In Kenosha Wisconsin, an officer recently shot a black man which resulted in violent protests and looting all across the city of Kenosha.
Police officers have not released details of the shooting but a video of the shooting went viral.
In the video, the police have their guns drawn to the man but he’s still resisting the officer’s commands, as the officers still have their guns drawn to him he then attempts to get into his car, and as he does he is shot seven times in the back.
The man who was shot was identified as Jacob Blake and he’s in serious condition.
Cops tried to arrest Jacob Blake who had a warrant and previous convictions for violent crime. They tried to use a taser. Blake, with guns pointed at him, kept walking to his car and reached inside. Then he was shot. That’s all we know at this point.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) August 24, 2020
Protesters set fires, vandalize buildings after Kenosha (Wisconsin) Police shoot man https://t.co/iTPkjlu1X1
— FOX 32 News (@fox32news) August 24, 2020
The rioters who spraypainted "Black Lives Matter" at the courthouse in Kenosha have turned to looting local businesses. pic.twitter.com/e484QXUYqD
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 24, 2020
#BREAKING: Large crowd has formed outside the scene of an officer-involved shooting in #Kenosha. @KenoshaPolice say they a man is seriously hurt. People are now breaking the windows of cop cars. Warning – expletives @tmj4 pic.twitter.com/pKqbSKrZQY
— Lauren Linder (@lauren_linder) August 24, 2020
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Fox News released these details about the shooting and the protest that are erupting in Kenosha:
Many details of the shooting were not immediately clear, but the following unrest prompted the city to issue a curfew until 7 a.m. on Monday and police asked businesses to consider staying closed “due to numerous arm robberies and shots fired calls.”
Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, issued a statement late Sunday and said Jacob Blake was shot in broad daylight.
“What we know for certain is that he is not the first Black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in law enforcement in our state or our country,” he said. Evers promised that there will be accountability.
Kenosha is the latest city to see unrest amid widespread protests after George Floyd died in police custody in May.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported that police were dispatched on a domestic violence call at about 5:11 p.m. prior to the shooting. The report said that officers administered aid to Blake, who was airlifted to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee.
The Journal-Sentinel reported that a large crowd appeared at the scene and small fires were set in the street. One video purported to show a police officer knocked out during a protest. One person could be heard saying, “He got bricked.”
Marchers also headed to the Kenosha County Public Safety Building, which authorities had mostly blocked off. Protesters marched along lines of cars honking on their way to the station and eventually made their way to the rear parking lot. A man could be seen breaking the window of a patrol car parked along the street. Some police officers were positioned on the roof of the station as people continued toward the building.
Outside the station, protesters faced off with officers who were dressed in riot gear that included plastic facemasks and held plastic shields and batons that they occasionally used to push people back.
News reporters at the protest posted videos of a dump truck on fire and confrontations between police and protesters. The paper reported that a fire was set outside the city’s courthouse, which was also graffitied.
The police department issued a statement confirming the shooting and said the sheriff’s department and Wisconsin State Patrol have taken over the scene. The state’s Department of Justice and its Division of Criminal Investigation will investigate the shooting.
No one is waiting for details. Protesters in Kenosha face off against police. https://t.co/oPssphMvOY
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 24, 2020
Protesters are currently at the intersection of 40th Street and 28th Avenue in Kenosha, Wisconsin where the man was shot several times by police.
Police say he’s in serious condition. pic.twitter.com/v0nhRxZvMb
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) August 24, 2020
A couple hundred people now gathered outside the #Kenosha police station. pic.twitter.com/j6wMsAUaTc
— Mike De Sisti (@mdesisti) August 24, 2020
USA Today added these details to the police-involved shooting and protest in Wisconsin:
The shooting of a Black man by Wisconsin police on Sunday night was captured on video, sparking immediate social media backlash, protests and a state Department of Justice investigation.
Police deployed tear gas early Monday in an effort to disperse hundreds of people who took to the streets following the incident.
Officers from Kenosha Police Department responded to a domestic incident shortly after 5 p.m. and “were involved in an officer involved shooting,” KPD said in a news release. The man who was shot, identified by Gov. Tony Evers as Jacob Blake, was airlifted to a Milwaukee hospital and in serious condition, police said.
In a statement early Monday, Wisconsin DOJ said the officers involved in the shooting had been placed on administrative leave. The state’s Division of Criminal Investigation is heading up an investigation into the shooting and will seek to “provide a report of the incident to the prosecutor within 30 days,” according to the statement.
The statement provided by the state’s DOJ does not identify the officers. It also doesn’t indicate why officers confronted Blake at the scene.
Kenosha County declared an emergency curfew for 10:15 p.m. Sunday, saying in a news release, “The public needs to be off the streets for their safety.” The curfew is in effect until 7 a.m. Monday.
A crowd of about 100 people had reached the Kenosha County Public Safety Building by 10:15 p.m. and were chanting “no justice, no peace.” A line of police flanked the building and faced off with the crowd, moving them away from the building.
Police later set off tear gas canisters, scattering the crowd.
At 11:15 p.m., a city dump truck that had been positioned to prevent traffic from heading toward the police department was fully engulfed in fire. Some people were getting close to take pictures until someone shouted that the gas tank could blow.
By midnight, the crowd had dwindled to a few hundred people who stood in the square next to the courthouse watching city dump trucks go up in flames. A big boom sounded when one of the tires blew up, dispersing the crowd once again.
Kenosha’s mayor is John Antaramian who is a democrat, which is interesting because recently police-involved shootings are happening in Democrat-controlled cities.
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