Now, new footage has emerged which bolsters his case.<\/p>\n
Before the shooting began, Rittenhouse, 17 at the time, was had arrived in Kenosha in order to help keep order and protect businesses from looting and arson.<\/p>\n “People are getting inured, and our job is to protect this business, and\u00a0part of my job is also to help people<\/strong>. If there\u2019s somebody hurt, I\u2019m running into harm\u2019s way. That\u2019s why I have my rifle, because I need to protect myself obviously. But I also have my med kit,” Rittenhouse\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0in footage recorded before the incident.<\/p>\n During the course of the evening, protesters became increasingly violent against Rittenhouse and the group he was with –\u00a0eventually chasing the teen down the street<\/strong>\u00a0when protester Joseph Rosenbaum was shot dead in the parking lot of a used car dealership. Shortly thereafter,\u00a0Rittenhouse could be seen defending himself on the ground from multiple attackers<\/strong>\u00a0– when he fatally wounded another, and shot the bicep of protester Gaige Grosskreutz who had drawn a pistol and was in the process of aiming it at the teen.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/rittenhouse1.jpg?itok=J5s-7V6F\")
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