The store, attached to a website controlled by his family seeking to raise US$2 million for his legal defence, offered T-shirts, beanies and other products for sale until at least Tuesday, but now says it is “opening soon.” It uses Shopify’s e-commerce platform, according to BuiltWith. Rittenhouse is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, among other crimes, in the killings of two men at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in the Wisconsin town in August. Shopify did not respond to The Logic’s request for comment by deadline. (The Logic, The Washington Post)

Talking point: Nandini Jammi, co-founder of Sleeping Giants, has previously highlighted at least one other instance of a store using Shopify to sell products celebrating Rittenhouse. The e-commerce platform’s acceptable-use policy prohibits using its services to “promote or support organizations, platforms or people” that “promote or condone” hate on the basis of race, among other factors, or that “threaten or condone violence to further a cause.” Shopify introduced the policy in April 2017 after staff, merchants and public petitions called for the company to stop allowing far-right outlet Breitbart to use its technology to sell merchandise; the store remains live.