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At least three buildings were on fire tonight in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as protests continue over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
The buildings include a furniture supply store, an automotive repair business, and a Department of Corrections field office. A dump truck was also set on fire.
The Kenosha Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for information on the cause of the fires.
The protesters defied an 8 p.m. curfew, coming out for the second night since the Sunday shooting.
A furniture store has been set on fire in Kenosha, the city where Jacob Blake was shot by police, as midnight approaches – hours after the 8 p.m. curfew kicked in.
Pockets of protesters are still out, carrying signs and walking around the area. Police have arrived and set up a line in front of the burning store.
Earlier tonight, protesters also set fire to a dump truck, after police fired tear gas and flash bangs at the crowds.
The night’s rising tensions come in stark contrast to the mostly peaceful protests that took place earlier during the day
Justin Blake, the uncle of shooting victim Jacob Blake, has urged protesters to demonstrate peacefully.
Jacob Blake was gunned down by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday, prompting nationwide anger and protests once again against police brutality toward African Americans.
“This is like, all the black parents talk about that phone call you don’t want to get. And we got it,” Justin Blake told CNN on Monday. “So you have to sort of be strong for each other. Let your faith be great.”
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LeBron James extended his condolences to Jacob Blake’s family on Monday night, speaking to Turner Sports after the Lakers’ win against the Portland Trail Blazers.
“Having two boys of my own, and me being African American in America and to see what continues to happen with the police brutality towards my kind, continue to see what goes on … it’s very troubling,” he said.
“We play a beautiful game, which brings so many great families together and people being able to rejoice and enjoy it, but at the same time never losing track of what’s really going on in our world, especially in America.”
NBA reactions: Other players and members of the NBA organization have also spoken out about the shooting, as the NBA playoffs tip off.
Speaking ahead of a playoff game against the Orlando Magic, Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer said the shooting was on everybody’s minds.
“We need to have change, we need to be better,” he said. “I’m hoping for the best for him and his family, and hoping for the best as we work through this in Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, in Kenosha … so thoughts and prayers for Jacob Blake.”
Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo spoke postgame, calling for greater action.
Protesters have reignited one of the dump trucks that was set on fire late Sunday night in front of the Kenosha County Courthouse.
The fire has now been burning for about 30 minutes, and appears to be spreading. Thick black smoke is billowing through the air. It is now more than two hours past curfew in Kenosha, but pockets of protesters remain on the streets.
Law enforcement has used gas tonight to push the crowds east. Helicopters can be heard passing overhead.
Five people have been arrested in Minneapolis in relation to the Jacob Blake protests, according to Minneapolis Police.
The arrested include one woman and four men, Public Information Officer John Elder told CNN.
One was arrested for felony damage to property for damaging the 1st Precinct of the Minneapolis Police Department, and four were arrested on misdemeanor charges.
It’s now past curfew in Kenosha, but about 100 to 150 protesters are still at the park across from the county courthouse.
About 75 police in riot gear also remain in a long line stretching one block in front of the Courthouse, protecting the front door and building facade directly across from Civic Center Park.
About half an hour ago, tensions spiked as protesters hurled bottles at the police line, chanting “Black Lives Matter” and “F*** the police”.
Police threw tear gas into the crowd, dispersing many of the protesters. The smell of tear gas still permeates the air now.
Other fireworks are being set off every few minutes. Protesters have resumed throwing bottles, now hidden behind one of the burned-out dump trucks from last night.
All the while, an open bed SUV or pickup loaded with massive speakers plays anti-police themed music, including classics from the group NWA.
Michael Graveley, the district attorney of Kenosha County, said on Monday that he hopes the US Attorney’s Office and federal prosecutors would conduct a parallel investigation into the shooting of Jacob Blake.
“And so I’m hoping they will do an investigation that takes place at the same time, which will allow this community to heal sooner because independent prosecuting agencies will be able to make determinations at the same time about whether any criminal charges will be produced,” he added.
He added that the Attorney General’s office and their prosecuting agency had also reached out to offer assistance.
Protests are underway in New York after a Black man was shot multiple times in the back Sunday by Wisconsin police.
Jacob Blake, the man who was shot multiple times in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is in stable condition in an intensive care unit, his attorney Ben Crump told CNN.
Footage of the shooting has spread across social media, sparking protests and leading county officials to institute a curfew that ended Monday morning. Another curfew will be instituted from 8 p.m. Monday until 7 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department.
Two Wisconsin police officers have been place on administrative leave as state authorities investigate the shooting.
Reporting from CNN’s Eliott C. McLaughlin and Amir Vera contributed to this report.
Update: Since this item posted, Jacob Blake has confirmed in interviews that he did have a knife.
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Jacob Blake, the man who was shot multiple times in the back on Sunday by police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is still in intensive care, the attorney representing him and his family told CNN Monday.
