A Black man who was shot was airlifted to a Milwaukee hospital and is in serious condition, the Kenosha Police Department said Sunday.
Officials in Wisconsin are investigating after an officer-involved shooting that left a Black man hospitalized was captured on video and posted on social media Sunday night.
. The man who was shot was airlifted to a Milwaukee hospital and is in serious condition, police added.showed a man being shot multiple times. Video shows a man, identified by Gov. Tony Evers as Jacob Blake, walking toward a car and being followed by an officer who has a weapon drawn.The man opens the car door and reaches into the vehicle and an officer tugs on his shirt. At least seven gunshots can be heard in the video, followed by a car horn.
After invoking the names of other Black people killed by police, Evers added,"We stand against excessive use of force and immediate escalation when engaging with Black Wisconsinites." Benjamin Crump, a civil rights attorney who is representing the family of George Floyd, a Black man who died at the knee of a fired Minneapolis police officer, shared a video from the incident on Twitter.
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