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Kenosha, Wis., Officials Lift Curfew, Citing 'Relatively Peaceful' Recent Protests

8:52pm September 02, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

Officials enacted a nightly curfew in response to unrest following the Aug. 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake and had previously said it would continue until Labor Day.

People march in support of Jacob Blake and his family to the Kenosha County Courthouse on August 29, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Blake was shot seven times in the back in front of his three children by a police officer in Kenosha.

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Kenosha Mayor Does Not Want President Trump To Visit 'At This Point In Time'

3:41pm August 30, 2020

by Christianna Silva

President Trump is scheduled to visit the Wisconsin city this week to survey damage from recent protests. Mayor John Antaramian says it would be better for him to wait "for another time to come."

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Law enforcement holds a line Tuesday in Kenosha, Wis. The union representing police officers in Kenosha says Jacob Blake, who was shot multiple times at close range and severely wounded by a police officer, was armed with a knife.

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Police Union In Kenosha, Wis., Provides Account Of Jacob Blake Shooting

10:22pm August 28, 2020

by David Schaper

The union says Blake was armed with a knife and fought with the officers who tried to arrest him, putting one of them in a headlock.

Jacob Blake Sr., father of Jacob Blake, speaks at the March on Washington, on Friday at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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Kenosha Police Chief: Jacob Blake 'Being Guarded' In Hospital

6:51pm August 28, 2020

by Scott Neuman

At a Friday news conference, Police Chief Daniel Miskinis said Blake, who was shot multiple times by a police officer, is under arrest on an outstanding warrant for third-degree sexual assault.

A protester in Kenosha lights some debris on fire on Aug. 26, 2020.

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Shootings Expose Racial And Economic Divide In Kenosha

5:45pm August 28, 2020

by Corrinne Hess

Kenosha residents are experiencing pain and fear, according to the Urban League president, in a city with a history of Black oppression.

Kasey Morgan, a public information officer for the Lake County Court, walks away from reporters outside the Lake County courthouse following the extradition hearing for Kyle Rittenhouse on Friday in Waukegan, Ill.

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Judge Delays Extradition Of Teen Charged With Shooting Protesters In Kenosha

2:40pm August 28, 2020

by Scott Neuman

A judge says Kyle Rittenhouse, accused in the deadly shooting of protesters in Kenosha, Wis., can stay in Illinois until Sept. 25 to assemble his legal defense team.

Demonstrators revisit the site where a protester was killed in Kenosha, Wis. On Aug. 25, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed two protesters. He was charged on Thursday with six criminal counts, including first-degree intentional homicide.

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Kenosha Shooting Suspect Charged With Six Criminal Counts, Including Homicide

10:16pm August 27, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

Illinois teenager Kyle Rittenhouse is facing five felony charges and one misdemeanor charge in connection with a shooting in Kenosha, Wis., that left two protesters dead and another injured.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke at a press briefing Thursday in Kenosha, Wis., in the parking lot of Bert and Rudy's Auto Service, where two protesters were shot and killed Tuesday night.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson Addresses Jacob Blake Shooting In Kenosha, Wis.

7:29pm August 27, 2020

by Becky Sullivan

In his remarks, the civil rights activist evoked a series of Black victims of violence, from George Floyd to Breonna Taylor,

Protesters march on Wednesday against the Sunday police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis., over the weekend.

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Peaceful Protests In Kenosha, Wis., As Demonstrators Remember Shooting Victims

2:31pm August 27, 2020

The shootings of the three protesters appeared to change the tenor of demonstrations on Wednesday night. The protests had turned violent a night earlier when a gunman killed two people.

A protester takes cover during clashes outside the Kenosha County Courthouse late Tuesday in Kenosha, Wis.

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Kenosha Shooting Suspect Fervently Supported 'Blue Lives,' Joined Local Militia

11:01am August 27, 2020

by Dan Mihalopoulos

The 17-year-old accused of killing two was a police youth cadet in the Chicago suburbs. He said on social media that he went to Wisconsin to assist police.