[ad_1]
We’re into day five of the trial for Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager charged with killing two people and wounding a third during violent protests in Kenosha last year after the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
In addition to counts of intentional, reckless and attempted homicide, and reckless endangerment, and curfew violation, Rittenhouse, 18, is charged with possessing a firearm as a minor, a misdemeanor.
Check below for updates as Journal Sentinel reporters and photographers cover the trial. You can also read about what happened on day one, two, three and four of the trial. The trial is expected to last two weeks, but could move into a third week.
A Twitter List by journalsentinel
Defense cross-examines witness, focuses on how his impression of Rosenbaum might have been different under other circumstances
Corey Chirafisi, one of Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense attorneys, pressed Jason Lackowski about his impression of Joseph Rosenbaum the night Rittenhouse fatally shot him.
Friday morning, Lackowski told a prosecutor he did not consider Rosenbaum a threat. During cross-examination, Chirafisi asked if that would have changed if Rosenbaum had approached him alone.
No, Lackowski replied.
Lackowski said Rosenbaum had not threatened to kill him and had not done more than “false-stepping” towards him.
Chirafisi, the defense attorney, asked if his impression would have changed if Rosenbaum ran toward him.
“The situation dictates,” Lackowski said.
Chirafisi then asked if he would be more concerned if someone was running full speed at him, and Lackowski said yes, he would.
“If I threatened to kill you if I saw you that night, and then I’m running full speed at you and I’m going for your gun, are all those things you would have considered when making a decision what to do against somebody like me?” Chirafisi said.
“A threat to my life, yes,” Lackowski said.
Chirafisi then moved on to questioning about homemade chlorine gas bombs used on the streets of Kenosha…
[ad_2]
Source : yahoo
