Witness: Man Rittenhouse Fatally Shot Acted ‘Erratic’; Hurled N-Word, Shouted ‘Shoot Me’ Near Gas Station

Social media influencer Koerri Washington testified during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial on Wednesday, confirming that he has seen videos of Joseph Rosenbaum, a man fatally shot by Rittenhouse, hurling the N-word and yelling “shoot me” near a Kenosha gas station on the night of August 25, 2020.

Washington also told the jury he made a “mental note” of Rosenbaum due to his “erratic” behavior.

The defense team showed Washington video footage — some taken by Mr. Washington himself — from the night Rittenhouse fatally shot two rioters. The witness acknowledged that demonstrators set fires and some were upset that others in the area were putting out those fires. Rosenbaum may have been one of the men shouting that he was upset about the fires being put out.

Washington made a note of Rittenhouse in his mind, too, he said, over the teen “chain smoking cigarettes with gloves on,” finding him “nervous.”

Rittenhouse stood out because he seemed “young,” Washington said, and “didn’t know what was going on. … He seemed nervous in the situation.”

“I guess a lot of people were nervous,” Washington added, “It’s not a slight at [Rittenhouse], it’s just a mental note that I took.”

As highlighted by The Daily Wire, prosecution during pre-trial made note of Rosenbaum’s alleged poor behavior on the night of the incident, attempting to illustrate that there’s “no factual commonality” between his prior alleged actions and the shooting:

“Mr. Rosenbaum started fires that night,” prosecution said. “Well, that has nothing to do with the allegation that he chased after Mr. Rittenhouse and tried to physically attack him. Arsonist — or alleged arson, has nothing to do with an alleged physical assault. There is an allegation that Mr. Rosenbaum was shouting racial slurs; that has nothing to do with physical assault.”

“There’s an allegation that he’s telling other people at [a] gas station to shoot him, which, really, is different than what was going on with Mr. Rittenhouse,” he argued. “Um, he clearly didn’t want Mr. Rittenhouse to shoot him. So, I don’t see that there’s any commonality, there.”

“So, this is bad character evidence, your honor,” prosecution claimed. “This is an attempt to tell the jury Mr. Rosenbaum was a bad guy and deserved to die. That’s really what it is.”

“‘He was an arsonist, he was a rioter, he was starting fights — well, not starting fights, he was starting problems, he’s disorderly, he was loud — whatever. Therefore, it was

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