KENOSHA, WISCONSIN - Relative calm returned to Kenosha, Wisconsin, overnight after the previous night's deadly gun violence, and investigators revealed new details about the police shooting that paralysed a Black man and revived a wave of protests over racial injustice.
Shockwaves from the events in the city of about 100,000 were felt throughout the United States as professional athletes went on strike and anti-racism street protests intensified in other cities. At the Republican National Convention, Vice President Mike Pence and other speakers demanded"law and order".
Law enforcement officers kept a low profile, and counter-demonstrators and armed militia figures were notably absent. Players in Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer and the Women's National Basketball followed with their own wildcat strikes, and tennis player Naomi Osaka pulled out of a tournament in Ohio.
Police in Oakland, California, said hundreds of people took part in demonstrations that resulted in fires, broken windows and vandalised businesses. And police and protesters continued to clash in Portland, Oregon, where demonstrations have gone on for nearly three months straight. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, one of the lawyers representing Blake's family, disputed the report that Blake had a knife.
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