A clip of Gaige Grosskreutz admitting he pointed his gun at Rittenhouse before he was shot by the defendant in Kenosha has gone viral.
by lawyer David Freiheit, a YouTuber who goes by the name Viva Frei online, where it has since been viewed more than 2.7 million times.
Freiheit tweeted the clip along with the caption:"Rittenhouse trial should be over immediately." The clip came from a live-stream of the court proceedings hosted by Nick Rekieta, a Minnesota lawyer and owner of Rekieta Media."Huge, huge moment at Rittenhouse trial. You don't get many moments like this as a trial attny," Kelly wrote.
Grosskreutz, who is trained as a paramedic, argues he was in Kenosha that night to provide medical assistance and had no intention of firing despite being armed.Speaking to Spectrum News, John Gross, a clinical associate professor of law at the University of Wisconsin Law School and director of the Public Defender Project, described the testimony from Grosskreutz as"remarkable."
"His admission under cross-examination that at the time he was shot that he'd started to point his weapon at Mr. Rittenhouse—all of those things support the defense argument that [Rittenhouse] was acting in self-defense at that point," Gross said.Rittenhouse was in Kenosha to provide medical assistance"I think there will definitely be this pull on the jurors to say, 'Why was he there? What did he hope to accomplish?'" Gross added.
Gaige Grosskreutz watches video as he testifies about being shot in the right arm during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 8, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin
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