Tear gas deployed, at least one person has died on another shooting night of unrest in US Wisconsin

KENOSHA, Aug 26, 2020, CNN. A third consecutive night of unrest is unfolding in Kenosha, Wisconsin, nearly two hours after the 8 p.m. curfew took effect, CNN reported.

Police were heard on a bullhorn telling a group of protesters at the Kenosha Courthouse that they were taking part in an “unlawful assembly.”

Earlier Tuesday, protesters gathered at the Kenosha County Courthouse and attempted to tear down a fence around the building.

Dozens of police officers were seen in riot gear coming out of the front door.

The police fired tear gas into the crowd of protesters.

A CNN team saw either officers or guardsmen perched on the roof of the courthouse shooting pellets down at rowdy protesters.

Currently, there are around 50 guardsman stretching the length of the block on their side of the fence.

One person has died following an overnight shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to a report in the New York Times.

Two other people were also shot.

Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth told the New York Times that shots rang out along a street near a gas station early Wednesday morning.

Beth said the sheriff’s office is investigating whether the shooting had resulted from a conflict between demonstrators and a group of men with weapons who were protecting businesses.

CNN has reached out to Kenosha Police as well as the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office to independently confirm details surrounding the shooting.

Protests erupted in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last night following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Blake was shot in the back by a police officer on Sunday as he tried to enter an SUV. His three young children were in the car when he was shot, an attorney says.

Blake was still in intensive care late yesterday, the lawyer said. His father says Blake is paralyzed from the waist down, although he is unsure if the paralysis is permanent.

Police have not given a reason for why they shot Jacob Blake, Blake’s attorney Ben Crump told CNN’s Sara Sidner.

“Right now, the police haven’t said none of what their reason was for shooting him seven times in the back,” Crump said.

Instead, police officers were trying to obtain statements from Blake’s family, Crump said.

Crump also asked several questions of the officers involved in Blake’s shooting:

“‘Well, why don’t you tell us what you did to justify using this force? What kind of de-escalation did you use? What kind of training did you follow? What was it that made you shoot at least seven times in his back at point-blank range while his three boys were in the car watching their father get executed?'”

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