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A protester holds a placard during a demonstration against the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.KENOSHA - A 17-year-old was arrested on murder charges after two people were shot dead during demonstrations against police brutality in the US city of Kenosha.in the back point-blank in front of his children in the Midwestern city last Sunday.
After days of silence, Wisconsin authorities released their first statement Wednesday on what happened in the moments before the shooting, saying Blake had a knife"in his possession" when Officer Rusten Sheskey, a seven-year veteran of the force, fired his gun seven times into the 29-year-old's back.
Kenosha city officials ordered a 7pm to 7am curfew through Sunday in hopes of bringing calm after Tuesday's violence, which occurred as mostly white armed vigilantes flocked to the site of protests, saying they were there to defend private property.Videos taken show one of the vigilantes shooting at protesters with an assault rifle and apparently hitting two who tried to stop him.
Police in Antioch, Illinois announced that they had arrested a 17-year-old wanted in Kenosha for murder.Antioch court records indicate that Rittenhouse had been arrested as a fugitive on Wednesday and would face a hearing on his extradition to Wisconsin on Saturday. Blake remained hospitalised Wednesday and may be permanently paralyzed from the waist down, according to his family.
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