Kenosha, a small city on Lake Michigan, has become an epicenter of racial tension over police violence
Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy’s parking lot in June, Kenosha is a much smaller city. Some residents say Kenosha isn’t used to the kind of racial tensions that often blow up in America’s largest and more racially diverse cities.Protests and ensuing violence in Kenosha began Sunday night, after a video went viral showing Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, being
. Kenosha police said Monday that they were responding to a domestic incident that evening but gave few other details about the shooting. They haven’t responded to multiple requests for comment or communicated with the public since.
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