Judge admonishes prosecutor over Rittenhouse cross-examination
Judge Bruce Schroeder stopped prosecutor Thomas Binger’s cross-examination of Kyle Rittenhouse to admonish the prosecution team’s line of questioning.
The two had a testy exchange after the judge asked the jury to leave the courtroom.
“Don’t get brazen with me,” Schroeder told Binger.
The exchange is ongoing.
Rittenhouse testifies he didn’t intend to kill anyone, but agrees he used “deadly force”
From CNN’s Mike Hayes
Prosecutor Thomas Binger is now cross-examining defendant Kyle Rittenhouse. The ADA opened his questioning of Rittenhouse by asking, “Everyone you shot at that night you intended to kill, correct?”
“I didn’t intend to kill them. I intended to stop the people who were attacking me,” Rittenhouse said.
When the DA pressed Rittenhouse that he stopped these people by “killing them,” Rittenhouse pushed back, responding, “Two of them passed away, but I stopped the threat from attacking me.”
Rittenhouse agreed with Ringer that he intentionally used “deadly force” on his victims that night.
“I didn’t know if it was going to kill them, but I used deadly force to stop the threat that was attacking me.”
The cross-examination is ongoing.
Rittenhouse testifies that he saw a pistol in shooting victim Gaige Grosskreutz’s hand before he shot him
From CNN’s Mike Hayes
Kyle Rittenhouse testified that after he fell to the ground, he saw Gaige Grosskreutz standing in front of him. He said that he saw a pistol in Grosskreutz’s hand
“My rifle is down. His hands are up. His pistol is in his hand, and then he looks at me, and that’s when he brings his arm down…like his arm is like that with me on the ground and his pistol is pointed at me,” Rittenhouse testified.
“That’s when I shoot him,” he continued.
He said that he shot Grosskreutz once but did not know where he shot him
Rittenhouse shot Grosskreutz once in his right bicep with his AR-15 rifle. Grosskreutz was the only shooting victim to survive.
Asked by his attorney what happened after he shot Grosskreutz, Rittenhouse said, “He’s no longer a threat to me.”
Kyle Rittenhouse describes shooting: “I didn’t do anything wrong. I defended myself.”
From CNN’s Mike Hayes
Kyle Rittenhouse said that as he was running, shooting victim Joseph Rosenbaum threw a bag and a chain at him. He said that another person with Rosenbaum told him, “get him, kill him.”
Rittenhouse said that he pointed his gun at Rosenbaum, who continued to chase him.
“After he throws the bag and he continues to run, he’s gaining speed on me, a gunshot is fired from behind me, directly behind me. I take a few steps, and that’s when I turn around. As I’m turning around, Mr. Rosenbaum is … coming at me with his arms out in front of him. I remember his hand on the barrel of my gun.”
Defense attorney Mark Richards asked Rittenhouse, “As you see him lunging at you, what do you do?”
“I shoot him,” he responded.
Asked by his attorney how many times he shot Rosenbaum, he said, “I believe four.”
Rittenhouse said that he continued running with the intention of going to the police.
Asked why he was trying to get to the police, Rittenhouse said, “Because I didn’t do anything wrong. I defended myself.”
Rittenhouse resumes testimony after breaking down on stand
Kyle Rittenhouse has resumed his testimony following a short recess after he broke down on the stand while he described the night of the shooting.
His mother, Wendy Rittenhouse, was heard sobbing loudly within earshot of jurors, as she watched her son break down crying while testifying on Wednesday, according to the pool reporter.
Someone sitting next to her, put an arm around her trying to console her, according to the pool reporter.
Rittenhouse’s mother heard sobbing loudly in court as he testified, according to pool report
From CNN’s Brad Parks
Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, Wendy Rittenhouse, was heard sobbing loudly within earshot of jurors as she watched her son break down crying while testifying on Wednesday, according to the pool reporter.
Someone sitting next to her put an arm around her trying to console her, according to the pool reporter.
The trial took a brief break after Kyle Rittenhouse broke down on the stand. The court is now back in session, and the defense team is continuing questioning Kyle Rittenhouse.
Court calls recess after Rittenhouse breaks down while describing night of the shooting
Kyle Rittenhouse — the armed Illinois teenager who killed two people and wounded another during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer — broke down on the stand as he was questioned about the night of the shooting.
Rittenhouse, who is on trial on homicide charges, is testifying in his own defense. His defense team has argued he acted in self-defense when he opened fire.
The judge called for a brief break after Rittenhouse became emotional.
Kyle Rittenhouse testifies man he shot “ambushed” him
From CNN’s Mike Hayes
Kyle Rittenhouse testified that the night of the shooting, after speaking to a friend on the phone, he started running toward the Car Source to put out the fires that were being set at the business.
He said that as he was running, shooting victim Joseph Rosenbaum “came out from behind the car and ambushed me.”
Rittenhouse continued to narrate his attempt to get back to the Car Source where he was earlier that night. He said that as he was running, some protesters yelled at him, and he responded “friendly.”
As Rittenhouse continued to describe these moments he started to break down on the stand in tears.
“I look over my shoulder, and Mr. Rosenbaum was now running from my right side, and I was cornered from…in front of me…There were people right there,” Rittenhouse said, struggling to get the words out.
His attorney, Mark Richards, told him, “Take a deep breath, Kyle.”
When it became clear that Rittenhouse was going to continue to have a hard time speaking, the judge decided to take a break.
Rittenhouse’s testimony is expected to continue when court resumes.
Kyle Rittenhouse testifies that shooting victim Joseph Rosenbaum threatened to kill him
From CNN’s Mike Hayes
Kyle Rittenhouse testified that before he shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum, that Rosenbaum threatened to kill him.
Rittenhouse said that he encountered Rosenbaum in the streets in Kenosha on the night of August 25, 2020. Rittenhouse said that he and another person saw Rosenbaum “walking with a steel chain and he had a blue mask around his face.”
“He was just mad about something,” Rittenhouse said.
Rittenhouse claimed that he was seeing if any people at the protest “needed medical help” when he testified that Rosenbaum screamed at him “if I catch any of you f***ers alone, I’m going to f***ing kill you.”
Rittenhouse said he was present in front of the Car Source business when he heard Rosenbaum levy more threats at him and the group he was with.
“He was screaming — he said, ‘I’m going to cut your f***ing hearts out’ — I’m not going to repeat the second word — but kill you, N-word,” Rittenhouse testified.
Asked by his defense attorney if he observed Rosenbaum damage any property, Rittenhouse claimed he observed Rosenbaum tip a trailer and a port-a-potty over.
Rittenhouse’s testimony is ongoing.
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