Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, will be charged with first-degree intentional homicide after opening fire at a Kenosha protests shooting, killing two and wounding another on Tuesday night.
Jacob Blake was shot seven times by Kenosha Police Department officers after intervening in an altercation involving two local women. People have gathered in the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin to launch protests after the shooting of 29-year-old.
Armed civilians took position near stores and businesses saying they intended to fill a vacuum left by a law enforcement. Some had stood near the gas station where Tuesday night’s shooting began with a confrontation just before midnight.
In a video that began circulating shortly afterwards, Kenosha police allegedly gave one armed man a bottle of water, adding that they appreciated the group showing up. Stay tuned for further updates regarding the upcoming investigation.
After the protest moved towards the Kenosha courthouse, police fired rubber bullets and tear gas into the crowd. At some point later, a white man with a large rifle could be seen moving towards the protestors. Around 11:45 pm, according to a release from the police department, officers responded to reports of multiple gunshot victims.
Watch Kenosha Protests shooting video below.
Extended footage of the shooting in Kenosha. pic.twitter.com/oBG6UgT0Fs
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 26, 2020
This is the Kenosha shooter being offered water from the Kenosha police.
"We appreciate you being here."
The police is working with the shooting militia. We need to abolish the police. They aren't helping pic.twitter.com/mdgKuOTuUS
— New York Socialist (@berniebromanny) August 26, 2020
The Wisconsin Department of Justice said Kenosha police were attempting to arrest Blake when Rusten Sheskey, a seven-year veteran of the department, fired his weapon seven times into the Black man’s back, the first time officials had identified the officer who shot him.
Jacob Blake survived the shooting, but his family says that he’s paralyzed from the waist down as a result. Benjamin Crump, who will represent the Blake family, called the police’s actions “irresponsible, reckless, and inhumane…[they] nearly cost the life of a man who was simply trying to do the right thing by intervening in a domestic incident.”