Protests resumed in Kenosha, Wisc. on Monday afternoon, Aug. 24, 2020 after police shot and wounded Jacob Blake the day before. — Protests resumed in Kenosha, Wisc. on Monday afternoon after police shot and wounded a Black man the day before.

Police shooting of Jacob Blake sows chaos in Kenosha

Kenosha, a city of about 100,000 people halfway between Chicago and Milwaukee along Lake Michigan, was rocked by protests after police shot 29-year-old Jacob Blake on Sunday, Aug. 23.

By Lizzie Schiffman Tufano | August 25, 2020 at 9:38 AM

Kenosha, Wisconsin became the nation’s latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest after police shot and wounded 29-year-old Jacob Blake, a Black man, apparently in the back, as he leaned into his SUV while his three children sat in the vehicle.

Jacob Blake’s father told the Sun-Times there are now “eight holes” in his son’s body, and he’s paralyzed from the waist down. Doctors don’t yet know if the injury is permanent.

Kenosha, a city of about 100,000 people halfway between Chicago and Milwaukee along Lake Michigan, was rocked by protests in the days that followed.

Protesters set cars on fire, smashed windows and clashed with officers in riot gear Sunday night, while Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden immediately condemned the shooting.

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By Mitchell Armentrout

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Joe Biden’s takeaway from Wisconsin phone call with Jacob Blake: ‘He was not going to give up’

By Mitchell Armentrout and Clare Spaulding

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September 02, 2020 04:39 PM

Biden to meet with Jacob Blake family in Kenosha on Thursday

By Lynn Sweet

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September 01, 2020 02:53 PM

Trump pops into Kenosha to fan the flames

By Neil Steinberg

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August 31, 2020 02:27 PM

Ailing Kenosha on edge as Trump visit looms amid tensions

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How the radical right is embracing — and fundraising for — Antioch teen charged in 2 Kenosha killings

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