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Police and protesters in Kenosha, Wis., clashed for a second
night Monday following the shooting of a Black man that touched
off civil unrest similar to that in other cities across the
country.

Officers deployed tear gas in an attempt to disperse a crowd
outside the Kenosha County courthouse. Gov. Tony Evers deployed
125 Guard members to the city in an effort to prevent the kind
of violence and vandalism that occurred in the city on Sunday
night.

Multiple fires were reported across the city late Monday night.
Stephanie Haines, a reporter for TMJ4, reported that downtown
Kenosha is filled with smoke.

The unrest continued overnight, as video appeared to show a car
dealership in Kenosha being looted, while others stomped on cars
and pulled down street lights. Earlier, a furniture store was
looted and set on fire.

Several businesses in the city's Uptown district were ablaze by
1 a.m., which one New York Times reported called "Just a
horrible scene."

In another video, a protester was allegedly heard arguing how:
"the value of property has nothing to do with the value of life."

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An 8 p.m. curfew was imposed and exit ramps off Interstate 94
from the Illinois state line into Kenosha County were closed
Monday night, blocked off by police vehicles and trucks in some
places.

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Protesters chanted "No Justice, No Peace," minutes before the
curfew went into effect and ignored orders to go home. Some
officers were targeted with water bottles and other objects but
it was not clear if anyone was injured.

The anger comes after the shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old
Black man who was shot multiples times Sunday during an
encounter with Kenosha police. Officers were initially called to
a domestic dispute. At one point, Blake leaned into an SUV with
his three children inside and an officer fired several shots,
reports said.

Blake was hit in the back and hospitalized in serious condition.
The encounter was captured on cellphone video.

Tensions flared anew earlier Monday after a news conference with
Kenosha Mayor John Antarmian, originally to be held in a park,
was moved inside the city’s public safety building. Hundreds of
protesters rushed to the building and a door was snapped off its
hinges before police in riot gear pepper-sprayed the crowd,
which included a photographer from The Associated Press.

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Evers and a number of other Democrats condemned the shooting.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden called for “an
immediate, full and transparent investigation” and said the
officers “must be held accountable.”

“This morning, the nation wakes up yet again with grief and
outrage that yet another Black American is a victim of excessive
force,” he said, just over two months before Election Day in a
country already roiled by the recent deaths of George Floyd in
Minneapolis, Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta and Breonna Taylor in
Louisville, Kentucky. “Those shots pierce the soul of our
nation.”

Republicans and the police union accused the politicians of
rushing to judgment, reflecting the deep partisan divide in
Wisconsin, a key presidential battleground state. Wisconsin GOP
members also decried the violent protests, echoing the law-and-
order theme that President Trump has projected during his
campaign.

“As always, the video currently circulating does not capture all
the intricacies of a highly dynamic incident,” Pete Deates,
president of the Kenosha police union, said in a statement.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Fox News' David Aaro contributed to this report

https://www.foxnews.com/us/kenosha-protesters-police-clash-for-
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