Scenes from Sunday Night's Riots in Kenosha
By Dan O'Donnell
August 24, 2020
Riots broke out in Kenosha Sunday night following the officer-involved shooting of a man identified as Jacob Blake. Cell phone video of the shooting circulated widely on social media and touched off violence and looting across the city. A police officer was hospitalized after being hit with a brick, while businesses were looted and burned, a dump truck used to block a road to the Kenosha County Courthouse as well as the courthouse itself were burned, and dozens of cars in a parking lot were torched.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 24, 2020
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Footage of officer getting knocked out with a brick in Kenosha. pic.twitter.com/zZYypCgyja
— Nick 🚩🏴 (@BotchlaUS) August 24, 2020
I took this video while passing the #Kenosha County Courthouse just before 1 a.m.
— Kasey Chronis (@KaseyChronisTV) August 24, 2020
Protesters left the shooting scene and came here Sunday night, where they lit several garbage trucks (initially positioned in an attempt to block streets) on fire. pic.twitter.com/Kp5xLRnJFp
I’m told this was an Italian restaurant, but it’s honestly hard to even tell what it was with how badly it burned. (Near 58th & Sheridan in Kenosha) pic.twitter.com/hQxPsibupR
— Cassidy Williams (@CassidyWtv) August 24, 2020
Black Lives Matter rioters in Kenosha burn down a Italian restaurant. pic.twitter.com/I1xlEXrQZw
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 24, 2020
Angry protests erupted in the city of #Kenosha after #Wisconsin cops shot an unarmed black man in the back multiple times.
— th1an1 (@th1an1) August 24, 2020
Jacob Blake, 29, is in a serious condition in hospital. pic.twitter.com/TgNXaMxBvp
Rioters have begun setting dump trucks on fire in #Kenosha, #Wisconsin, after a police shooting today which has sparked riots. pic.twitter.com/TascH3gF2W
— SV News 🚨 (@SVNewsAlerts) August 24, 2020
A look at the car lot we saw on fire around 3 this morning. (About a block from the Kenosha courthouse). @fox6now pic.twitter.com/NI0bJOvIn5
— Cassidy Williams (@CassidyWtv) August 24, 2020
Current scene near the Kenosha courthouse: police in riot gear, garbage truck charred, dinosaur toppled/smashed @fox6now pic.twitter.com/eO266BrsEz
— Cassidy Williams (@CassidyWtv) August 24, 2020
Behind the #Kenosha County Jail, several squad cars were vandalized. Here is one with smashed out windows, slashed tires, and broken mirrors. pic.twitter.com/xgHuUxptqK
— Kasey Chronis (@KaseyChronisTV) August 24, 2020