One of the men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse in Wisconsin was an “idiot,” but not a threat, testified a witness who, like Rittenhouse, had also showed up to that night’s protest packing an AR-15-style rifle. Former Marine Jason Lackowski was with Rittenhouse during the August night last year shortly before Rittenhouse, then 17, fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, during demonstrations in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after the police shooting of Black resident Jacob Blake. Rittenhouse later fatally shot a second man and injured a third, and is now standing trial for intentional homicide and related charges. Rosenbaum asked Lackowski “very bluntly to shoot him” and did “false stepping … to entice somebody to do something,” Lackowski testified. At one point, Lackowski testified, he ran toward the sound of gunfire and encountered Rittenhouse — who appeared “frazzled, in shock” and was still armed — running away.

Source: Huffington Post November 07, 2021 00:48 UTC