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Saw new rumor that Kyle

EmmaZahn — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 14:25:12 +0000

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Saw new rumor that Kyle Rittenhouse put that dumpster fire out with a fire extinguisher (he was caught running through one video with a fire extinguisher) and that is why Rosenbaum went after him.

Also read that some "protestors" earlier were throwing feces and urine at Kyle's group. That is possibly what was in the plastic bag that Rosenbaum through at Kyle as he was chasing him.

Facebook employees are

artappraiser — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 21:36:10 +0000

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Facebook employees are furious with CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who admitted during a company-wide meeting that the company made an “operational mistake” by failing to remove a self-proclaimed militia group’s “call to arms” ahead of the Kenosha protest https://t.co/vU4lVAwogx
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 28, 2020

ACLU:

artappraiser — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 20:34:06 +0000

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ACLU:

BREAKING: We are calling for the immediate resignation of Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis and Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth.
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 27, 2020

The alleged Kenosha shooter —

artappraiser — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 07:01:55 +0000

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The alleged Kenosha shooter — a 17-year-old "Blue Lives Matter" supporter — has been charged with five felony counts and one misdemeanor.

That includes first-degree intentional homicide, which is punishable by life in prison. https://t.co/zZU8Nz8gtU
— NPR (@NPR) August 28, 2020

Two men killed by a Trump-supporting right-wing domestic terrorist were a father and a skater who tried to disarm the shooter. A third injured man was a volunteer medic.#TrumpsAmerica https://t.co/znT5bqLw3G
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) August 28, 2020

Officer Rusten Sheskey, a

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 19:03:00 +0000

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Officer Rusten Sheskey, a seven-year veteran of the force, fired seven shots into Jacob Blake's back, the Wisconsin Department of Justice says.

Officials say he was the only officer present to fire a weapon. https://t.co/GTIWHdEoTf
— NPR (@NPR) August 27, 2020

and more detail from NYTimes

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:38:02 +0000

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and more detail from NYTimes Live Updates on the story, Aug. 27

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The officer who shot Jacob Blake was identified.

Wisconsin’s attorney general on Wednesday identified the white police officer who shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, multiple times in Kenosha, Wis., as Rusten Sheskey, a seven-year veteran of the city’s police force.

The attorney general, Josh Kaul, said that Officer Sheskey fired his gun at Mr. Blake seven times, including into his back. Mr. Kaul said that the officers who were involved in the incident, including Officer Sheskey, had been placed on administrative leave.

Mr. Kaul also said on Wednesday that Mr. Blake had acknowledged having a knife “in his possession” when the shooting occurred and that investigators had found a knife on the driver’s side floorboard of Mr. Blake’s car after the shooting.

The information was part of an update that Mr. Kaul provided about the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s investigation into the shooting of Mr. Blake on Sunday, which touched off protests that continued into Wednesday and turned violent at times.

Lawyers representing Mr. Blake said the police had been the aggressors.

Mr. Blake, the lawyers said, “didn’t harm anyone or pose any threat to the police, yet they shot him seven times in the back in front of his children,” who were in the car at the time of the incident.

As to the knife, the lawyers said, “Witnesses confirm that he was not in possession of a knife and didn’t threaten officers in any way.”

Mr. Kaul gave the following account of the events leading up to the shooting:

Officers answered a report from a woman that “her boyfriend was present and was not supposed to be on the premises.”

After responding to the call, the officers tried to arrest Mr. Blake. It was not clear from Mr. Kaul’s statement what connection, if any, Mr. Blake had to the call that summoned the officers.

In the course of confronting Mr. Blake, the officers fired a stun gun at him, but “it was not successful” in stopping him. “Mr. Blake walked around his vehicle, opened the driver’s side door and leaned forward,” Mr. Kaul wrote.

At that point, Officer Sheskey grabbed Mr. Blake’s shirt and fired his service weapon repeatedly. (The Kenosha police do not use body cameras, Mr. Kaul noted.)

Mr. Kaul said the state Justice Department’s Division of Criminal Investigation planned to report its findings to a prosecutor in 30 days, and that the prosecutor would then determine what charges, if any, would be brought.

The Justice Department will investigate the shooting.

The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday that it would open a federal civil rights investigation into Officer Rusten Sheskey’s shooting of Jacob Blake.

The F.B.I. will conduct the federal inquiry in cooperation with Wisconsin authorities, the department said in a statement.

“The federal investigation will run parallel to, and share information with, state authorities to the extent permissible under law,” the department said in its statement.

This is the second such investigation for the department this year involving a white police officer and a Black man.

In May, the department said it had opened an inquiry into Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer who was videotaped kneeling on the neck of George Floyd during an arrest. Mr. Floyd died a short time later, and the killing touched off protests across the country that have continued throughout the summer.

Attorney General William P. Barr said when the investigation into Mr. Chauvin’s conduct was announced that it would proceed quickly. A department spokeswoman said on Wednesday that she had no update to provide.

