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Re: Kenosha US Burns After Black Man Shot in THE BACK
BLM Protesters Set Light to Department of Corrections Building and Local Businesses For Second Night in Defiance of the National Guard Deployed to Restore Order Following Jacob Blake Police Shooting
'People cannot argue with what they’re seeing': Michael Douglas says videos of police brutality make it impossible to ignore Black Lives Matter
Protesters and rioters defied 8pm curfew and took to streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, in second day of unrest
Fire was set to businesses, including a furniture store and a car dealership, and more property was damaged
Police formed a ring around the Kenosha County courthouse and fired tear gas to try and disperse protesters
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers deployed the National Guard as anger grows over Jacob Blake's shooting
Blake, a 29-year-old black man, was shot in the back seven times by Kenosha police on Sunday
The shooting took place as police were responding to a domestic disturbance at a home in Kenosha
Blake has a criminal record, including a recent arrest warrant for sexual assault
BBC News, 25 AUG 2020.
Viral moment: On Sunday night, cell phone video appeared to show Jacob Blake being shot multiple times in the back by police officers in front of his children in Kenosha, Wisconsin
Rioters set fire to car dealerships, furniture stores, dump trucks, and a Department of Corrections building while protesters clashed with National Guardsmen as Kenosha, Wisconsin, descended into violent chaos on Monday.
The unrest entered its second day as outrage grows over the police shooting on Sunday of an unarmed black man in front of his home.
Jacob Blake, 29, is listed in serious condition in a Milwaukee hospital after a Kenosha police officer fired seven shots into his back while responding to a domestic disturbance call.
There is no police body-cam footage of the shooting as it was previously decided by city and law enforcement leaders that the devices cost too much to provide them to officers.
But a mobile phone clip of the incident went viral on social media on Sunday, igniting widespread outrage three months after the death of George Floyd.
Meanwhile, details have emerged about Blake’s criminal past, including a recent arrest for sexual assault.
According to online records, Kenosha County prosecutors charged Blake with third-degree sexual assault, trespassing, and disorderly conduct in connection with domestic abuse.
It was unclear whether that case had anything to do with the shooting.
In 2015, Blake was also charged with resisting arrest and carrying a concealed weapon after he pulled a gun at a local bar in Racine.
Wisconsin's governor called out the National Guard on Monday, and police skirmished with protesters who defied a curfew to take to the streets.
Protesters chanted, 'No justice, no peace' as they confronted a line of law enforcement officers who wore protective gear and stood shoulder-to-shoulder in front of the courthouse entrance.
Blake and at least two officers were filmed wrestling with each other on the pavement near his SUV (seen right)
Police first fired the tear gas about 30 minutes after the 8pm curfew took effect and protesters refused to disperse.
But hundreds of people stuck around, lighting fires and screaming at police.
It is thought that the city, which is home to around 100,000 people, has so far lost a mattress store, church, Mexican restaurant and a cellphone shop in the raging fires, according to witnesses.
Dozens of cars, traffic lights and windows have also been smashed by looters who continue to run riot.
Ordering 125 Guard troops deployed to Kenosha, on the shore of Lake Michigan 40 miles south of Milwaukee, Governor Tony Evers also decried what he branded excessive force in the shooting of Jacob Blake, and called for a special legislative session to consider police reforms.
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