© Reuters / Sean KrajacicProsecutor Thomas Binger haranged Rittenhouse for allegedly breaking gun safety rules, while breaking gun safety rules.

Defense attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse have accused the prosecution of lying to jurors in their closing statements, saying the state's lawyers played "fast and loose" with the evidence to smear the teen as a murderer.

Mark Richards, who leads Rittenhouse's defense team, blasted Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger for misleading jurors in the case, namely about the death of Joseph Rosenbaum. While prosecutors argued that Rosenbaum, 36, was killed in cold blood, Richards insisted the man was only shot after attacking Rittenhouse and trying to grab his rifle as the teen attempted to retreat.

"This case is not a game; it is my client's life. We don't play fast and loose with the facts, pretending that Mr. Rosenbaum was citizen A, number-one guy," Richards said. "He was a bad man, he was there, he was causing trouble, he was a rioter, and my client had to deal with him that night alone."

Kyle shot Joseph Rosenbaum to stop a threat to his person, and I'm glad he shot him, because if Joseph Rosenbaum had got that gun, I don't for a minute believe he wouldn't have used it against somebody else. He was irrational and crazy.

In addition to Rosenbaum, Rittenhouse was also charged for the death of Anthony Huber, as well as the non-fatal shooting of Gaige Grosskreutz, all of whom were captured on film chasing the teen before they were shot.

In their own closing statements, the prosecution said that Rittenhouse had "provoked" the incident, characterizing him as an "active shooter" and attempting to flip the self-defense argument on its head.

"When the defendant provokes the incident, he loses the right to self-defense. You cannot claim self-defense against a danger you create," Binger said, adding the fact that Rittenhouse was armed invalidated his defense and that "the crowd has the right to try to stop an active shooter."

At one point during his final argument, Binger turned heads after trying to recreate the scene on the night of the shootings, hoisting an AR-15 to his shoulder and aiming it into the crowded courtroom with his finger on the trigger. The defense challenged his presentation of the facts, arguing that Binger was facing the wrong way in his attempt to simulate Rittenhouse's actions, while many observers online raked Binger over the coals for disregarding basic gun safety.

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