BE THE TWEET HEARD ‘ROUND THE WORLD!!!!!! RETWEET AND DONATE TO THE #FIGHTBACK FOUNDATION RIGHT NOW!!!!! #PaulRevere @LLinWood @realDonaldTrump @TuckerCarlson @michellemalkin @PressSec pic.twitter.com/fOCzeLGkcm
— John Pierce (@CaliKidJMP) September 1, 2020
Pierce calls this a watershed moment in American history and says “if this is not self-defense for Kyle Rittenhouse under the circumstances, then no one can protect themselves, no one can protect their family and no one can protect their country.” He adds that ‘self-defense’ is a God-given right and he’s not going to allow some prosecutor to take that away from Kyle.
UPDATE: I got the photo and names confused. I’ve corrected them.