Wisconsin Shooting Latest

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.

Wisconsin shooting latest. What you need to know jacob blake was shot and critically injured by an officer with the kenosha police department sunday afternoon wisconsin gov. Blake s three young sons watched. The southeastern wisconsin city became the nation s latest flashpoint in a summer of racial unrest after cellphone footage of police shooting jacob blake apparently in the back as he leaned into. The wisconsin national guard was deployed to kenosha on monday in advance of more protests expected after a man appeared to have been shot several times in the back by the city s police on.

The divergent reactions to the shooting sunday by kenosha police is just the latest example of the deep divide in wisconsin a key presidential battleground state that has been at the forefront of. Wisconsin s governor summoned the national guard for fear of another round of violent protests monday after the police shooting of a black man turned kenosha into the nation s. The shooting by police in wisconsin of a black man sparked strong words of condemnation from the state s democratic governor who said he stood by those who demand justice.