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No Charges Will Be Filed Against Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake, Sparking Kenosha Protests, Killings

By NPR News January 5, 2021

In a September 2019 selfie taken in Evanston, Ill., Adria-Joi Watkins poses with her second cousin Jacob Blake. Blake was shot multiple times by a Kenosha, Wis., police officer on Aug. 23. CREDIT: Adria-Joi Watkins/Via AP

"It is my decision now, that I announce today before you that no Kenosha law enforcement officer in this case will be charged with any criminal offense," Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley said during a Tuesday afternoon press conference.Read More

Wisconsin Man Charged With Providing Rifle Used In Kenosha Protest Shootings

By NPR News November 10, 2020

Kyle Rittenhouse - accused Kenosha Wisconsin shooter

Dominick David Black was charged with illegally providing the gun that prosecutors say Kyle Rittenhouse used to shoot three men, killing two, during a protest this summer in Kenosha, Wis. Read More

Man Killed During Portland Protest Identified, President Trump Threatens Unspecified Intervention

By NPR News August 31, 2020

President Trump has threatened to intervene in what he calls a "mess" in Portland, Ore., after clashes between Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter demonstrators left one man dead over the weekend. CREDIT: John Rudoff/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

"Portland is a mess, and it has been for many years," the president tweeted Monday. The city's mayor blames Trump for the violence and for creating "the hate and the division."Read More

Illinois Teen Arrested After Fatal Shootings Of 2 Protesters In 2 Kenosha, Wisconsin

By NPR News August 26, 2020

Protesters attempt to topple a fence outside the Kenosha County Courthouse late Tuesday in Kenosha, Wis. Protests continued following the police shooting of Jacob Blake on Sunday. CREDIT: David Goldman/AP

Kenosha Police Department said the shooting took place just before midnight local time. It took place during another night of protest following the police shooting of Jacob Blake over the weekend. Read More

Police Shooting of Black Man In Kenosha, Wis., Sparks Protests

By NPR News August 24, 2020

A person on a bike rides past a city truck on fire outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., during protests following the police shooting of Black man Jacob Blake on Sunday. Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via USA Today/Via Reuters

Authorities say officers were responding to a domestic incident on Sunday. A video that appears to show police shooting a man several times at close range has been met with outrage.Read More