National Guard called out after police shoot Black man (UPDATED)

[Omaha Steve]

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Source: AP

By TAMMY WEBBER and MORRY GASH

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s governor summoned the National Guard for fear of another round of violent protests Monday after the police shooting of a Black man under murky circumstances turned Kenosha into the nation’s latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said 125 members of the National Guard would be in Kenosha by night with responsibility for “guarding infrastructure and making sure our firefighters and others involved are protected.” County authorities also announced an 8 p.m. curfew.

The move came after protesters set cars on fire, smashed windows and clashed with officers in riot gear Sunday night over the wounding of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, who was hospitalized in serious condition. In a widely seen cellphone video made by an onlooker, he was shot, apparently in the back, as he leaned into his SUV while his three children sat in the vehicle.

Police in the former auto manufacturing center of 100,000 people midway between Milwaukee and Chicago said they were responding to a call about a domestic dispute. They did not say whether Blake was armed or why police opened fire, they released no details on the domestic dispute, and they did not immediately disclose the race of the three officers at the scene.



A small group of Black Lives Matter protesters hold a rally on the steps of the Kenosha County courthouse Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. Kenosha police shot a man Sunday evening, setting off unrest in the city after a video appeared to show the officer firing several shots at close range into the man's back. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

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[PuraVidaDreamin]

1. Like this summer wasn't hot enough

The demonstrations to follow will upset Donny’s weeklong circus.

[kacekwl]

6. No, it will add to his claim

This is what a Biden presidency will look like. Protests turned violent. Only going to help him esp. in Wisconsin.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Very disturbing

many shots. he wasn't doing what they wanted. same outcome as usual.

[ancianita]

3. Seven damn times in the BACK! If that's not intent, I don't know what is.

[Evolve Dammit]

4. More of the same from militarized police. Seven bullets in the back? WTF.

[dalton99a]

5. Arrest this murderer:

[Stuart G]

7. He will be arrested, tried and convicted. That picture says it all. The cop will not do

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well in prison. The cop shot him in the back.

.....What do you think of that? Here is how this cop will justify this:
"...the fellow was reaching for a gun.."