'You cannot claim self-defence against a danger you create', jury in Rittenhouse trial hears

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Rittenhouse, 18, is charged with killing Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounding Gaige Grosskreutz, 28, on August 25, 2020.

The shootings took place in Kenosha during protests — marred by arson, rioting and looting — that followed the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, who was left paralysed from the waist down

While showing the jury a grainy drone video, Binger argued that Rittenhouse raised his rifle in a threatening way as he entered a used-car lot, prompting someone to yell: “Gun, gun, gun” and for Rosenbaum to pursue the teen to “try to stop the defendant from pointing his gun or shooting anyone.” Richards said the strategy smacked of desperation, noting that prosecutors had spent little time on the issue of provocation during two weeks of testimony — much of which was supportive of the teen's argument that he was attacked.

The jury was shown graphic video of Rosenbaum after he was shot four times, lying motionless and struggling to breathe. Binger also displayed a graphic photograph of Grosskreutz with a large chunk of his right arm shot off

 

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