Thread by @sierragillespie

We're back from lunch. The first witness called to the stand is Dominick Black.

Black says he knows Kyle Rittenhouse as he dated his sister. He also described himself as someone who had hunted since he was a young child, often on his family property in Ladysmith, Wisconsin.

Black: Kyle had also wanted a gun, similar to the one I had. I did not have the money for it, so he said he would pay for it. I told him that wasn't a good idea, he wasn't 18. But we came to an agreement that he could have it once he was 18.

Black: We did agree that it would not be his until he was 18 and he was aware of that. And from then on, it did stay at my house.

Black confirms he had an AR15 gun.

Black confirms he was the legal, registered owner of the gun. He also confirms Rittenhouse's money purchased the gun.

Black: We just target practiced. A pretty good amount of ammo, and just shot clay pigeons. And just went to the woods on our property.

Black also describes a shooting range on his Ladysmith, WI property where he says he and Rittenhouse would practice shooting.

Black describes this piece of evidence as an AR15. He believes this weapon belonged to Rittenhouse.

A detective is now showing Black a second AR15, that Black says he does not recognize "since the last time [he] saw it."

(On why he wanted to purchase an AR15) Black: I kind of wanted a personal project. I mostly had only hunting guns and wanted to try something else to target shoot.

Black is describing a weekend getaway with Rittenhouse and a few other people to the Ladysmith property. Black testified that multiple weapons were brought. "A lot" of rounds were fired. "100 to 200."

A photo of defendant Kyle Rittenhouse's TikTok is admitted into evidence. Black testifies the background of the photo is his Ladysmith property and that his friend, Cody, took the photo.

Black says he saw Kyle Rittenhouse before noon on August 25, 2020. He says the group went to downtown Kenosha, near the burned Car Source location.

This map shows the downtown area that Rittenhouse visited on August 25, 2020.

Binger: Can you describe for us ... what did you observe [at the first Car Source location]?
Black: Every car was burnt to ash. There was a lot of garbage and graffiti everywhere.

Binger: Is it fair to say that every car in that lot was burnt to the chassis, almost?
Black: Yes.

Black says he and Rittenhouse scrubbed graffiti from the walls of Reuther High School in Kenosha.

Black testifies after cleaning graffiti, he, Rittenhouse and his brother went home.
Black: That's when we ended up getting the guns.

Black testifies he visited his friend, Nick Smith's, house after that. He says both he and Rittenhouse had weapons and bullets with them at this time.

Black says he and Rittenhouse went to Jalensky's Outdoor and Marine to get them both slings to hold their weapons.

Black details what the City of Kenosha looked like on August 25, 2020, saying that many areas were burnt, boarded up or damaged because of the unrest.

Black testifies that it was his and Kyle Rittenhouse's intention to stay at the Car Source location, in order to make sure riots or protests did not damage it.

Binger: What was the plan that night?
Black: The plan was to have a decent amount of us split up, between the two of the locations. And then kind of stay there to make sure nothing bad happened.

Black says he and Rittenhouse were self-"assigned to protect" the 59th Street Car Source.

Black says he went onto the roof because he did not want to get hurt or "cause any problems."

Binger: Why did you bring your gun?
Black: In case something bad happened and I had to protect myself.

Black: Being shot at. Somebody coming up on the roof.
Binger: So if somebody climbed up on the roof, were you going to use that gun?
Black: Not really, I mean it depends on what they were doing.

Binger: What got it in your mind that night that you felt that there would be people out on the street that would want to hurt you?
Black: I had heard about the last night and how it was, and I knew that there was a lot of people fighting each other and a lot of violence.

Black says other people at the 59th Street Car Source were armed.
Binger: How many?
Black: Everybody except for one person ... Six or seven.

(On observations from the night of August 25, 2020) Black: There was a lot of violence, a lot of screaming, a lot of people throwing things. You could tell they weren't just there for the reason they were. It wasn't a safe place to be at all.

Black: [The crowd was] very violent. Very upset ... saying a lot of threats, throwing a lot of things, a lot of things along the lines of that.

Black says he never saw anyone injured that night or any shots fired.

Binger: Did you ever consider using your gun to shoot at anyone?
Black: No.

Black: We were ready in case they did have guns.
Binger: And when you say you were ready, what exactly did you do with your gun?
Black: We had to aim them.
Binger: You would point your gun at those people?
Black: In the direction.

We've moved on to questioning from Rittenhouse's defense.

Rittenhouse's defense attorney, Mark Richards, is questioning Black about the slings purchased at Jalensky's Outdoors and Marine.

Richards has confirmed this gun belongs to Black.

Richards: If I were to point this gun, and obviously I can't do it here in a courtroom. But if I were to point this gun at you from here, there would be no red or green dot on your chest?
Black: No.

Richards is commenting on Black's charges, which were as a result of providing the weapon to Rittenhouse, who was 17-years-old at the time of the shooting.

Richards: Each of those is punishable by six years in a Wisconsin State Prison.
Black: Yes.
Richards: And you're testifying here today, hoping that Mr. Binger will give you consideration on those charges and not send you to prison, correct?
Black: Yes.

Dominick Black is charged with two counts of providing a dangerous weapon to someone under 18, resulting in death.

Black testifies that he did not see any of the shootings when they happened.

The defense brings up this photo, that shows Rittenhouse the night of August 25, 2020.

Black testifies that he, his lawyer and Assistant DA Binger petitioned to have Black's next court date moved to January 2022, following his testimony in Wisconsin v. Kyle Rittenhouse.

This photo shows Black's brother, Rittenhouse and Rittenhouse's sister cleaning graffiti on August 25, 2020, before the deadly shootings that night.

Richards concluded his questioning asking about Black and Rittenhouse shooting clay pigeons at Black’s Ladysmith property. Back to Assistant DA Binger.

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