Prosecutor: "You don't know, as you are sitting here today, what Mr. Rosenbaum was thinking, do you?"
Richard McGinniss: "Do you mean at the time of the shooting?"
Prosecutor: "Yes".... "Or at any time in his life." You have no idea...what Mr. Rosenbaum was ever thinking"
Richard McGinniss: "I never exchanged words with him, if that's what your question is."
Prosecutor: "So your interpretation of what he was trying to do, or intending to do, or anything along those lines was complete guess work...Isn't it?"
Richard McGinniss: "...Well, he said 'fuck you' and then reached for [his] weapon."
BOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!* This has to be the greatest reply I've heard in such a long time.
Well, he said 'fuck you' and then reached for [his] weapon."
You can't make this shit up. It is so fantastic.
Itself defense is totally obvious and on video. I haven't followed this until now but just saw the video. He was literally running away towards police for help and was attacked by multiple assailants from behind. He stopped a threat on his lifecwhen they gave him no option to flee, and their intent was clear. He then continued to police help. The victim blaming here is bizarre and can only be attributed to bias against his open carried rifle that the attackers were probably intending to steal.