BREAKING: Three people have been shot, two of them fatally, in Wisconsin during protests being held over a Black man shot in the back by an officer. 9News
Some demonstrations devolved into unrest, including for a third night in Kenosha, where multiple gunshots could be heard in social media posts from at least one neighbourhood where residents and people carrying long guns and other weapons remained in the streets hours after they city's 8pm curfew.
"But my son matters. He's a human being and he matters," said Mr Blake's father, who is also named Jacob Blake. Police fired tear gas for a third night to disperse protesters who had gathered outside Kenosha's courthouse, where some shook a protective fence and threw water bottles and fireworks at officers lined up behind it.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers had called for calm, while also declaring a state of emergency under which he doubled the National Guard deployment in Kenosha from 125 to 250. Mr Blake's mother, Julia Jackson, said the damage in Kenosha does not reflect what her family wants and that, if her son could see it, he would be "very unpleased.""He said, 'I don't want to be a burden on you guys,'" Jackson said.Three of the younger Blake's sons — aged three, five and eight — were in the car at the time of the shooting, Crump said. It was the eight-year-old's birthday, he added.
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