Man threatened to kill Rittenhouse before being shot

 NY Post:

The first victim fatally shot by Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly threatened to kill him before the wannabe police officer gunned him down, a witness testified in court Thursday.

Ryan Balch, who was at the chaotic protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin with Rittenhouse last year, told prosecutors they had a dust up with Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, after spotting him allegedly trying to light a fire.

“Rosenbaum was right there in front of my face,” Balch testified on the second day of Rittenhouse’s homicide trial. “He said, ‘If I catch you guys alone tonight I’m gonna f–king kill you.’”

“He threatened me and the defendant,” Balch said.

Balch, who was part of an armed militia at the August 2020 racial injustice demonstration, said he confronted Rosenbaum and asked him to stop setting the blaze before an argument broke out.
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Rosenbaum eventually lunged at Rittenhouse and tried to take his rifle, prompting Rittenhouse to fire his gun four times at Rosenbaum, who died shortly afterward.
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This testimony tends to bolster Rittenhouse's self-defense argument.  Another witness also says Rosenbaum lunged at Rittenhouse before being shot. The testimony also seems to bolster the allegations that those shot were rioters engaged in arson.

See, also:

TRAIN WRECK: Rittenhouse Prosecution Implodes With State Witness Richard McGinnis of Daily Caller 

This is NOT supposed to be how the direct examination of your own witnesses is done.