Aug 27 Watch 6:11 ‘We’re more than just basketball players,’ Ray Allen says of sports boycotts The shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has sparked public outrage in that city and beyond. Athletes from the NBA, the WNBA, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer refused to play Wednesday night, and nearly a… Continue watching
Aug 27 WATCH: Kenosha officials give update on police shooting of Jacob Blake By Stephen Groves, Scott Bauer, Associated Press Groups that had taken to Kenosha’s streets with long guns were nowhere to be seen early Thursday following somber protests and no widespread unrest for the first night since the weekend police shooting of Jacob Blake. Continue reading
Aug 27 Calls for vigilantes spread on social media before deadly Kenosha attack By Barbara Ortutay, Anita Snow, Associated Press Multiple threads on Facebook and Reddit urged militias and other armed people to head to the protests, researchers at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab said in a blog post Wednesday. Continue reading
Aug 27 17-year-old arrested after 2 killed during protests in Kenosha By Stephen Groves, Scott Bauer, Associated Press A white, 17-year-old police admirer was arrested Wednesday after two people were shot to death during a third straight night of protests. Continue reading
Aug 26 WATCH: Kenosha sheriff gives update on overnight shooting, after 2 are killed at protest By Mike Householder, Scott Bauer, Associated Press lllinois police have arrested a juvenile after two people were shot to death during another night of Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Continue reading
Aug 26 3 shot, 2 killed in 3rd night of unrest over Blake shooting By Mike Householder, Scott Bauer, Associated Press Two people were shot to death and another was wounded during a third night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, and authorities Wednesday hunted for a possible vigilante seen on cellphone video… Continue reading
Aug 25 WATCH: Jacob Blake not likely to walk again after police shooting, lawyer Crump says By Mike Householder, Scott Bauer, Associated Press The shooting of Blake on Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, apparently in the back, was captured on cellphone video and ignited new protests over racial injustice in several cities, just three months after the death of George Floyd at the hands… Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch 5:43 Kenosha becomes latest racial flashpoint after police shoot Black man Kenosha, Wisconsin, has become the latest flashpoint in ongoing national unrest over racism and police violence. Protests erupted Sunday night after an incident caught on video in which Jacob Blake, a Black man, appears to be shot by police, who… Continue watching
Aug 24 Protests erupt after Wisconsin police shoot Black man By Tammy Webber, Associated Press Police in the southeastern Wisconsin city of Kenosha shot and wounded a Black man, apparently in the back, after responding to a call about a domestic dispute, setting off a night of protests and unrest. Continue reading
Aug 17 WATCH: Trump visits Wisconsin to speak about the economy By Associated Press President Donald Trump ramps up his push to stay four more years in the White House by rallying supporters on the same day Democrats open their four day virtual convention. Continue reading