His life is going to be Hell for the next 5-10 years. I speak from experience.
Now that was just mean. Whatever you think of Cheney, Dick was very somber and apologetic for that shooting of his hunting friend. Maybe you should ask if Alec Baldwin is he was freaking out?
Damn. Of COURSE the guy was freaked out. Good God, any NORMAL person would be traumatized by that, never mind a 17 year old guy.
I hit a cyclist a few years back, and even though it wasn’t my fault, I had flashbacks for nearly a year, every time I closed my eyes or wasn’t thinking of something else, I could see a little video playing in my mind, of the guy somersaulting over my car in front of my eyes in super slow motion, open black mouth, bare cyclist legs, toe-locking shoes, the touring bike in back of him rotating in tandem with his rotating body flying through the air.
I don’t see it now. But for a few months it was how my brain filled in any unoccupied time.
Then, about a year later, that wasn’t happening, and someone recommended that I watch a series called “Better Call Saul” and I was happily watching the opening scene of the first episode, and the guy was driving down a residential street, turning this way and that, when BOOM he hits a cyclist.
The camera view, from the backseat looking over his shoulder, the sound of the bike hitting the car, and his body flying through the air really disturbed me to the point I was shaking, my heart was pounding, and I couldn’t even turn off the television fast enough.
And I hadn’t been hurt at all in my collision.
I have zero doubt that poor kid was going through far, far worse since that happened.
I pray for him.
This was a PROSECUTION witness.
Are they trying to throw the case?
>>Rittenhouse was pale and “really scared” after he fired shots
Adrenaline surges can have that effect.
Three different goons tried to kill this kid.
That would freak out anyone.
I’m not following the trial too closely, but from what I have seen it appears he got a fair judge. I hope that bodes well for him.
I didn’t see which lawyer asked Black about this. If it was the prosecutor then he is doing an awful job by showing Rittenhouse was scared and remorseful.
You’d have to be seriously experienced and calloused not to freak out after that. Aside from the pump and dump, the reality of what just happened will take years to overcome
Dominick Black
"...that followed the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man. Black added..."
So the prosecution’s first witness testified that Rittenhouse carried the rifle because he thought it would prevent confrontations, shot rioters who were attacking him in self defense, and was anguished at shooting someone. This helps the prosecution’s first degree murder case how exactly?
Just look at him in the video, in the immediate aftermath. He looks dazed as he walks away.
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/new-rittenhouse-shooting-footage-shows-kyle-chased-shot-at-before-firing-at-joseph-rosenbaum/
Maybe he was being shot at too?
The judge was red-hot angry at the prosecution's attempt to introduce hearsay with inflammatory descriptions including "militia." In his 38 years on the bench, the judge has never seen anything like it, he said.
Is the prosecution done?
This kid is innocent because of self defense, but with that being said, what the hell was he doing there? 17 years old, he had no business there.
I'm sure he was really scared before he fired the shots. That's why he had to shoot. He was afraid for his life. Is this a defense witness already? Sure sounds like it.
Of course he freaked out. Shooting incidents are spike moments and he’s dealing with a quart of adrenaline flowing through his system.
I don’t know if Rittenhouse was “freaking out,” but I’ve been in situations where you were coming off an adrenaline rush afterwards, and needed some space.
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