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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]
The 1967 Milwaukee riot was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967". In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, African American residents, outraged by the slow pace in ending housing discrimination and police brutality, began to riot on the evening of July 30, 1967. The inciting incident was a fight ...
On August 25, 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, shot and killed two men and wounded another man in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The shootings occurred during the protests, riots, and civil unrest that followed the shooting of Jacob Blake. Race was a major theme in U.S. media commentary of the event, although Rittenhouse and ...
On June 1, four people were shot, and two Cicero residents were shot and killed during rioting by "outside agitators." Over 60 people were arrested in the day-long rioting incident. [12] The incident also brought out long-simmering racist attitudes, which has been criticized by local officials and sources.
The Bay View massacre (sometimes also referred to as the Bay View Tragedy) was the result of a strike held on May 4, 1886, by 7,000 building-trades workers and 5,000 Polish laborers who had organized at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to strike against their employers, demanding the enforcement of an eight-hour work day. [1]
Natalie ‘Samantha’ Rupnow, 15, seen in first photos after she killed 2 in Wisconsin Christian school shooting. Ronny Reyes. December 17, 2024 at 3:10 PM.
The six family members who died in a Wisconsin house fire were a former pastor, two of his daughters and three of his granddaughters, authorities and church officials said. The Juneau County ...
Airport Homes race riots - A number of riots against blacks occurred in temporary housing for returning veterans in the West Lawn and West Elsdon neighborhoods during 1946. 0 Unknown July 25–28, 1947 Racial About 2,000 whites gathered outside a house at 7153 South Saint Lawrence Avenue after a black postal worker named Roscoe Johnson bought it.