FILE – In this Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, file photo, Kyle Rittenhouse appears in court for a motion hearing in Kenosha, Wis. Rittenhouse, accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin in 2020, is due back in court for what could be the final hearing before his trial begins in November.
Kyle Rittenhouse, right, accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year, speaks with one of his attorneys, Natalie Wisco, during a motion hearing, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis.
Expert witness John Black, bottom right, appears via video during a motion hearing, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis., for Kyle Rittenhouse, who is accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year.
Kyle Rittenhouse, front left, accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year, listens during a motion hearing, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis.
Kyle Rittenhouse, right, accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year, along with this attorneys Mark Richards, left, and Natalie Wisco, listen during a motion hearing, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis.
The gallery is filled with media during Kyle Rittenhouse’s motion hearing, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis. Rittenhouse is accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year.
Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger listens during a motion hearing, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis., for Kyle Rittenhouse, who is accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year.
Mark Richards, one of Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorneys, listens during a motion hearing, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis. Rittenhouse is accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year.
Mark Richards, one of Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorneys, listens during a motion hearing, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis. Rittenhouse is accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year.
Judge Bruce Schroeder presides over a motion hearing, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis., for Kyle Rittenhouse, who is accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year.
Kyle Rittenhouse, accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year, appears for a motion hearing, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis.
Judge Bruce Schroeder presides over a motion hearing, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis., for Kyle Rittenhouse, who is accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year.
Kyle Rittenhouse, accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year, appears for a motion hearing, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis. Rittenhouse is accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year.
Kyle Rittenhouse,, accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year, waits for a motion hearing, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis.
Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger, left, and defense attorney Mark Richards talk before a motion hearing of Kyle Rittenhouse, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis. Kyle Rittenhouse is accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year.
Kyle Rittenhouse, accused of shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year, appears for a motion hearing, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Kenosha, Wis.
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois man who shot three people during a protest over police brutality in Wisconsin last year was justified because the men confronted him and tried to wrestle his gun away, a police use-of-force expert called by the defense testified Tuesday.
The expert, John Black, spent hours during a pretrial hearing outlining the moments that led to Kyle Rittenhouse’s decisions to shoot Joseph Rosenbaum, Anthony Huber and Gaige Grosskreutz, offering a preview of the defense team’s strategy when Rittenhouse’s trial begins next month. Black testified that video shows Rosenbaum chasing Rittenhouse and reaching for the teenager’s gun, Huber attacking Rittenhouse with a skateboard and trying to wrestle away his gun, and Grosskreutz running at him with a pistol in his hand.
“A citizen in that position, given those indicators, would it be reasonable for them to believe they were about to be assaulted?” Black said. “”I would argue yes.”
Rittenhouse was 17 years old when he made the short trip from his home in Antioch, Illinois, to Kenosha on the night of Aug. 25, 2020, in response to a call from a Kenosha militia to help protect businesses from protesters. The city was in the throes of several nights of chaotic demonstrations sparked by a white police officer’s decision to shoot Jacob Blake, a Black man, during a domestic disturbance. The shooting left Blake paralyzed from the waist down.
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