KENOSHA, Wis. - Wisconsin’s governor ordered National Guard troops sent to the city of Kenosha on Monday in anticipation of another night of civil unrest after police there shot a Black man several times in the back as his three children looked on.
Video of the deadly encounter taken by an onlooker showed Blake walking toward the driver’s side of a gray SUV followed by two officers with their guns drawn at his back. Seven gunshots are then heard as Blake, who appears unarmed, opens the car door and a woman nearby jumps up and down in disbelief.
Earlier on Monday afternoon, however, tensions boiled over when Mayor John Antaramian sought to address scores of protesters outside the city’s public safety building when a planned news conference was moved inside minutes before it was to have started, according to a Reuters witness.
He also condemned police for what he labeled “excessive use of force and immediate escalation when engaging with Black Wisconsinites,” and called for a special legislative session to take up a package of bills aimed at bolstering police accountability and curbing dangerous confrontations. The shooting occurred three months after the May 25 death of a Black man in Minneapolis, George Floyd, who was pinned to the street under the knee of a white police officer, sparking nationwide protests against police brutality and racism within the U.S. criminal justice system.
“The nation wakes up yet again with grief and outrage that yet another Black American is a victim of excessive force,” Biden said in a statement. “These shots pierce the soul of our nation.”Close to 200 members of the Wisconsin National Guard will be deployed to Kenosha, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the city ordered a dusk-to-dawn curfew for a second night.
Still waiting for all the facts, and a full video showing why the man was holding a knife, when was he tased, and where was the gun he had earlier at the restaurant he came from and why cops had guns on him. Not jumping on the twitter jury bandwagon.
They never learn...
Murder by cop. No need to 'investigate'
I wonder wht 'reason' they are going to fabricate to allow them to attempt to get away with attempted murder?! JacobBlake
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