Quote:A police officer-involved shooting on Sunday of a Black man who was shot in the back set off violent protests in the lakefront city of Kenosha,Wis., that have lasted into the early hours Monday.

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.

Julian Castro, the former 2020 Democrat presidential hopeful, retweeted a purported video of the shooting that appeared to show officers yelling at Blake as he tried to walk around an SUV and get into a driver’s side seat. One of the officers appears to hold Blake by his shirt and open fire.

“Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin appear to shoot a man seven times in the back at point blank range after he ignores commands,” Castro tweeted. “We’re (sp) no other non-lethal methods considered, @KenoshaPolice?”

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.

"Things have been very heated, tons of damage to cop cars, an officer was actually knocked out," one person filming said, according to the paper.

(08-24-2020 02:29 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  Must be one stupid, cowardly, idiot of a cop to do that when so many eyes are on the police. He needs to be charged and arrested.


No doubt the guy was wrong walking away from the police and if they had tackled him, tazed him, etc. it would have been in their rights. Shooting the guy 7x in the back is just ridiculous though.

(08-24-2020 02:36 PM)Chappy Wrote:  Nice of the governor to throw the police under the bus without knowing the whole story. For all we know there could have been a weapon in the car.

(08-24-2020 02:29 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  Must be one stupid, cowardly, idiot of a cop to do that when so many eyes are on the police. He needs to be charged and arrested.


No doubt the guy was wrong walking away from the police and if they had tackled him, tazed him, etc. it would have been in their rights. Shooting the guy 7x in the back is just ridiculous though.

(08-24-2020 02:29 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  Must be one stupid, cowardly, idiot of a cop to do that when so many eyes are on the police. He needs to be charged and arrested.


No doubt the guy was wrong walking away from the police and if they had tackled him, tazed him, etc. it would have been in their rights. Shooting the guy 7x in the back is just ridiculous though.

(08-24-2020 03:52 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Some cops can be so stupid. They are the type that never learn past indiscretions by other departments. They KNOW that the nation right now is walking on egg shells with all the rioting and what happens? This happens. What did they expect was going to happen from their actions.

Like we say in EP, "bola de pendejos". Bunch of idiots. Or as Siri likes to define it, "a stupid or contempible person".

(08-24-2020 03:52 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Some cops can be so stupid. They are the type that never learn past indiscretions by other departments. They KNOW that the nation right now is walking on egg shells with all the rioting and what happens? This happens. What did they expect was going to happen from their actions.

Like we say in EP, "bola de pendejos". Bunch of idiots. Or as Siri likes to define it, "a stupid or contempible person".

(08-24-2020 04:18 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Another case of criminal elements deciding to take advantage of a police shooting in the name of BLM. This is now the standard MO for any incident that ends up with a black person dying at the hands of the police. They have no inclination to wait until an investigation is done.

I hate to see anyone pumped full of bullets by the police unless they are actively harming someone and give them no choice...but..Id bet my next paycheck there is much more to this story. Unlike the thugs that took to the streets and destroyed the livelyhoods of dozens of business owners..Ill wait and see the evidence that led the officers to kill this guy.

What is BLM going to say if there was a firearm in the vehicle?

(08-24-2020 04:23 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(08-24-2020 04:18 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Another case of criminal elements deciding to take advantage of a police shooting in the name of BLM. This is now the standard MO for any incident that ends up with a black person dying at the hands of the police. They have no inclination to wait until an investigation is done.

I hate to see anyone pumped full of bullets by the police unless they are actively harming someone and give them no choice...but..Id bet my next paycheck there is much more to this story. Unlike the thugs that took to the streets and destroyed the livelyhoods of dozens of business owners..Ill wait and see the evidence that led the officers to kill this guy.

What is BLM going to say if there was a firearm in the vehicle?

You think they give a shite about black folks?

Interesting