Unrests Continue As Americans Protest Shooting Of Black Man By White Cop

Protesters ignored the mobilization of the Wisconsin National Guard and an emergency curfew on Monday night to again protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29 years old unarmed black man.

Recall that Blake was shot seven times in front of his children and his fiancee on Sunday.

He was mediating in a fight between two women and while entering his SUV, two cops trailed him and bending to supposedly enter his car, one of the shot home seven times at the back.

The Kenosha County Courthouse was the site of more protests late Monday, as a large crowd gathered in the evening and members of law enforcement barricaded the area, according to local reports. Some Interstate 94 exit ramps in Kenosha County were closed, too. 

Officers, usatoday.com noted, used tear gas to disperse protesters in front of the courthouse and protesters threw water bottles at officers in riot gear after the county’s 8 p.m. curfew went into effect, according to reports from the scene. 

By late Monday, a truck had been set ablaze, recreating a scene from Sunday’s protests that saw city trucks on fire. The danger appeared to build deeper into the night: Several structures, including a Wisconsin Department of Corrections building, were set on fire in Kenosha. A local furniture store was also completely engulfed in flames. 

There were protests elsewhere on Monday, too.

Hundreds gathered in Times Square in Manhattan and marched to Washington Square Park, according to CBS New York. In Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed by a now-fired police officer on Memorial Day, protesters marched to a police precinct, according to WCCO-TV. The station reported five people were arrested for crimes related to “civil unrest.” 

A large group of protesters also marched to the state Capitol building in Madison. 

The Kenosha County Courthouse and Administration Building was closed Monday “due to damage sustained during last night’s civil unrest,” the county said on social media.. After video of Blake’s shooting spread across social media on Sunday night, protests in the area led to property damage – at least three city vehicles burned, and words were spray-painted onto the courthouse. 

“Kenosha County recently declared racism to be a public health crisis, and our leaders – myself included – have resolved to address this issue in a meaningful way. Sunday’s tragedy and the ensuing reaction reinforce the need for change in our community,” County Executive Jim Kreuser said in a statement. 

The National Guard was deployed to Kenosha County “to help protect critical infrastructure and assist in maintaining public safety and the ability of individuals to peacefully protest” the Guard’s public affairs office said in a statement Monday. State Gov. Tony Evers called the deployment a “limited mobilization.

Meanwhile, the victim’s father, Blake She, said his son is still alive, even as he completely condemned the shooting of his son.

“Thanks for the prayers and the concerns,” he said. “See this sh** out here is real.

“The sh** I tell y’all about it’s real, man. So no matter what they say, it doesn’t justify shooting my son in the back eight times.”

“None of that sh** is justified by what they did to my son,” Blake Sr continued. “After surgery he is stable. Stable. Still here.

“You hit him with eight shots. You can’t take nothing that’s not yours. Forget it.” 

Blake came out of surgery on Monday morning and remains in ICU, according to reports.

“We will continue to pray as he fights,” one family member wrote on Twitter as the protests continue.

However, the cops had said that they thought Blake was going for a gun when he bent into his car, an argument the Wisconsin governor waved aside as not being strong enough to pull the trigger.