Thread by @sierragillespie

It looks like we're back from lunch in Wisconsin v. Kyle Rittenhouse. Follow along with @LawCrimeNetwork's livestream:

@LawCrimeNetwork Reporter/videographer Richie McGinniss is back on the stand with direct questioning from Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger.

@LawCrimeNetwork McGinniss: I became extremely worried that, because I was behind Rosenbaum, I was going to be caught in whatever was going to happen.
Binger: Did you feel like you would be caught in the line of fire?
McGinniss: I did, and that's why I altered my trajectory.

@LawCrimeNetwork McGinniss: I would say that, given where I was, certainly I was in danger, yes.

@LawCrimeNetwork (On whether he saw Rosenbaum touch the gun) McGinniss: It's hard for me to say whether he actually made contact with the gun. What I can say is that they were extremely close. And if he did, he did not alter the trajectory of the gun.

@LawCrimeNetwork McGinniss: Given that the shots were fired within such close range, I knew that he had been hit. And he was lying lifeless on the ground ... I ran over, I said something along the lines of, 'Are you OK? I'm going to flip you over slowly.'

@LawCrimeNetwork McGinniss: Somebody shouted that there was a hospital across the street. At which point I told one individual to grab his arm, and we carried him across the street.

@LawCrimeNetwork We're now being shown video of the shooting.

@LawCrimeNetwork Binger: Is it hard for you to see that?
McGinniss: I certainly don't like to see it.

@LawCrimeNetwork McGinniss testifies that he took off his shirt to render aid to Rosenbaum. He says his father was an ER doctor, and that he was taught to apply pressure to a wound.

@LawCrimeNetwork McGinniss says he didn't realize Rittenhouse approached Rosenbaum after the shooting.
McGinniss: I was looking at Mr. Rosenbaum on the ground and attempting to find where the wounds are, and it was like a pair of legs arrived next to me ... I just screamed, 'Call 911!'

@LawCrimeNetwork (On whether he would have felt in danger if he knew Rittenhouse was next to him)
McGinniss: I felt in danger anyways. But I certainly think it maybe would have changed my tone of voice. I can't really imagine what I would have done. I was afraid in that moment anyways.

@LawCrimeNetwork WARNING: Picture shows Rosenbaum following the shooting.
Binger prefaces that the next video shown will be that of Rosenbaum's body that McGinniss shot. He apologizes, but says it needs to be shown.

@LawCrimeNetwork McGinniss is now detailing the moments after the shooting of Rosenbaum. He says several people helped load Rosenbaum into a vehicle of someone who said they worked at the hospital.

@LawCrimeNetwork McGinniss: I was just telling [Rosenbaum] that we were going to have a beer afterwards and that it was all going to be OK.

@LawCrimeNetwork McGinniss: I like to think he could hear me. It seemed that his eye was looking at me, but it was kind of rolling back. But when I started talking, it rolled back kind of toward me ... I'm not sure he heard me, but I think perhaps he did.

@LawCrimeNetwork McGinniss testifies that he helped load Rosenbaum onto a gurney. He says he stayed at the hospital, as he did not have a shirt on and was covered in blood. He says he later saw Gaige Grosskreutz arrive at the hospital after he was shot.

@LawCrimeNetwork McGinniss: It was just surreal. I felt scared about what was going to happen, what I would have to do after that, because I knew that's what I had seen.

@LawCrimeNetwork McGinniss: I became more worried once I realized that my phone wasn't recording ... because that made me realize that it was my eyes that saw it, rather than just being able to show, I'd have to tell.
Binger: Like you're doing today.
McGinniss: Yes.
Binger: I have nothing further

@LawCrimeNetwork McGinniss as a witness is turned over to defense attorney Mark Richards for cross-examination.

@LawCrimeNetwork Richards: When you met Kyle and you interviewed him, he was not menacing to you, was he?
McGinniss: Beyond that he had a weapon, no.
R: So what was menacing was the weapon?
M: When I said menacing in that context, it was the situation that was menacing.

@LawCrimeNetwork Richards recites an interview McGinniss had with law enforcement following the shooting, in that McGinniss said he believed people were trying to grab Rittenhouse's weapon.

@LawCrimeNetwork McGinniss: I think it was very clear to me that [Rosenbaum] was reaching specifically for the weapon, because that's where his hands went.
McGinniss is now demonstrating what he witnessed happen between Rosenbaum and Rittenhouse.

@LawCrimeNetwork Richards: When [Rosenbaum] goes for the barrel, what does Kyle do with the gun?
McGinniss: He dodges around it.
R: And then does what?
M: And then levels the weapon and fires it.

Richards: You were told that [investigators] either going to take your phone and get a search warrant, or you'll give consent, correct?
McGinniss: Correct ... I didn't want to lose possession of my my phone because my livelihood, yes.

(On whether he was afraid of Rittenhouse and Balch)
McGinniss: I was fearful of the potentiality that those weapons would be used. So I'd say I was elevated in terms of my assessment of the risk in the situation, but I wouldn't say I was fearful of them individually.

McGinniss is turned back to Binger for re-direct.

Binger is now referring to the FBI infrared video. He's been having McGinniss use it as a reference point and describe whether people besides Rosenbaum were chasing Rittenhouse ahead of the shooting.

Binger: At any point, did you hear Mr. Rosenbaum say anything about the defendant's gun?
McGinniss: I did not, no.
B: He never said, 'I want your gun. I'm gonna take your gun. Give me your gun. I'm gonna steal your gun.'
McGinniss: I didn't hear anything like that, no.

Binger: You have no idea what Mr. Rosenbaum was thinking at any point in his life. You have never been inside his head. You never met him before.
McGinniss: I've never exchanged words with him.

Binger says it is "complete guess work" for McGinniss to say what he thinks Rosenbaum was going to do next.
McGinniss: Well he said, 'F*** you.'
Binger: Let's talk about that.

Binger: You believe, you've testified, that Mr. Rosenbaum is reaching for the barrel of the defendant's gun, is that right?
McGinniss: Yes.

After some back and forth, the witness is excused. Court is on a 15 minute break.