KENOSHA, WI (WTAQ-24/7 News Source) –It was the deadliest and most violent night of rioting so far in two of Wisconsin’s largest cities. Protests stretched for a third night in Kenosha, where two people dead and another injured after an overnight shooting amid those protests. A video circulating online shows a man with an rifle running away from a group of protesters who were facing off with police.
🚨🚨🚨: Multiple gunshots are fired after people chased a guy with a rifle. Rifle dude tripped and fell. He fired his gun at a guy who jumped on top of him. pic.twitter.com/BfV244MMnc
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 26, 2020
The man falls to the ground and fires shots into the crowd, dropping two people to the ground. Protests have been ongoing in the city since Sunday, when police shot Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old black man, several times in the back.
Blake survived but is reportedly paralyzed.
Madison Police had to use tear gas to break-up that city’s latest night of violence. A group of hundreds gathered in the streets around the State capitol last night. Many of them were violent. In addition to fires and general destruction, the group attacked Madison’s police headquarters. Rioters smashed windows and set a small fire outside the building. There are reports of some arrests, but it is not clear who and how many people have been taken to jail.
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