Activists continued to demand action against the Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake in the back several times as he tried to enter his car, with his three sons watching.
A strong police presence has brought relative calm to the Midwestern US city of Kenosha after three nights of violence over the police shooting of black man Jacob Blake.
A protester holds a makeshift shield as around a hundred protesters gather during a protest in Los Angeles.Vice President Mike Pence, addressing the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, rejected allegations of endemic police racism and painted the protests as a threat to Americans, condemning"the violence and chaos engulfing cities across this country".
"Despite the overwhelming plea for change, there has been no action, so our focus today cannot be on basketball," Bucks players said in a statement. On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Department of Justice named the officer as seven-year Kenosha force veteran Rusten Sheskey. Meanwhile Illinois police were preparing to extradite to Kenosha 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who was detained on charges of first degree murder in relation to the shooting of protesters on Tuesday night.'We are targets'
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