A CALL FROM -- A CALL FOR PEACE.
IT SHOULD BE REITERATED BECAUSE
THE STAKES ARE VERY HIGH.
>> Emily: HARRIS, YOU’VE
COVERED SO MANY HIGH-PROFILE
TRIALS ON YESTERDAY IN THE
COURTROOM WE HAD A VISCERAL
REACTION TO AN INCIDENT IN THE
COURTROOM WHEN DURING CLOSING
ARGUMENTS THE PROSECUTOR RAISED
UP THE ACTUAL AR-15 RIFLE THAT
RITTENHOUSE HAD USED AND POINTED
THE RIFLE AT PEOPLE IN THE COURT
ROOM AFTER ASKING ON THE MIKE,
MAKE SURE THE GUN IS EMPTY.
WHAT YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> Harris: MY INITIAL REACTION
WAS DOES HE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE
AND THE ACUMEN TO MAKE SURE THAT
IT’S NOT CHAMBERED?
DOES HE UNDERSTAND HOW TO MAKE
THAT A SAFE SITUATION BEFORE HE
POINTS A GUN AT 12 PEOPLE?
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE GUY THE
LITTLE BLUE GLOVES DOES, I
DIDN’T HEAR HIM IN THE COURTROOM
BE DEPOSED AND SAY ARE YOU
CERTAIN THIS GUN IS BLAH, BLAH,
BLAH.
ARE YOU CERTAIN.
ON THE RECORD.
I WANT TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
ON THE HEELS OF WHAT WE HAVE
SEEN ON A MOVIE SET IN THE LAST
60 DAYS WITH ALEC BALDWIN.
IT’S MORE THAN FAIR.
LET’S MAKE SURE IT’S A SAFE
SITUATION.
AND THEN, I DON’T KNOW, YOUR --
YOU’RE AN ATTORNEY.
WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO POINT
THE GUN AT THE JURY?
IF YOU’RE TRYING TO SAY AND I
KNOW THIS WAS THE PROSECUTION’S
ARGUMENT, BUT KYLE RITTENHOUSE
WAS THE AGGRESSOR, NOW THE ONLY
PERSON WHO LOOKS LIKE AN
AGGRESSOR TO ME IS THE
PROSECUTOR, THOMAS BINGER.
DIDN’T TAKE THE SAFETY OF
HIMSELF INTO HIS OWN HANDS.
I WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT THAT
GUN.
IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE
IN THAT MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO
THAT, PUT IT DOWN.
I DON’T NEED THAT MUCH DRAMA.
I DON’T THINK THE COURTROOM
NEEDS THAT MUCH DRAMA.
HE HAS BACKFIRED ON HIMSELF SO
MANY TIMES, NO PUN INTENDED.
BUT HIS MISTAKES.
WHAT IS HE GOING FOR?
IS IT THE 11TH HOUR, THE GUN?
>> Emily: HE BROKE A
FUNDAMENTAL RULE OF GUN SAFETY.
DON’T POINT THE WEAPON AND
ANYTHING YOU’RE NOT INTENDED TO
SHOOT.
HE SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FOOT WITH
THE ANTICS.
NO PUN INTENDED.
SAFETY IS THE FUNDAMENTAL
CONCERN, THE TRAGEDY ON THE
HEELS OF THIS TRAGEDY, FOR HIM
TO DO THAT IN THE COURTHOUSE.
>> Harris: WHAT AN AGGRESSOR
LOOKS LIKE.
>> Emily: PETE, I WOULD LIKE
TO SHOW FOR YOU ANOTHER ANTICS.
HE ATTACKED THE EMOTIONAL
TESTIMONY AND PRAISED THE
RIOTERS IN KENOSHA.
>> HE SHOWED NO REMORSE FOR HIS
VICTIMS, NEVER TRIED TO HELP
ANYBODY, EVEN ON THE WITNESS
STAND WHEN HE TESTIFIED ON
WEDNESDAY, HE BROKE DOWN CRYING
ABOUT HIMSELF.
NOT ABOUT ANYBODY GETTING HURT
THAT NIGHT.
IN THIS CASE THE CROWD WAS RIGHT
RIGHT.
THE CROWD KNEW THAT THE
DEFENDANT HAD JUST SHOT SOMEONE.
WHEN THEY ARE COMING AFTER HIM,
THEY KNOW HE IS JUST SHOT AND
KILLED JOSEPH ROSENBAUM.
NOT EVERY ACTIVE SHOOTER
SITUATION USE THE CROWD HAVE
PERFECT KNOWLEDGE IN THAT CROWD
WAS FULL OF HEROES.
>> Pete: THIS GUY MADE A FOOL
OF HIMSELF.
TALK ABOUT POMPOUS.
EVERY TIME HE TALKED ABOUT
SKATEBOARD OR THE FOOT ON HIS
SKULL, THESE WERE NOT WEAPONS.
THERE WAS A MOB CHASING THIS KID
AT THIS POINT.
EVERY DECISION HE’S MAKING, IF I
AND KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS, IF I
FALL, THE MOB DISTANCE.
THOSE WEAPONS BECOME DEADLY.
ANYONE IS WATCHING HIM COMMON
SENSE AND HIS HANDLING OF THE
RIFLE.
THE WAY HE TALKED ABOUT
AMMUNITION IN THE RIFLE SHOWED
HOW LITTLE HE KNOWS.
THEN HE BARELY PUTS IT ON HIS
SHOULDER, HOLDS IT DELICATELY, AND PUTS HIS FINGER IN THE
AND PUTS HIS FINGER IN THE
TRIGGER WELL.
NEVER PUT THEIR FINGER IN THE
TRIGGER WELL IN A ROOM FULL OF
PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW WHY HE DIDN’T CLEAR TO
CHECK IT, BECAUSE HE DOESN’T
KNOW HOW TO.
MADE A FULL OF HIMSELF IN THE
PROCESS.
BAD NEWS FOR HIM.