BREAKING: Witnesses say a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was tasered and then shot several times by police after he broke up a fight between two women. His condition is unknown. #wileg
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UPDATE: The Kenosha man’s name has not yet been released, but he’s reportedly in “serious condition.” The Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation said they will investigate this officer-involved shooting. #BlackLivesMatter
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This is the man who was shot today by Kenosha police: Jacob Blake. According to witnesses he was shot seven times in front of his children. #wileg #BlackLivesMatter
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This is 29-year-old Jacob Blake who was shot by Kenosha police. His fiancé shared this picture with us.
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Jacob Blake's brother told local media early Monday that Blake is in intensive-care following surgery. Wisconsin DOJ says the officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave. #BlackLivesMatter #wileg
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109 people were fatally shot by Wisconsin police between 2013 and 2019, and 99% of those killings did not result in officers being charged with a crime. Black Americans are shot and killed by police at three times the rate of white Americans. #JacobBlake
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Protesters are currently at the intersection of 40th Street and 28th Avenue in Kenosha, Wisconsin where the man was shot several times by police.
Police say he’s in serious condition.
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this is absolutely heartbreaking and completely unjustifiable
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Here's the video. Warning: it's graphic.
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How do you just shoot several rounds into the back of a
human like that?
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I saw the video, didn’t see anyone being tased. 7 times shot in the back is what I saw.
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