Civil rights advocates, and even some lawyers inside the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, doubt the department will announce a decision or take action in either case before the presidential election, especially given that Mr. Trump has built his re-election campaign in part around his staunch support for law enforcement officers.

Criminal charges in either case could alienate Mr. Trump’s supporters, and decisions not to prosecute in either matter could further inflame the protests that have swept the country since May.

Mr. Barr and other administration officials insist that systemic racism does not exist in the nation’s police forces, and the Justice Department under Mr. Trump has mostly stopped using consent decrees and other means to investigate, monitor and curb police abuses.

Mr. Barr’s supporters say he has successfully pursued cases against police officers in the past.

When he was attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, the Justice Department charged four white Los Angeles officers who beat Rodney King, a Black motorist, with violating Mr. King’s civil rights after the state case against them ended in acquittals. Two of the officers were convicted in the federal case.

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Justice Dept. to Open

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:28:50 +0000

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Justice Dept. to Open Investigation Into Kenosha Shooting
A civil rights investigation into the police shooting of Jacob Blake was announced, and a white teenager who confronted protesters was arrested in connection with two deaths.

By Julie Bosman & Sarah Mervosh @ NYTimes.com, updated Aug. 27, 2:32 am

KENOSHA, Wis. — The Justice Department on Wednesday announced a civil rights investigation into the police shooting of a Black man in Kenosha, Wis., as new details emerged in the case, a white teenager who confronted demonstrators was arrested in connection with two deaths, and protests spread to athletes in three pro sports leagues.

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Mr. Trump is fighting for support in swing states like Wisconsin, which had surprised many in 2016 by giving him its electoral votes.

Mr. Trump’s campaign also issued a statement distancing itself from Mr. Rittenhouse, saying he had “nothing to do with our campaign.”

It was uncertain what federal assistance Mr. Evers had been offered and details of any federal involvement were uncertain late Wednesday, though an official in Mr. Evers’s office indicated that some level of help had been accepted.

“The federal government is planning to assist in facilitating conversations with other state partners and provide F.B.I. support to our state response,” Britt Cudaback, Mr. Evers’s deputy communications director, said in a written statement.

Officials on Wednesday for the first time identified the Kenosha police officer who fired at Mr. Blake as Rusten Sheskey, who has been with the department for seven years. Officer Sheskey and two other officers who were present at the shooting have been placed on administrative leave as the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation investigates the case, which officials provided new details of on Wednesday evening.

Officers were responding to a domestic complaint on Sunday afternoon when they attempted to arrest Mr. Blake, state officials said. They used a Taser on Mr. Blake but it failed to stop him, and Officer Sheskey then fired his gun seven times into Mr. Blake’s back.

According to state officials, Mr. Blake admitted that he possessed a knife; a knife was later recovered from the driver’s-side floorboard of Mr. Blake’s car. There were no other weapons in the vehicle.

The Wisconsin attorney general, Josh Kaul, said he could not comment on the role of the knife or whether officers instructed Mr. Blake to drop it before the officer opened fire.

Ben Crump, a lawyer for Mr. Blake’s family, said in a statement that Mr. Blake had not posed any threat to police officers on Sunday, and denied that he was carrying a knife. “Jacob did nothing to provoke police,” Mr. Crump said. “He was a great father and was only intending to get his children out of a volatile situation.”

Michael D. Graveley, the Kenosha County district attorney, said the prosecutor’s office would decide whether criminal charges were warranted once the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation completes its inquiry. “I ask for as much patience as our times allow,” he said.

Until Wednesday, much of what was known of the shooting was from video footage taken by a neighbor that showed Mr. Blake being shot in the back as he tried to get into his car.

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National guard and federal

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 06:27:22 +0000

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National guard and federal troops called out after a night of violence in Kenosha https://t.co/twt3lx0XSW
— Journal Sentinel (@journalsentinel) August 27, 2020

Us from Kenosha know Rabbi

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 06:21:28 +0000

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Us from Kenosha know Rabbi Dena (who trained me to read Torah/Bar Mitzvahed me) is a staple of SE WI progressive scene, sister of @russfeingold. She also speaks out for Palestinian human rights & a just 2-state solution & recently slammed anti #BDS bill https://t.co/Ejv5DsEpwL? https://t.co/CltW0QD3nZ
— Steve Horn (@SteveAHorn) August 27, 2020

What makes this behavior by them so contemptible is that Rabbi Dena sent out an email today in solidarity against racism, saying the Racial Justice Committee will be meeting tomorrow night in Kenosha. They don't care. Just did their thing and moved onto defacing other sites. https://t.co/coiDtO80Qo pic.twitter.com/7GitMp5CB8
— Steve Horn (@SteveAHorn) August 27, 2020

hotshot professional

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 06:15:18 +0000

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hotshot ~~professional protesters~~ war gamers on both the left and the right should learn something from this about the world not being a video game, but they probably won't

Now that it is confirmed Joseph Rosenbaum was one of the people shot and killed by alleged gunman Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, I filmed him earlier in the night taunting the armed civilians, saying, "Shoot me, n***a." pic.twitter.com/Nn2encm78Y
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 27, 2020