Protests erupted overnight in Wisconsin after video appeared to show police officers firing several shots at close range into a Black man's back Sunday night.
The state Department of Justice is investigating after officers from Kenosha Police Department responding to a domestic incident shortly after 5 p.m."were involved in an officer involved shooting," according to a news release. The man who was shot, identified by Gov. Tony Evers as Jacob Blake, was airlifted to a Milwaukee hospital in serious condition, police said.
KPD said"officers provided immediate aid" to the person who was shot. The video circulating online cuts away shortly after the shooting. Kenosha County declared an emergency curfew for 10:15 p.m. Sunday, saying in a news release,"The public needs to be off the streets for their safety." The curfew was in effect until 7 a.m. Monday.
By late Sunday, multiple vehicles were set ablaze and windows were smashed along city thoroughfares as crowds faced off with law enforcement. Officers in riot gear stood in lines and SWAT vehicles remained on the streets to move people away from city buildings despite the declaration of an overnight curfew.At 11:15 p.m., a city dump truck that had been positioned to prevent traffic from heading toward the police department was fully engulfed in fire.
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