During an interview on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” attorney Ben Crump said that while Blake is stable, “they cannot tell at this moment what his prognosis would be.”
Crump added Blake’s children — who were in the car Blake was trying to enter when he was shot — will have to deal with the psychological issues from “seeing their father shot these many times in the back from the people who were supposed to protect and serve him.”
“We are still waiting for the facts to be confirmed but what it does tell us — whether is George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks — there is an issue with the culture and the behavior of policing in America,” Crump told Blitzer. “If we don’t have the systematic reform that this moment in America is crying out for, then we are going to continue to see hashtag after hashtag, protest after protest, and cities burning all across America.”
Crump said he doesn’t know of additional footage of the shooting, but he has heard from people who said witnessed the incident and he’s hoping to learn more.
“The family wants these police officers to be held accountable and the one who shot [Blake] — they want him terminated,” he said.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said in a news conference Monday that the state’s Department of Justice will not “make the prosecution decision” in the Kenosha shooting case.
“We don’t make the prosecution decision in this case. That’s a decision that will be made ultimately by District Attorney [Michael] Graveley,” Kaul said. “But we will be working closely with his office as additional facts and evidence are uncovered.”
Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley discussed in a news conference Monday the process “to get justice for all the parties who are involved” in the case, including Jacob Blake and the officers at the scene.
Graveley said the investigation has started, but it is at its “earliest stages.”
“The Kenosha Police Department has asked for the Division of Criminal Investigation, DCI, to be the investigating agency,” he said. “They are a completely independent agency.”
Once the investigation is completed, the investigation results and the materials gathered will be given to the Kenosha District Attorney’s Office.
At which point, the district attorney’s office will review “those things.”
“If those two things are concluded as a yes, then criminal charges would be brought at the end of that process,” he added.
The Kenosha, Wisconsin, Mayor John Antaramian said in a news conference Monday that the Kenosha Police Department does not have body cameras.
Antaramian did confirm police cars do have dashcams.
Asked if there is dashcam video of last night’s incident, the mayor said he could not confirm and would have to check.
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James had a strong, passionate response to the shooting of Jacob Blake, the Black man shot and critically injured by an officer with the Kenosha Police Department Sunday afternoon.
James called for justice in a Twitter post which links to video showing the incident.
“And y’all wonder why we say what we say about the Police!! Someone please tell me WTF is this???!!! Exactly another black man being targeted. This sh*t is so wrong and so sad!! Feel so sorry for him, his family and OUR PEOPLE!! We want JUSTICE,” he tweeted.
The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department has ordered all residents in the Wisconsin county to stay inside starting at 8 p.m. CT tonight.
“The public needs to be off the streets for their safety. The curfew will be enforced until 7:00 AM,” the sheriff’s department said in a Facebook post.
The curfew comes after a night of unrest following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
Kenosha is a city of 100,000 located on the Lake Michigan coastline between Chicago and Milwaukee.
Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian also confirmed in a news conference Monday that the National Guard has been called into the city.
Update: Since this item posted, Jacob Blake has confirmed in interviews that he did have a knife.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said Monday his agency “will unwaveringly pursue justice” in the case involving the shooting of a Black man in Kenosha.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation is leading the investigation into the shooting of Jacob Blake by the Kenosha Police Department.
Update: Since this item posted, Jacob Blake has confirmed in interviews that he did have a knife.
Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller declined to weigh in on the shooting of Jacob Blake.
Speaking to Bob Costa of the Washington Post, Miller said, “I think it’s too early. I don’t want to offer political commentary on that just yet.”
Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes said Jacob Blake was shot seven times by Kenosha Police Department.
“Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times in front of his children. And let me be clear, this was not an accident. This was not bad police work. This felt like some sort of vendetta being taking out on a member of our community,” he said in a live message streamed today.
According to Barnes, Blake was trying to deescalate a situation in his community.
“The irony is not lost on me that as Jacob Blake was actually trying to deescalate a situation in his community, but the responding officer didn’t feel the need to do the same,” he said.
A graphic video purported to be of the shooting was posted to Facebook. Police said they were called to the address for a domestic disturbance, but it is unclear what happened before the video recording began.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers called for a special legislative session on Monday, one day after Jacob Blake was shot by Kenosha police.
Evers wants lawmakers to take up a bill package his office proposed earlier in the year to “increase accountability and transparency in policing,” address inappropriate use of force, and prohibit dangerous policing practices.
In a video of the incident taken by a bystander, Kenosha police officers are seen shooting Blake.
“We must offer our empathy. We must see the trauma, fear and exhaustion of being Black in our state and our country,” he added.
Update: Since this item posted, Jacob Blake has confirmed in interviews that he did have a knife.
