Ryan Balch, a former Army infantryman who carried an AR-style rifle that night and walked around patrolling the streets with Rittenhouse, testified that Rosenbaum was 'hyperaggressive and acting out in a violent manner,' including trying to set fires and throwing rocks.īalch said he got between Rosenbaum and another man while Rosenbaum was trying to start a fire, and Rosenbaum got angry, shouting, 'If I catch any of you guys alone tonight I'm going to f- kill you!'īalch said that Rittenhouse was within earshot and that he believed the threat was aimed at both of them.Īs prosecutors played footage of Rosenbaum lying fatally wounded in a car lot, McGinniss struggled to keep his composure on the stand, rapidly inhaling and exhaling, then averting his eyes from a video monitor. Kyle Rittenhouse listens to testimony from Richard 'Richie' McGinniss, chief video director of The Daily Caller, during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Thursday, Nov. 'I think it was very clear to me that he was reaching specifically for the weapon,' McGinniss said. Richie McGinniss, who was recording events on a cellphone that night for conservative website The Daily Caller, testified that Joseph Rosenbaum, the first man shot that night, was killed after chasing down Rittenhouse and making a lunge for the gun.

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