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Decision not to charge officer for shooting Blake seven times in the back sparked anger in Wisconsin although the march was peacefulProtesters marched in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday night to express outrage over the decision not to charge a white police officer for shooting a Black man, Jacob Blake, in the back from close range last summer, in an incident that sparked a fierce...

Prosecutor says white officer who shot Blake several times in the back would not be charged due to Wisconsin self-defense lawA Wisconsin prosecutor announced Tuesday that he will not bring criminal charges against the white police officer who shot Jacob Blake in the back from close range last August, which left the Black Kenosha father paralyzed from the waist down.Michael Gravely, Kenosha county district...

Officer who shot Blake in the back seven times told investigators he thought Blake was trying to take one of his own childrenThe Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times last month told investigators he thought Blake was trying to abduct one of his own children and opened fire because Blake started turning toward the officer while holding a...

Father of six was shot in back by police officer last monthShooting sparked wave of protests in Kenosha, WisconsinJacob Blake has spoken publicly for the first time since a police officer shot him seven times in the back. The 29-year-old says he is in constant pain from the shooting, which doctors fear will leave him paralyzed from the waist down.In a video posted on...

Joe Biden spoke about his meeting with the family of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was gravely wounded after a white police officer shot him in the back, on his way to visiting Kenosha, Wisconsin. 'He talked about how nothing was going to defeat him,' Biden said. 'How, whether he walked again or not, he was not going to give up.'Joe Biden meets privately...

Joe Biden said he sought common ground while Trump, he said, stoked division and was actively obstructing racial progressDemocratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Thursday warned that Donald Trump’s behavior “legitimizes the dark side of human nature”. He made the remarks during a visit to Wisconsin, where he spoke by phone to Jacob Blake, a Black man whose shooting by a white police officer...

Trip follows Trump’s visit to call for ‘law and order’Facebook says it will flag any Trump effort to declare victoryAs election nears, Trump builds ‘deep state’ he railed againstHead of USPS board has high-level ties to Republican partyOfficials worry the US isn’t ready for vaccinesSign up for our First Thing newsletter 6.22pm BST No surprise here: the first question directed at White House press...

Trump and Biden to give speeches as conflicts over protests intensifyTrump blames racism in policing on ‘bad apples’ during Kenosha visitNancy Pelosi in face covering row after salon visitMost Democrats fear Trump could reject election defeat, poll showsSign up for our First Thing newsletter 4.35pm BST During his trip to Kenosha tomorrow, Joe Biden will likely try to draw a direct contrast to Trump’s...

The US president praised police forces while touring the Wisconsin city that became the centre of protests after an police shot Jacob Blake, blaming recent racist incidents on 'bad apples' and officers 'choking' under pressure.Donald Trump said a silent majority of Kenosha residents were most concerned about 'law and order', insisting people should focus on 'anarchists, looters and rioters' and not peaceful protestersTrump blames...

US president defended law enforcement while touring Wisconsin city that became flashpoint after police shooting of Jacob BlakeDonald Trump brought his politics of division to Kenosha, Wisconsin, planting himself firmly on the side of law enforcement rather than civil rights protesters during a contentious visit to the city.The US president insisted that racial injustice in policing is due to “bad apples” rather than being...

Trump compares police shootings to golf and defends teen shooterTrump makes baseless claim that ‘dark shadows’ are controlling BidenLos Angeles: sheriff’s deputies shoot Black man stopped for riding bikeSign up for our First Thing newsletter 2.20pm BST Dr Anthony Fauci pushed back against a conspiracy theory questioning the country’s coronavirus death toll, which Trump shared in a retweet this weekend.FULL INTERVIEW: Dr. Fauci weighs...

‘They choke. Just like in a golf tournament. They miss a 3ft putt’Trump makes baseless claim ‘dark shadows’ control BidenBefore his visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, Donald Trump defended a teenager who shot two anti-racism protesters dead in the city last week. The president also compared the actions of a white Kenosha police officer who shot at a Black victim seven times in...

Concern grows that president’s planned visit could agitate largely peaceful protests after the police shooting of Jacob BlakeConcern was growing on Sunday that a tense but peaceful situation prevailing in Kenosha for the last four days and nights could be inflamed by a planned visit from Donald Trump this week, in the aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in the city last...

Residents take to streets to patch up damageActivists report being held for hours without chargeFor many Kenosha residents, Saturday morning was starting like the five mornings before them since Jacob Blake’s shooting by the police last Sunday, after a night of large, peaceful protests demanding justice and equality.Hundreds took to the streets, some working to patch damage and doll up the blistered city, 40...

The former first lady condemned the shooting of Jacob Blake by police as well as killings of Wisconsin protestersMichelle Obama said she was “devastated” by the shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, this week and is “exhausted and frustrated” at the trauma of Black and brown people in the US.In a lengthy statement released on Friday, the former first lady condemned the shooting of Jacob Blake,...

Jacob Blake Sr said in TV interview he did not know why his son was under restraint after being shot by police in KenoshaJacob Blake, the 29-year-old who was shot seven times by a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer on Sunday, has spent the week shackled to his hospital bed despite being unable to walk and being heavily medicated, his father revealed on Friday.“There was...

Communities have been left to come to terms with the setback for race relations, a frayed relationship with police and the damage that has upended daily lifeAntwainnetta Edwards is a new mom. Just weeks ago she had a baby girl and worked hard preparing herself to raise a child during a coronavirus pandemic and the related economic crisis.Now, as she stood on the porch...

Democratic nominee Joe Biden says he has spoken to the family of Jacob Blake, the African American man who was repeatedly shot in the back by police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin.‘What I saw in that video makes me sick,’ Biden said of the footage of Blake being shot while three of his children looked on in a nearby car.The Democratic nominee went on to...