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On August 23, 2020, civil unrest erupted in Kenosha after the shooting of Jacob Blake, an African-American man who was shot seven times by a Kenosha police officer and became paralyzed from the waist down. [28][29][30][31][32] Following a resurgence in protests that were part of the Black Lives Matter movement after other high-profile killings ...
Kyle Howard Rittenhouse (born January 3, 2003) is an American man who gained national attention at age 17 for shooting three men in Kenosha, Wisconsin —two fatally—in August 2020, amid protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. He had traveled to Kenosha during the unrest, and joined a group of armed people who said they were ...
Main article: Shooting of Jacob Blake. Jacob Blake is an African-American man who was shot seven times during an arrest by police officer Rusten Sheskey [ 14 ][ 15 ] in Kenosha on August 23, 2020. Blake was tasered, [ 16 ] then shot after he opened the door to an SUV he had been using and reached into the vehicle. [ 17 ]
Two people were killed Tuesday night in an attack carried out by a young white man who was caught on cellphone video.
The judge said using the word "victim" to describe the men shot by Rittenhouse, including two who died, would be loaded with prejudice. Men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse can be called 'rioters ...
A former Virginia National Guard member, Alberts, 35, of Pylesville, Maryland, wore body armor, gas mask, military gear, and was armed with a 9-millimeter pistol — loaded with hollow point and high-pressure rounds — and brought an extra magazine of ammunition on Jan. 6th. Alberts was the first rioter to reach the northwest steps outside the ...
The Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF, formerly the Royal Fiji Military Forces[2]) is the military force of the Pacific island nation of Fiji. With a total manpower of about 6,500 active soldiers and approximately 6,200 reservists, it is one of the smallest militaries in the world and the third largest in the South Pacific region.
Less than 2 hours after the shooting, shortly before 1:30 a.m. the following day, [69] Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old male, turned himself in to police in Antioch, Illinois. The youth was charged with first-degree intentional homicide. [70] [71] His defense lawyers argued that the shootings were in self-defense. [72]