HAPPENING NOW: Attorney General Josh Kaul (
@WisDOJ) is providing an update on the shooting of
#JacobBlake.
Details of the incident, according to Kaul, are as follows:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Kenosha Police Department officers were dispatched to a residence in the 2800 block of 40th St. A female caller said her boyfriend was not supposed to be on the premises.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Officers attempted to arrest Blake.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Officers used a taser to try and stop Blake, but were not able to do so.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Blake walked around his car and opened the door to the driver&
#39;s side.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Officer Rusten Sheskey grabbed and held Blake&
#39;s shirt, and then fired his gun seven times into Blake&
#39;s back.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">No other officers fired their weapons.
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@KenoshaPolice do not have body cameras.
"What happened yesterday night in Kenosha is despicable,"
@WisDOJ says.
He says the people of Kenosha should be leading the way.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Officials say social media has created demand for immediate action and decisions, as opposed to calm resolutions based on an investigation.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Under Wisconsin law, an independent investigative agency with no direct connection to the incident reviews the incident.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Anthony Davis, local president of the NAACP in Kenosha, says people must allow the Blake family to heal.
"This incident came to Kenosha unexpectedly. Kenosha is not a place where we see things like this every day. We need to come together."
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Davis says the process of investigating this case will not be quick. He wants the community to be patient.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">He also calls for people to deescalate the violence in the city.
"Let us have our say...Let us be patient. But above all, let us keep God in the process."
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">James Hall, president and CEO of Urban League of Racine and Kenosha, asks Kenosha to obey tonight&
#39;s curfew.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">He wants the community to be able to be hurt and process emotions. He says the eruption in the city is based on years of oppression.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Hall says, "We cannot continue to meet force with force." He wants communication from both sides.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">He also notes that while property can be restored, lives cannot be given back once they&
#39;re taken.
"The time is now for change."
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">"If Kenosha can make this change, the entire country will follow," Hall says.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">The Attorney General says the investigation is moving quickly. Material witnesses have been interviewed.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">The investigation is still on-going.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">While they want to move quickly, they also want to make sure their investigation is thorough.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">He says he cannot disclose who specifically was interviewed.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">He says he believes the government needs to work to ensure agencies are funded to have body cameras for their officers.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">When asked if he could confirm if
#JacobBlake was the boyfriend who was not supposed to be on the premises in the initial call to authorities, the Attorney General said he could not elaborate on the details.
It is unclear if Blake was the boyfriend in question.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">He did confirm that Blake had a knife in his possession.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">He will not name the other officers involved at this time, but said he will in the future.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Kaul says he wants justice in this case.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">District Attorney Michael D. Graveley says decisions about charging and holding the suspect from last night&
#39;s shooting in Kenosha, Kyle Rittenhouse (17), will be made by the end of the day, tomorrow.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Kaul says he spoke on the phone with the
@Bucks earlier today, after they decided to sit out their playoff game tonight. While he says reception was weak, he applauds their leadership and activism.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Kaul notes that Wisconsin has the highest incarceration rate of Black men in the U.S.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">He says regardless of the outcome of this case, that statistic is a clear sign to him that Wisconsin has work to do to break down racially-based disparities.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Kaul says one of the ways the state can improve is by re-prioritizing which crimes are enforced and which cases are pursued. He says he wants to get to the root of issues and protect the public, not focus on lower-level crimes.
Kenosha&
#39;s curfew is set to go into effect in just 10 minutes.
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