“We are heartbroken and enraged, but we are steadfast in our demand for justice.” Hundreds march in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in a rally against police violence. The demonstration comes after an officer shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times, paralyzing him.
FILE - In this September 2019 file selfie photo taken in Evanston, Ill., Adria-Joi Watkins poses with her second cousin Jacob Blake. He is recovering from being shot multiple times by Kenosha police on Aug. 23.
“We are heartbroken and enraged, but we are steadfast in our demand for justice,” Tanya Mclean, a Blake family friend who helped organize the event, said in a statement. She said Blake’s shooting is not an isolated incident, but part of a “brutal, racist system.”“We’re here to demand an end to police violence and systemic racism in Kenosha,” Mclean said. “No more piecemeal reforms and useless committees. No more Band-Aid solutions over the bullet wounds.
Protesters have marched on Kenosha’s streets every night since, early in the week devolving into unrest with damage to buildings and vehicles. On Tuesday,. The commander of the National Guard said Friday that more than 1,000 Guard members had been deployed to help keep the peace, and more were on the way.
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