It was probably a mistake for him to have been there in the first place, all things considered. Too much ego and not enough brains/training/experience to be in that sort of explosive situation. To his credit, KR has admitted as much recently (with the benefit of hindsight).  

Mr. Rittenhouse has expressed his endorsement of the BLM's right to assemble and protest peacefully - he considers them a legitimate organization. I disagree with him in that regard (I believe that they are essentially a terrorist organization pretending to be an activist group), but note the deafening silence from the anti-conservative sector on KR's statement of support.

 

With due respect it is safe to say that Xiden has a history of making ignorant public statements. He once advocated that people feeling threatened by violence should, "fire warning shots into the air". Ignorant is a polite term for such bad advice (illegal and dangerous).