That's why you pointed the gun at him, right?"Īfter some back-and-forth, Rittenhouse says, "I didn't want to have to kill Mr. "You wanted him to get the message from you that, if you come any closer, I'm going to kill you. Rittenhouse, you're telling us that you felt like you were about to die, right? But when you point the gun at someone else, that's going to make them feel like they're about to die, right? That's what you wanted him to feel." Rittenhouse, growing upset, adds: "He could have ran away instead of trying to take my gun from me. I pointed it at him and it didn't stop him from continuing to chase me." He said he was going to kill me if he got me alone, I was alone. "Why did you point it at him if you didn't have any intention of shooting? You understand that when you point your AR-15 at someone else that may make them feel like they are about to be killed by you?" You understand that that puts someone else in fear that they're about to be killed. He adds: "You understand how dangerous it is when a gun at someone, correct?. I didn't want to have to shoot him."īinger then asks if Rittenhouse understands "how dangerous it is to point a gun at someone." He threatened to kill me earlier that night. Rittenhouse: "No, I never wanted to shoot Mr. He says he did not know what Rosenbaum was thinking when he tried to grab Rittenhouse's gun.īinger: "Did you want him to think that you were going to shoot him?" Rittenhouse concedes to all of the points made by Binger. Rosenbaum has never said anything at all about wanting your gun - you never heard him say anything about that, correct?"
And you have both hands on the gun, correct?.
The strap is designed to keep that on your body, so it doesn't come off, correct?. When asked if he could have kept running, Rittenhouse says he could not have.īinger: "You have the gun strapped to your body at this point, correct?. Rittenhouse says Rosenbaum "was still coming after my gun." "First of all," Binger says, "you had already prevented him from taking your gun by running away and doing that little dip and dodge. "And whoever's got that gun is a threat to everyone else?" Binger asks.īinger says he wants to "break that down." Rittenhouse says Rosenbaum did not say anything, "but he tried to take my gun." Rosenbaum never said anything to you about taking your gun, did he?" Rittenhouse appears to get emotional at times.īinger: "Mr. Rosenbaum take my firearm from, he would have used it, killed me with it and probably killed more people if I would have let him get my gun." Rittenhouse responds: "If I would have let Mr. I saw him lunging towards my gun and he, I remember his hand on the barrel of my gun."īinger: "What was the risk to you of death or great bodily harm at the moment you killed Joseph Rosenbaum?" 25, 2020, when he fatally shot two people and wounded a third.īeing questioned over his decision to shoot Joseph Rosenbaum, who Rittenhouse has said was advancing on him before he fired his AR-15, Rittenhouse tells Binger he continued "to fire until he was no longer a threat."īinger: "When he's falling to the ground in front of you he's no longer a threat to you. Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger tried to poke holes on Wednesday in Kyle Rittenhouse's argument that he was defending himself on the night of Aug. (Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool) 25, 2020, during his trail at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. They explained that the album, due in November, is a tribute to the family and friends who supported them over the years, focusing on ‘their lives - their ups and downs -, rather than Sam’s own.Kyle Rittenhouse, front, his attorney, Mark Richards, middle, and Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger watch an aerial video of the moments where he shot Jospeh Rosenbaum on Aug. In an interview with Nick Grimshaw on BBC Radio 1 on the morning the song dropped, Nick introduced Sam by saying that “the vibes around Sam have definitely changed,” and Sam agreed. I was gearing up for what I knew would happen. I think I’m even more single than I was when I released In the Lonely Hour.Īt the time I was trying to convince myself I was tough, to protect myself. about a relationship I was in and it’s basically about getting good at getting dumped. They told Zane Lowe how the song was inspired by a real relationship: In a Beats 1 interview, Sam explained that only four songs on the album are about them, and “Too Good at Goodbyes” is one of them.
“Too Good at Goodbyes” tells of a turbulent personal relationship, and is Sam Smith’s first solo release since their 2015 James Bond theme “Writing’s on the Wall.” The song is the lead single from their sophomore album, The Thrill of It All.
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