Michelle Obama says she is ‘just devastated’ by the Kenosha shootings – of Jacob Blake and of protesters by teenage gunman – as she urges people to ‘keep using your bullhorns and ballots’ to bring about change Michelle Obama tweeted on Friday that she was ‘exhausted and frustrated’ by the racial tensions in America She … Read more
Kenosha was on edge on Thursday, as protests against the shooting of Jacob Blake entered their fifth night. Protesters broke the 7pm curfew once again to march through the streets, but it was comparitively calm compared to previous evenings. There was no repeat of the disturbances that wracked the town earlier in the week, and the … Read more
Jacob Blake, the man shot seven times in the back by Wisconsin police on Sunday, is currently handcuffed in bed, his father has said – despite being paralyzed and charged with no crime. Outrage spread quickly at the news, and people demanded Kenosha police remove the handcuffs. ‘How the f**k do you handcuff Jacob Blake … Read more
Disturbing new footage has emerged which appears to show the police-obsessed gunman charged with the murder of two Black Live Matter protesters in Kenosha shooting dead his first victim before running away. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was arrested on Wednesday at his home in Antioch, Illinois, some 20 miles from Kenosha, where riots over the shooting … Read more
Jacob Blake had a knife when he was shot in the back seven times by Wisconsin police leaving him paralyzed, the Wisconsin Attorney General revealed. The Wisconsin Department of Justice provided some of the first details surrounding the police shooting on Wednesday, revealing Blake had a knife and the name of the officer who opened fire. That … Read more
‘There are much more important matters at hand’: Naomi Osaka pulls out of her Western & Southern Open semi-final in New York as she joins US athletes and teams in protesting after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin Athletes and teams in the US are protesting against yet another police shooting Jacob Blake … Read more
Footage has emerged showing the 17-year-old gunman charged with the fatal shooting of two BLM protesters in Kenosha, attending a Trump rally earlier this year – as it’s revealed the teen had bragged about his role as a vigilante in an interview taken moments before the bloodshed on Tuesday. Kyle Rittenhouse was charged with first degree … Read more
This is the Kenosha police officer accused of shooting Jacob Blake at least eight times in the back, as the father-of-six is now paralyzed from the waist down after his body was riddled with bullets, DailyMail.com can reveal. Officer Rusten Sheskey, 31, has been identified as the officer who is seen on video grabbing Blake’s shirt … Read more
The NBA has postponed the remainder of Wednesday’s playoff games after the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted their matchup with the Orlando Magic in response to the shooting of African-American man Jacob Blake by Kenosha, Wisconsin police on Sunday. ‘The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association today announced that in light of the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to not take … Read more
Harrowing footage captured the moment a looter knocked out an elderly worker as he tried to defend his store amid the on-going Kenosha riots, as a pizza store employee was filmed elsewhere in the city pleading with rioters to stop, asking ‘Are you trying to get Trump re-elected?’ Businesses and other institutions in the Wisconsin … Read more